S1E34 - SEVERED Origins - "Being John Malkovich" PT01
Severed: The Ultimate Severance Podcast
Allen Stare
4.8 • 639 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2024
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
This week, we're beginning a voyage into the mind....of John Malkovich. It's time to break down the notorious and infamous "Being John Malkovich" from 1999. Dan Erickson has mentioned this as one of his inspirations while creating "Severance." It's easy to see the questions about 'self' and who is in control raised by this movie. John Malkovich also has literal 'innies' who inhabit his consciousness...but only for fifteen minutes.
This time, in Part One, we're going to meet a 'happy' couple: Craig and Lotte Schwartz. She works at a pet store, he's a professional puppeteer. Stop snickering! He's devoted to his craft, and he's REALLY good at it...he's just not always the most appropriate. We see Craig get punched in the face thanks to the randy antics of his 12th Century puppets.
Due to the current "wintry economic climate" Craig agrees he should go find a job...and not necessarily as a puppeteer. Craig finds LesterCorp, a professional file management service. Craig's incredibly strong marionette fingers make him great when it comes to high-speed precision filing. It's while working at LesterCorp that Craig both meets the alluring Maxine and discovers a portal into the head and consciousness of actor John Malkovich.
This time we are going to meet the gang and get hired at LesterCorp. We'll follow things in Part One right up to the point where Craig discovers the portal. So, Refiner, if you're ready, it's time to open the "Severed: Origins" file called "Being John Malkovich."Huge thanks to Adam Scott, star of 'Severance' and host of the Severance Podcast for recording a custom intro for "Severed." Make sure to check out 'The Severance Podcast w/Ben Stiller & Adam Scott" wherever you found this one!Support the showAPPLE PODCAST LISTENERS: If you are enjoying "Severed: The Ultimate 'Severance' Podcast" please make sure to leave a 5-star rating (and, if you want, a review telling others to give it a try). Higher rated podcasts get better placement in suggestion lists. It helps more "Severance" fans find the show. Thanks!!!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Adam Scott. I play Mark S on Severance, which you likely already know since you're listening to Severed, the Ultimate Severance podcast. |
| 0:14.3 | Severd, |
| 0:29.4 | the Ultimate Severance podcast. I'm your host, Alan S. As we're all waiting around for a season |
| 0:35.1 | two premiere date, the Severed Origins series continues. |
| 0:39.1 | These Origins episodes are dedicated to breaking down those things, |
| 0:43.2 | Severance creator Dan Erickson has mentioned as being inspirations. |
| 0:47.9 | In interviews and on the Severance Wiki, Dan has talked about specific building blocks |
| 0:53.2 | which helped guide him to the Finnish |
| 0:55.1 | Severance product. I think it's interesting to explore these influences. Besides, what else have |
| 1:01.0 | you got to do until the release of season two? We're only getting one dark matter episode a week. |
| 1:07.3 | This time out, I thought we'd break down another 1999 movie from Dan's List. The workplace |
| 1:13.2 | comedy office space and futuristic sci-fi thriller The Matrix were also 1999 releases. It was a |
| 1:20.3 | pretty great year for cinema. Multi-part breakdowns of each of those movies are also available |
| 1:25.8 | in past Severed Origins episodes. |
| 1:28.9 | Prepare yourself, we're about to have a look at a unique movie that goes in an entirely |
| 1:33.6 | different direction from those other two. |
| 1:36.5 | Actually, it goes in a different direction than about any other movie that's ever been made. |
| 1:41.7 | We're going to attempt to wrap our any brains around the |
| 1:44.8 | unclassifiable fantasy comedy, sci-fi drama from Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jones called |
| 1:51.1 | Being John Malkovich. If you go past here, be warned. Consciousness warping spoilers are |
| 1:58.7 | ahead for being John Malkovich. Nothing is off limits. If you'd like to watch |
| 2:03.8 | before you listen, BJM can be rented on Amazon Video for $3.99. You could also buy the digital |
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