MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (Venue Partner)
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MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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Saturday Oct 10, 2009 (5pm)
Monday Oct 12, 2009 (4:30pm)
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Free with museum admission. Film-only tickets: adults $10; seniors $8; members and children under 16 are free; member friends $5. Please visit our website for more details.
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Part of the Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years film exhibition
Somewhere between the New Jersey Turnpike and the 7 1/2-floor offices of LesterCorp lies the hidden portal to being John Malkovich—to dining as him, having sex as him, and perhaps best of all, ordering bathtowels as him. For Craig Schwartz, a tragically misunderstood, out-of-work puppeteer, and his frumpy, sexually confused wife, it’s a chance to not-so-vicariously enjoy fifteen minutes of fame—and someone else’s neuroses for a change. Jonze and Charlie Kaufman were themselves catapulted to stardom with this ingenious feature film debut, bringing a measure of melancholy and compassion to a metaphysical screwball comedy that twists and turns, Möbius-like, into a profoundly touching and disturbing meditation on the Big Questions of human nature and consciousness.
Being John Malkovich. 1999. USA. Directed by Spike Jonze. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. With John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich. Courtesy NBC Universal. 112 min.
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