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How to get inside John Malkovich’s head on disc

By Tom Russo

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 20, 2012

Even before you dig into the assortment of new supplements on Criterion’s reissue of “Being John Malkovich” (1999), there’s plenty to revisit. Witness Malkovich, in that moment of existential crisis over realizing that people (specifically Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener) can crawl inside his head. Seeking help, he turns to his friend, his rock — Charlie Sheen. Malkovich offhandedly notes in an interview that it was his idea to cast Sheen, whom he had never met, after Kevin Bacon declined.

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