Being John Malkovich (1999): Malkovich As a Puppeteer

The clip Malkovich as a puppeteer from Being John Malkovich (1999) with John Malkovich

Honey? Maxine?
Maxine?
I'm busy.
Maxine, honey, it's on!
Yeah, there's the truth, and there are lies and, art always tells the truth, even when it's lying.
The enigmatic John Malkovich one of the world's greatest entertainers and the man who reinvented how we view puppeteering.
Tonight we look at the man above the strings and the woman behind the man.
Raised in Evanston, Illinois, Malkovich had a lifelong interest in theatre arts and as a young man, was one of the founding members of Chicago's world-renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
From there, it was a simple transition to Broadway accolades and Hollywood stardom.
But nothing could prepare the public for what was to come next.
And so it was, that just eight short months ago John Malkovich dropped the bombshell that sent shock waves through the entertainment community.
Turning his back on his former profession, Malkovich had to start from scratch and pay his dues all over again as a fledgling puppeteer.
Hello, ladies and gentlemen, I'm John Malkovich.
I'm really John Malkovich.
From these inauspicious beginnings John Malkovich's rise to stardom was fast and furious.
His breakout performance was at this year's Emmy Awards...
It's really good! I look really amazing.
I'd fuck me.
If there's anything that upsets me about it it's feeling like if I move into it too quickly l'll be, you know, deemed an imitator.
But, I think that once we all get the courage to follow through on our instincts, like Malkovich has I think that a lot of us will move into puppetry.

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