Being John Malkovich (Criterion) (English)

Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Or, more specifically, have you ever wanted to crawl through a portal hidden in an anonymous office building and thereby enter the cerebral cortex of John Malkovich for fifteen minutes before being spat out on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike? Then director Spike Jonze (Adaptation) and writer Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) have the movie for you. Melancholy marionettes, office drudgery, a frizzy-haired Cameron Diaz (There’s Something About Mary)—but that’s not all! Surrealism, possession, John Cusack (Say Anything), a domesticated primate, Freud, Catherine Keener (Capote), non sequiturs, and absolutely no romance! But wait: get your Being John Malkovich now and we’ll throw in emasculation, slapstick, Abelard and Heloise, and extra Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New high-definition digital restoration • New selected-scene audio commentary featuring filmmaker Michel Gondry • New behind-the-scenes documentary by filmmaker Lance Bangs • Conversation between John Malkovich and humorist John Hodgman • Director Spike Jonze discusses Being John Malkovich via photos from its production • Two films within the film: 7½ Floor Orientation and “American Arts & Culture” Presents John Horatio Malkovich, “Dance of Despair and Disillusionment” • An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering, a documentary by Bangs • Trailer and TV spots • PLUS: A booklet featuring a conversation between Jonze and pop-culture critic Perkus Tooth