Just want to mention that I re-watched Being John Malkovich on Netflix a few weeks ago. This was the movie that made Kaufman famous (along with director Spike

Just want to mention that I re-watched Being John Malkovich on Netflix a few weeks ago. This was the movie that made Kaufman famous (along with director Spike Jonze), around 1999. It still holds up! Great movie. To be honest a lot of movies can't hold my attention these days -- they're "thin" and contrived to elicit certain reactions in the audience -- but this movie did after more than 20 years. I rarely rewatch a movie; it's usually one and done for me. This brings to mind this observation by PG: Novels seem so impoverished compared to history and biography. But reading Austen is like reading nonfiction. She writes so well you don't even notice her. http://paulgraham.com/heroes.html http://paulgraham.com/heroes.html Basically I have a hard time with a lot of fictional movies and fictional writing because they seem "impoverished". Kaufman sets up absurd situations, viewed from absurd angles, but they have a realistic texture that you get something out of.