Director:
Hal AshbyCámara:
Caleb DeschanelMúsica:
Johnny MandelReparto:
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, David Clennon, Fran Brill, Sam Weisman, Fredric Lehne (más)Sinopsis(1)
Chance es un hombre peculiar. Su vida se reduce a cuidar el jardín de la mansión de un hombre adinerado y a ver la televisión todo el día. Cuando el dueño de la casa muere, Chance es despedido y expuesto a una vida exterior que no conoce. Pronto se encontrará con Eve, una buena mujer que le acoge. Poco a poco, este hombre analfabeto conseguirá engañar a muchos haciéndoles creer que es un gran político. (Lauren Films)
(más)Reseñas (8)
Digo esto muy raramente, pero en este caso sin duda es cierto: una adaptación cinematográfica muy exitosa de una famosa obra literaria con un sobresaliente Peter Sellers en el papel principal. Solo tengo la sensación interna de que me reí y me entretuve más con el libro, la película me pareció más seria y de alguna manera más triste.
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Films with mentally handicapped people usually irritate me, but Mr Gardener is mentally handicapped in such a… cute way. A character brilliantly portrayed by Peter Sellers and a superb film. The many funny misunderstandings reminded me when analyses of artworks find something where the creator didn’t put anything. From now on, whenever I read one such analysis, I will remember this film with a smile. Yeah, and I’m not sure whether I understood the last scene correctly, if so, it’s brilliant and brilliantly bold.
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The embodiment of assertiveness hand in hand with a well-aimed and darn funny satire that mainly the Greens (or all political parties, for that matter) could learn a lot from. The way that Ashby handles scenes that would have come across just embarrassing with anybody else (and not only the scenes with sexual undertones) is certainly admirable, but this is in no way a surprising or unique performance from him. I wanted to praise Sellers’ performance to the heavens with that already rather worn expression “performance of a lifetime", but then I remembered all his roles up until then, and it would be unfair to them. But then I remember how minimalistic and animated his performance of the role was, a role that 99.999 percent of the current stock of actors would have over-acted (hi there, Sean Penn) or turned into some lamentable creature (hi there, um, again Sean Penn, closely followed by Tom Hanks) - sorry, I simply had to get that below-the-belt comment in somehow. And this IS Sellers’ performance of a lifetime. P.S.: And, by the way, I like both Sean Penn and Tom Hanks.
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"I'm sorry you're so sick" The beautifully written, sincere, and touching story of an innocent person, which is partly directed as a sarcastic dig at American politics and society. I don't understand how, but it works brilliantly.
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Anyone expecting the same style of humor that Peter Sellers became famous for in the Pink Panther series will be disappointed with Being There. This is a completely different style and league. Along with the film Dr. Strangelove, it features one of Peter Sellers' most significant performances, reaffirming his position among the acting elite. With a very good screenplay and economical acting that relies on subtle changes in tone of voice, this understated but highly intelligent satire reveals the workings of high politics. Those who watch this film will understand the true meaning of the word "sarcasm." Overall impression: 90%.
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"Life is a state of mind." I never doubted that Peter Sellers was an excellent actor. Now that I've finally seen Being There, I'm tempted to praise it even more... except that it's hard to. Its precise performance, where every word, every look, every innocent smile, every inhale and exhale fascinates. There is simply no way to describe something like that. It's been a long, long, long time since I've seen such a sensational film that I wanted to watch again right after the end credits (or rather before the end credits, because they're really stupid due to the spoiled scene that was used).
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Traditionally precise Ashby. Anyone who enjoys the development of political satire and very biting allusions to the powerful social elite of the memorable 1970s should not miss this unassuming film, a direct predecessor of Forrest Gump. Not only does it offer another amazing performance by the great Peter Sellers, but above all it is at least as timeless in its ideas as the equally old Alien is from a visual perspective. Firstly, there is a clear reference to the overwhelming and false influence of television, which since time immemorial has been adapting everything to its own needs – when Chance emerges from his house for the first time in his old age, equipped only to watch "the box" every day, he feels like he is in an alien world full of strange, fast-talking creatures (and it’s surely no coincidence that a modified version of “Also Sprach Zarathustra”, an anthem for an unknown and vast universe, is playing). And then there is the crushing charge on the heads of the political and media bigwigs who take deadly seriously the dreamy words of a mentally retarded and emotionally cold gardener who gets the opportunity to speak only by sheer chance. And I ate it all up from Ashby’s hand, because once again he managed to wrap the story in such a novel, funny and incredibly ironic form that I felt like I was in a beautiful, relaxed fairy tale free of any external influence. Nobody makes stuff like this anymore. 90%
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A Peter Sellers showcase, which I'd been looking forward to for quite a while. And it was definitely worth it. But it's not just about Sellers, who is simply superb, it's also about the other actors who act here, and the absurd story, but it's delivered in a way that charms you and gets to you. Another slightly different variation on the simple-minded person.
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