Elidor
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Sun Jun-03-07 12:44 AM
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I finally saw 'Being There' |
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What a disappointment. That joke was stretched waaaaaay too thin. I suppose Sellers did a good job. I dunno. I didn't much care. It was initially interesting watching him forced out of his cocoon and into the world, but it quickly grew boring. I wasn't terribly impressed with the rather obvious commentary on American society, either. I'd never have imagined that a simpleton's homilies about gardening, delivered to jaded sophisticates, could be stretched into an entire movie. Fucking lame.
I should give the book a try, perhaps. Kosinksi is usually interesting.
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Reverend_Smitty
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Sun Jun-03-07 12:45 AM
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1. I read the book in high school... |
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I thought it was better than the movie, it's a decent quick read
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Sun Jun-03-07 04:09 AM
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2. One of my 10 favorite films |
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It's a masterpiece, and Sellers is brilliant.
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Sun Jun-03-07 10:08 AM
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it is dated now but I still love it even if I don't watch it often. I was 'out' for a few months with a brain injury that turned me back to thinking like a little kid for a couple of years. So when I re-saw Being There I connected with it more than I had before- the naive adult turned loose on the crazy world. I think that theme of it stands up. It was always one of my favorites though, and I like Peter Sellers so maybe that's part of it.
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Sun Jun-03-07 09:53 AM
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3. They made a movie out of that classic Wilco album? |
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Sounds cool but I don't know who they'd cast in it
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Sun Jun-03-07 03:50 PM
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I thought it was okay but don't understand its 'cult status'.
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Sun Jun-03-07 04:29 PM
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7. (sweEEt theme song though) |
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Sun Jun-03-07 04:52 PM
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i was hoping to find that somewhere...
great film
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Sun Jun-03-07 04:33 PM
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8. The outakes are pretty funny... |
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