The Philosophy of "Being John Malkovich"

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience life through someone else's mind? Maybe a famous actor, like John Malkovich? In this video, we explore what the 1999 film "Being John Malkovich" has to say about free will and the nature of consciousness.
MUSIC (in order of appearance):
Crusade - Heavy Industry by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
Leaving Home by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
Floating Cities by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
All other images, videos, and sounds are from the public domain. Footage from "Being John Malkovich" is fair use for purposes of artistic criticism.

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  • @williamhealy6381
    @williamhealy63813 жыл бұрын

    My sister came home from work whilst I was watching this and I had to explain to her what was going on You can imagine the struggle

  • @rivrr1555
    @rivrr15553 жыл бұрын

    school project vibes wit da iMovie green screen

  • @coachkira
    @coachkira3 жыл бұрын

    This was explained so well. I just watched the movie and it’s sooooo captivating. Thanks for making this video!

  • @syedjafferimam5789
    @syedjafferimam57894 жыл бұрын

    Now this is some underrated video

  • @randyrobertson4686
    @randyrobertson46868 ай бұрын

    So where is Malkovich in reality while Malkovich enters his own mind ? He enters his own head as the real world person and gets spit out like everyone else on the side of the road, but where was the actual…3rd party perspective of Malkovich while Malkovich was in Malkovich?

  • @enilenis
    @enilenis3 жыл бұрын

    I think this movie, unintentionally, echoes aspects of modern internet culture. Desire to get famous, by hijacking someone who's already successful. Selling tickets to someone else's mind, is like posting compilations of someone else's clips to get paid. Desire to puppeteer someone else, and to force a celebrity to bend their knee to the mob. The guy whose name is in the title, is not even the main star of his own movie. It's a movie about deranged "subscribers".

  • @max_danco

    @max_danco

    Жыл бұрын

    it's not only internet, it's boulvard magazines too, or tv and radio, it intentionally shows these desires that can be seen across many spectrums of human society

  • @max_danco

    @max_danco

    Жыл бұрын

    great point

  • @foemonkey123

    @foemonkey123

    9 ай бұрын

    this comment broke the 4th wall of the 4th wall

  • @gonkdroid8279

    @gonkdroid8279

    5 ай бұрын

    Brilliant point

  • @justchillin5373

    @justchillin5373

    5 ай бұрын

    Look what they did to 45

  • @thattimestampguy
    @thattimestampguy4 жыл бұрын

    0:00 • Real-Life Failed Pupeteer transports into the body of famous actor, gets what he wants, then has to give it up to everyone else he met along the way 3:13 Cartesian Self • Dualism, minds coexisting It is a Science, a utility. Loved his mind, continuing it through multiple vessels. Will, Losing the ability to control the body, pushed into the sub-conscious 6:28 Mind needs Body Immaterial requires Material Directors cannot express without their Actors Anti-Platonic (Material is more important than the spiritual. But the material disappears, the ideas of the plot, the images remain in our memory’s, making them longer lasting than the material)

  • @alexandervue9464

    @alexandervue9464

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're awesome I appreciate your time and effort

  • @13strange67
    @13strange672 жыл бұрын

    What a miserable thing it is to look at happiness through another man's eyes Shakespeare

  • @jeremybittle5702
    @jeremybittle57026 ай бұрын

    I don't know enough of them to explain it well but besides Descartes there is also a lot of intentional Kierkegaard & Heidegger. I'm not going to get into that without more study on both of them but, There is also a lot of commentary on 'existential confidence' vs those that do not have such. - Why is everyone enamored with being John? Outside of a being a celebrity--most of the content you would pay $200 is just mundane tasks, shopping for bath mats. - Why did Craig fall in love with Maxine so fast? She simply just sat there in stature. - Why was Maxine able to simply call (in this film) an A list actor and take him on a date? Outside of Lotte's help, that is still very peculiar. Lotte literally references the concept of someone (John) being 'comfortable in their own skin.' I don't think Lotte really was trans. She dropped it pretty quickly, especially as time went on. She was enamored with someone who had existential security, confidence, comfortability. That's why Craig fell in love with a clearly deranged woman, Maxine, so quickly. He was the opposite of her in her existential security. Lotte fell in love with Maxine the same way, with added intensity for her love of being john malkovich as well. If you're unsure what I mean, I suggest taking a look at the scene where they're smoking a joint and talking on the couch. Maxine's verbiage about people who know what they want vs. people who don't (paraphrasing) I think is what started to make this all very clear to me.

  • @paoloromano3759
    @paoloromano37593 жыл бұрын

    More like this Great stuff

  • @portalpr1nce14
    @portalpr1nce142 жыл бұрын

    Nice breakdown. When are you gonna upload more vids?

  • @danielpomper9359
    @danielpomper93594 жыл бұрын

    Nice dude keep it up!

  • @Luic_
    @Luic_3 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @shibaramroy2222
    @shibaramroy22223 жыл бұрын

    great work keep it up

  • @raaaaney
    @raaaaney4 жыл бұрын

    Great content

  • @danielpomper9359

    @danielpomper9359

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rani Ravnsfjall 10/10

  • @mediatransmission
    @mediatransmission2 ай бұрын

    Did this video get copyright claims against it? If so, how did you resolve it?

  • @BirdArvid
    @BirdArvid3 ай бұрын

    "an obscure late 90's film" this high school geek just made me feel my age.. Jokes aside; Charlie Kaufman is probably the most interesting film-maker/script-writer, certainly in the US right now.

  • @hamletmonteagudo7857
    @hamletmonteagudo78574 жыл бұрын

    Would love more videos like this

  • @Fahadie
    @Fahadie3 жыл бұрын

    More content like this

  • @alex1678
    @alex16782 жыл бұрын

    So philosophical

  • @nameless1724
    @nameless1724 Жыл бұрын

    “When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female; and when you fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom." - Words of Jesus: The Gospel of Thomas

  • @JatinAroraClub
    @JatinAroraClub3 жыл бұрын

    Can Someone Explain ? After entering the portal himself why he sees himself everywhere he looks (the restaurant scene) ?

  • @nometratesmal

    @nometratesmal

    3 жыл бұрын

    i dont really know, maybe because since he's inside his own head he's able to see his subconscious or it could be like when you place a mirror in front of another mirror, it creates an infinite loop of reflections, in this case an infinite universe with john malkovichs heh i hope it makes sense cus i dont speak english lol

  • @JatinAroraClub

    @JatinAroraClub

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nometratesmal yeah man...it completely make sense. Great. Thanks a lot

  • @kingkirtster5290
    @kingkirtster52909 ай бұрын

    Can someone explain why he gets the stick back at the end when he comes out of John Malkovich? I dont get it

  • @heathergundry7059
    @heathergundry70593 жыл бұрын

    This portol philosophy is actually possible isnt it?

  • @portalpr1nce14

    @portalpr1nce14

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is

  • @MrCph2200
    @MrCph2200 Жыл бұрын

    15 minutes of fame

  • @CarreyOn2.0

    @CarreyOn2.0

    Жыл бұрын

    15 seconds of fame on tik tok

  • @ooooothatsshit158

    @ooooothatsshit158

    10 ай бұрын

    Lol