For the grand finale of Trading Faces, we'll be screening one of the most transgender films ever made.
Directed by Spike Jonze, and written by titanium-plated egg Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation), Being John Malkovich (1999) stars John Cusack as a depressed puppeteer who discovers a portal into unsuspecting actor John Malkovich's body in the recesses of a strange office building that changes everything for those who encounter it, and opens up a wonderland of physical possibilities and self-discovery.
Cameron Diaz stars as a textually transmasc character, Catherine Keener is the mean office siren of your dreams, and John Malkovich is the man caught in the middle.
Before the film, our resident historian and mistress of PowerPoints, Heather Estradiol will be giving an in-depth presentation on the persistent and overwhelming amount of trans themes both explicit and implied in Charlie Kaufman's work across his career, repressor art, why Francis Ford Coppola knows the word “waifu”, Lars von Trier-themed lunchboxes, the ethics of egg-spotting, and more.
Join us downstairs at Dalston Superstore for the missing link between The Matrix and I Saw The TV Glow, and one of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 1990s.
I think it's kinda sexy that John Malkovich has a portal, y'know, sort of like, it's like, like he has a vagina. It's sort of vaginal, y'know, like he has a, he has a penis AND a vagina. I mean, it's sort of like... Malkovich's... feminine side. I like that."
Subtitles will be displayed throughout the film.
Seating is a mixture of benches, backed chairs, bar stools, and floor space, and is first come, first served.