Being John Malkovich as a symbol for paradise

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2010)

Being John Malkovich. So I looked around the internet (one google link) to see if what I thought was going on was what was actually going on and couldn't find anything close. I couldn't even find a synopsis, but I think i might be on to something. So, in line with the ridiculousness of the movie, I was thinking that living as John Malkovich is a symbol for paradise or heaven (for obvious reasons). The two main characters are like Adamn and Eve, they are innocent and pure and their love is innocent and pure (they never fight about anything). This is because of their detachment to the material world, they're totally unfashionable and seem like children. When the puppeteer has to find a job he has begun his dive into the material world and more importantly towards the advancement of himself. Maxene is like a symbol for the pure ego, sort of like Satan who tempts Adamn and Eve to eat the apple of knowledge, the apple being the idea of improving upon their already perfect paradise by living through John Malkovich. Maxene keeps them from realizing that what they had before was the paradise, and now after meeting her and using the portal they are constantly crying and hating each other. There are parts in the movie where Maxene is speaking to the two and they look awestruck by her, they are infatuated with her ego, her complete confidence and love of herself, which turns into an infatuation with their own egos through being with her, loosely the plot of "Paradise Lost." It's like nothing anyone says or does can effect Maxene's feeling of self-worth, she has an invincible ego, so she is not a human. The two main characters are constantly being defeated by the outside world (once they've joined it) and suffer as a result. There are also a lot of parallels between the puppeteer and Christ, and between the old people and God and his angels.