The arrival of John Malkovich to Buenos Aires did not go unnoticed. The actor landed in the city as part of an international tour promoted by producer Diego Kolankowsky.
But far from limiting himself to fulfilling only his commitments, the protagonist of Do you want to be John Malkovich? He left gaps in his agenda to go out, discover and enjoy the corners of Buenos Aires.
His passage through the city has two appointments. On the one hand, it will give a single open talk on Thursday the 26th at the Alvear Theaterwhere a more intimate format is expected, face to face with the public.
On the other hand, it will present “The Infamous Ramírez Hoffman”, a theatrical proposal that mixes literature, live music and acting, with a single performance on Friday the 27th at the Opera Theater.
In the preview, the 72-year-old actor moved like any other Buenos Aires man. He started his tour on Friday with a rainy night at the Don Julio grill in Palermo, where he shared a table and red wine with the head of Government Jorge Macriyour partner María Belén Ludueñathe actor German Tripel and Kolankowsky with his daughter.
Tourism continued on Saturday with a walk from Recoleta to the center, where he climbed the dome of the Obelisk to have a 360° view of the city. From there, with Buenos Aires at his feet, he apparently connected with the Albiceleste culture: “I feel very attracted by the melancholy of tango and Buenos Aires, which are one,” stated.
The tour continued with a visit to the Teatro Colón, where he was received by the Minister of Culture Gabriela Ricardes and the director Gerardo Grieco. He toured the rooms, stage and dressing rooms of one of the most important theaters in the world, and closed the day with a rehearsal at the Beethoven Foundation, finalizing details for his presentation.
The work that Malkovich presents in Buenos Aires next Friday March 27 It is based on texts by Roberto Bolaño and proposes a stage experience where acting, live music and story are mixed.
For 90 minutes, Malkovich becomes the narrator of a dark story, accompanied by Anastasya Terenkova, one of the most important pianists in the world, along with Andrej Bielow (violin) and Fabrizio Colombo (bandoneon) who will be performed by Astor Piazzolla, Antonio Vivaldi, Erik Satie and Alberto Iglesias, among others.
The plot reconstructs the story of Ramírez Hoffman, an aviator and poet who writes verses in the sky while being part of the repressive machinery of the Chilean dictatorship.
With a dark and ironic tone, the setting depicts a character who tries to justify horror through art, as if creation could be located above any ethical limit. Far from romanticizing it, the work exposes it and makes it evident, while asking the audience an uncomfortable question: How far can art go? At this intersection, the show dialogues with Latin American political memory and with the permanent tension between aesthetics and ideology.
