Episode 188: Being John Malkovich
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
The BTS team discusses the Kaufman/Jonze approach to absurdist comedy, how the swift pacing energizes the film, and why thematic cohesion is so crucial to keeping a story grounded.
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| 1:07.8 | Screenplay. The podcast for each episode, we do a conversational deep dive analysis into a film. |
| 1:13.8 | Today, we are talking about being John Malkovich, the 1999 film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jones. |
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