Movie Substrate · Film
Being John Malkovich (1999)
★ 7.4 · 4,763 ratings on TMDB
Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can.
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
DirectorSpike Jonze
The emergence reading
Being John Malkovich keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, exploitation, control.
zero-distanceUSidentityexploitationcontrol
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E8consciousnessconsciousness can be transferred into another person's mind for a limited time via a portal (technology · local)