Being John Malkovich vs Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
Being John Malkovich has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.9/10 for Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)). Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 53m. Being John Malkovich is the older of the two (1999 against 2010). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Being John Malkovich
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)| Being John Malkovich | Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Spike Jonze | Jan Švankmajer |
| Main cast | W. Earl Brown, Cameron Diaz, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Willie Garson | Klára Issová, Jana Oľhová, Zuzana Kronerová, Václav Helšus, Daniela Bakerová |
Synopsis
Being John Malkovich
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.
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
Eugene, an aging man, leads a double life - one real, the other in his dreams. He goes to see a psychoanalyst, who tries to interpret the meaning of his dreams. Eugene finds a way of entering his dream-world at will and finds out about his childhood and what really happened to his parents.
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