Everybody must know that one has to pay money to become famous.

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2009)

As a film "Being John Malkovich" is refreshingly innovative as before its making no one in the world has ever dared to make a film about one of American cinema's greatest actors John Malkovich's enigmatic personality.It is not only the presence of John Malkovich which increases audiences' appreciation of the film but also the talented writer director duo Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze's joint artistic cooperation.It would be a crying shame to label "Being John Malkovich" as a black comedy as the issues tackled in the film go beyond the simple realm of mirth.The idea is to create laughter but not at the cost of social issues.This is one of the plausible reasons why Spike Jonze chose to highlight the plight of helpless caged animals in order to elicit some sympathy not only from PETA activists but also from general members of the society.As "Being John Malkovich" is a film about arts and artists, it has done a truly commendable job by showing all and sundry that Puppetry is a dying art.The best thing which can be learned by watching this film is that it can be made popular by associating a couple of popular figures to it.All artists are eccentric. They would go to any extent,cross any limits and perform any task in order to perpetually bask in glory.The audience gets to get a grip over some of truly wacky artists'lives.Everybody would like to become famous and would even pay for it.This funny aspect has been shown to make all human beings realize that strange are the vagaries of human mind.