it's a portal and it takes you inside john malkovich. and charlie kauffmann. and they kind of remind people that movies can be so much more. what happens when a man goes through his own portal? >> we'll see. >> it's a metafictional dive into literally the brain of john malkovich who was in the movie playing himself. >> malkovich, malkovich. ♪ >> it's one of those movies that's impossible to describe. and it just sounds like you're piling one absurdity upon another. but it somehow all ccoheres int this beautiful film. i want you to hit me as hard as you can. >> what? >> i want you to hit me as hard as you can. >> sometimes a piece of material finds a filmmaker who is uniquely possessed of the chops to do it right. ♪ "fight club," like, i think it's hard to imagine anybody who had a better dna than him for that film. >> the first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club. the second rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club. >> we were doing the kind of film we'd all hoped to do. >> trust me. everything's going to