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In Vine, Twitter Has Made The Closest Thing To A Real-Life 'Being John Malcovich' Yet
businessinsider.com/ ^ | Jan. 27, 2013 | Nicholas Carlson

Posted on 01/27/2013 8:41:45 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

In the movie, John Cusack's character would climb through a long tunnel and come out the other side feeling as if he were another person – inside of them, seeing and feeling the world through that person's eyes.

(In a twist, that person would always be the actor John Malcovich, who plays a fictionalized version of himself in the movie.)

Anyway, I bring this up because Twitter's new social media app for the iPhone, Vine, is the closest thing to a real-life Being John Malcovich I have ever seen.

For six seconds, you see and hear the world through someone else's eyes.

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1 posted on 01/27/2013 8:41:52 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Leave it to the Democrat propaganda version of Forbes, WSJ, and IBD to misspell John Malkovich’s name. The publication is sloppy that way. The app does sound interesting, though.


2 posted on 01/27/2013 8:50:04 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Wow. If I wanted to be someone else, I would be. That’s the beauty of freedom. You can change. Or, you can sit and complain or do drugs to ignore who you are....for a while.


3 posted on 01/27/2013 8:52:30 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

When they originally cast the movie, they wanted Willem Dafoe. He had other obligations and couldn’t do it, so they got John Malkovich.


4 posted on 01/27/2013 8:59:30 AM PST by real saxophonist
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To: blueunicorn6

I wanna be Bronco Bama for long enough to do an exclusive sit down interview with a panel of interviewers that consists of Limbaugh, Levin, and Beck, with Rand Paul thrown in for good measure.

As Bronco, I will confess all my crimes and the crimes of my cabinet and czars.

Then Michelle can have him back.


5 posted on 01/27/2013 9:01:59 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: real saxophonist

Could’a been “Being Steve Buscemi”


6 posted on 01/27/2013 9:05:27 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: real saxophonist
When they originally cast the movie, they wanted Willem Dafoe. He had other obligations and couldn’t do it, so they got John Malkovich.

Which is interesting because, as I understand it, when they started casting, the movie was already called "Being John Malkovich", even before they knew if they could get him for the movie.

7 posted on 01/27/2013 11:29:42 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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