Being John Malkovich is a very twisted classical movie. It starts off with a poor couple living in their apartment under a somewhat happy relationship. As the movie progresses, the setup is revealed. Craig lives with his wife Lotte, and many of her pets. Craig, a jobless puppeteer, was convinced by his wife to find a job. When he found a classified with a job needing a worker with “fast hands,” he immediately applied. After getting the job is where the rising action takes place. Craig meets an intriguing woman by the name of Maxine. Craig develops a sexual interest for her and does everything for a date. As the action rises, Maxine meets Craig’s wife. Lotte has a strong sexual attraction to her as well. During all of this, Craig finds a secret portal to the brain of John Malkovich. For fifteen minutes, the person who goes in the portal
will see through the eyes of Malkovich. Lotte uses John’s body to advance her relationship with Maxine. Craig becomes very angry at this, and kidnaps his wife. Eventually he uses Malkovich the same way Lotte did. The show down takes place when Lotte discovers that Craig’s boss isn’t really the man he says he is. He is a man that lives in another man’s head. He built Malkovich’s portal to live on forever. The climax come when Craig makes a choice to leave Malkovich’s body and have his boss and his friend take it over. During the resolution, Craig drops out of Malkovich’s body and sees his wife go off with Maxine.
The most noticeable sound in the movie was when somebody came out of Malkovich’s body. The person would be dropped from his body straight to the side of the New Jersey Turnpike. The sound used was a reminder and an indicator that someone was leaving his body. Also, the music during all
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