Eyebrow Cinema | Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 @EyebrowCinema | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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Being John Malkovich is often discussed amidst the other office movies of 1999 (The Matrix, Fight Club, Office Space, and American Beauty), but rarely analyzed from this perspective to the same degree. In this video essay, I contextualize Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's masterpiece within the Celluloid Cubicle. Fun and spoilers lie ahead.
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Filmography: letterboxd.com/pgcooper/list/being-john-malkovich-and-the-office-movies
Works Cited:
The Celluloid Cubicle: Regressive Constructions of Masculinity in 1990s Office Movies. Hunter Latham, 2003.
Best. Movie. Year. Ever. How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen. Brian Raftery, 2019.
Folding Ideas - Fight Club and Toxic Masculinity. Dan Olson, 2015.
Why All Movies From 1999 Are the Same. Now You See It, 2019.
Music Featured:
A Gradual Descent into the Chamber of Darkness by Scott Lawlor
Fragmented Pianos by Mikael Lind
Serial Killer by John Bartmann
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
Setup With An E by Small Colin
Finally Lost by Hinterheim
Symphony No. 2: Truth by Steve Combs
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Support me on Patreon and get early access to videos like this: patreon.com/eyebrowcinema
Being John Malkovich is often discussed amidst the other office movies of 1999 (The Matrix, Fight Club, Office Space, and American Beauty), but rarely analyzed from this perspective to the same degree. In this video essay, I contextualize Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's masterpiece within the Celluloid Cubicle. Fun and spoilers lie ahead.
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/danpgsimpson
Filmography: letterboxd.com/pgcooper/list/being-john-malkovich-and-the-office-movies
Works Cited:
The Celluloid Cubicle: Regressive Constructions of Masculinity in 1990s Office Movies. Hunter Latham, 2003.
Best. Movie. Year. Ever. How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen. Brian Raftery, 2019.
Folding Ideas - Fight Club and Toxic Masculinity. Dan Olson, 2015.
Why All Movies From 1999 Are the Same. Now You See It, 2019.
Music Featured:
A Gradual Descent into the Chamber of Darkness by Scott Lawlor
Fragmented Pianos by Mikael Lind
Serial Killer by John Bartmann
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
Setup With An E by Small Colin
Finally Lost by Hinterheim
Symphony No. 2: Truth by Steve Combs
More Eyebrow Cinema:
The Decay of Cinema - youtu.be/hjDNtwh2i5M
Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining - youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM
Star Wars Can't Move On - youtu.be/ESWgz-lcUuE
Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience - youtu.be/uZdl9D7NWBI
How Terence Young Made James Bond - youtu.be/2sTt_nkgGFE
What is the Appeal of Friday the 13th - youtu.be/mpy8n853EKE
The Indifference of The Birds - youtu.be/p2Q0N0kjazc
Dawn of the Dead and the Happy Consumer - youtu.be/30oSBlZyjg0
Inception and The Dreamer - youtu.be/ZeQzJW6IBs8
The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin - youtu.be/gWAg1suGwnM
Fan Entitlement and the Quick Fix - youtu.be/OWflw2xzGWY
Summer with Monika - Breaking the Fourth Wall - youtu.be/pMK5giTO1xc
Learning to Love Batman Returns - youtu.be/J9v9bC3R9oA
The Apartment and How to Write Movies Good - youtu.be/ImF4-YbPh8g
Silent Films are Like Hard Liquor: A Guide to Silent Movies - youtu.be/hwcY20J2kJg
Night of the Living Dead and the Prison of Intent - youtu.be/uo0CUDdi1ow
Once Upon a Time in the West - Setting the Stage - youtu.be/yYpp_UTGA9I
Indiana Jones - The Face of Jewish Vengeance - youtu.be/dVZg5j8vg70
The Citizen Kane Effect and the Rashomon Test - youtu.be/0gkCJORqegQ
Barry Lyndon - The Unworthy Protagonist - youtu.be/hSXoNYzguqI
