Profile: John Malkovich: The devil drops his disguise

From: The Independent - London | Date: March 18, 2000| Author: David Thomson | Copyright information

Not everyone knows that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences now has a section for publicists. Those good people do not yet have their Oscar. But, so far, there are no awards for the best deal struck all year, the most inventive accountant's return on a profitable picture or the most audacious piece of promotion.

This year, if that award existed, it would be a lock for John Malkovich who, merely by consenting to be in Being John Malkovich and letting himself be photographed...