Control in "Being John Malkovich and Cloud Nine"

I'm not sure if you guys talked about this in class last Wednesday because I was at the doctor, but I was incredibly intrigued by the idea of control in "Being John Malkovich". Craig's job as a puppeteer seems to revolve around his need to be in control of others. He creepily acts out events that have happened in his life or events that he wishes would happen in his life with his puppets. This doesn't come to be an issue until he tries to control real life people, such as Lotte and Maxine. He tries to control his relationships with both of them and eventually physically controls Lotte by locking her in the monkey cage. His infatuation with being in John Malkovich's mind revolves around his ability to control a whole other person, who is real and not a puppet. This kind of control reminds me of "Cloud Nine", specifically Act 1 where Victoria is a doll. All the characters make it very obvious that she is a doll by throwing her around, placing her somewhere, or just having someone look after her at all times. This concept of controlling an inatimate person/object is very interesting to me in what it represents. In "Being John Malkovich" the puppets aren't real to anyone but Craig, and even he does recognize that they do not have a mind of their own and that they aren't real people. John Malkovich becomes his living puppet near the end of the movie. In "Cloud Nine" Victoria is a doll but is supposedly a real girl and is controlled by all members of the family. What do you guys think of this connection?