It's so interesting that Lotte and the first man (and the rest of the line of people) were so willing to crawl into a small, shady hole and become someone else for a brief period of time. They had very few reservations about living someone else's life. Some people say "I wish I was ________" implying that their own lives are unfulfilled and that a new, usually famous, life would be better. In actuality, it seems his life is much like that of others, and that he has his own struggles.
It is also notable that it's only for 15 minutes that people can take over John's body. It reminds me of the 15 minutes of fame. This is implying that after your 15 minutes, you return to your own life...back to being ordinary. It seems that everyone lusts after this fame, this 15 minutes of being extraordinary, so this is why people might be interested in entering down the hole that is the mind of John Malcovich.
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Sam, I agree with what you say about John Malkovich's life being "much like that of others." I thought it was interesting that whenever we are in John Malkovich's head, we see him doing normal everyday human things. It makes him less of a famous actor and more of a human being like everyone else. What I think it interesting is, like you say, that people are so possessed by this and want it.
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