Surrealist Films | Being John Malkovich Part 1

About this episode

The episode explores the surrealist elements of the film 'Being John Malkovich' and discusses the nature of surrealism in cinema.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the brain of John Malkovich! So far, in 2026, we have watched some pretty weird films, but while weird, they weren’t as surrealist as “Being John Malkovich”. In this episode, we chat about what makes a film surrealist and discuss the uncomfortable and creepy nature of this genre of film. Let us know what you think and chat with us on X: https://twitter.com/WTF_WithUs Theme Music Credit: Ultra Lights by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creat...

People in this episode

Hosts: Cheryl Mok, Lara Bulger

Topics covered

• surrealism
• film analysis
• Being John Malkovich
• creepy films
• film genre

Keywords

• surrealist films
• Being John Malkovich
• film reviews
• creepy nature
• film genre

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stefan Kartenberg

Books & works: Being John Malkovich

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