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Being John MalkovichOther

by Spike Jonze

Who uses, recommends or left Being John Malkovich, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Steven Yeun
American actor; Glenn Rhee in The Walking Dead (2010 to 2016), Oscar-nominated for Minari (2020), and Emmy-winning star and producer of Beef (2023).
loved

Being John Malkovich was another one of those formative films that expanded my horizons on what film can be, what it can comment on, how many layers you can attach, and how meta it can get.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Steven Yeun, the entry for Being John Malkovich.

2018-10-24·criterion.com ↗

Tim Urban
Writer and illustrator behind the long-form blog Wait But Why and author of What's Our Problem?
loved

Movie that I loved and took fully seriously and then saw again with people who were laughing the whole time and realized it was actually a comedy: Being John Malkovich.

His first reader mailbag, answering questions on everything from books to the gear he carries.

2016-05-06·waitbutwhy.com ↗

Josephine Decker
English-born American filmmaker of Butter on the Latch (2013), Madeline's Madeline (2018), Shirley (2020) and The Sky Is Everywhere (2022).
liked

A whole generation of filmmakers grew up seeing Being John Malkovich as a seminal part of their discovery of film.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Being John Malkovich.

2020-07-06·criterion.com ↗

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