Being There evaluation action
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Lila 2022-03-25 09:01:10
Chauncey, like Mr. Hulot, broke into the city as an alien (the adaptation of "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" suggests this), but as soon as he landed, he entered the protection of the deep house compound, and never failed to match the contemporary city. The idiosyncratic circumstances and living conditions interact interestingly enough; the film deftly compares political rhetoric with stupid ambiguity, but it still fails to convincingly point out how exactly the protagonist's character emerges from the culture shaped by TV—until he Looking at the screen like in Sherlock Holmes II and learning to kiss a woman, saying "I like to watch", we realize that it is connecting the most honest, dull, absent gaze with the most erotic gaze: Since we are never actually watching TV, everything is permitted.
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Hilbert 2022-03-26 09:01:07
The father of Forrest Gump. Brilliant sarcastic stream online http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/MJxa8iFoFB4
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[Thomas and Johanna are watching Chance's interview on TV]
Thomas Franklin: It's that gardener.
Johanna, girl with Franklin: Yes, Chauncey Gardiner.
Thomas Franklin: No, he's a real gardener.
Johanna, girl with Franklin: He does talk like one. I think he's brilliant.
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[upon walking out of an elevator]
Chance the Gardener: That was a very small room.