Have you ever had two people look at you, with complete lust and devotion, through the same pair of eyes?
A puppetteer, his wife, and a coworker discover a small door in an office building that leads into the head of John Malkovich (who plays himself). Once inside, they have some amount of control over the famous actor and are able to live out fantasies and discover things about themselves. Eventually Malkovich finds out and actually enters his own brain with very interesting results. This is extremely creative screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's first team-up with extremely creative director Spike Jonze. I am still amazed that this movie got greenlit... Can you imagine the pitch to studio execs???
This is the last movie of 1999, which means tomorrow will be movie #200 and start the year 2000 (pretty cool). Forthcoming years may have more movies than this one, but I still contend that this is the greatest year for movies of all time. To recap (with a few more that barely missed the 365):
Being John Malkovich
The Cider House Rules
Dogma
Fight Club
The Green Mile
The Iron Giant
Magnolia
The Matrix
SLC Punk
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Toy Story 2
But I'm a Cheerleader
Go
The Hurricane
Ride with the Devil
Varsity Blues
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Snow Falling on Cedars
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
American Pie, The Blair Witch Project, Election, The Sixth Sense, Office Space, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, Audition, Three Kings, The Mummy, Detroit Rock City, Life, The Story of Us
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