Posted on 07/17/2011 8:50:31 PM PDT by mylife
Here is the film "Being there" for any one who hasn't seen it.
It is haunting,with the ahole we have in office now.
Follow the links for the entire film
In Poland, at least two films based on the Nikodem Dyzma novel have been made, and, if I'm not mistaken, a television series as well. But the idea of a dumbbell rising to the highest level of the government is at least 80 years old, although we might go back all the way to Voltaire's Candide, I suppose, then Moliere and Oscar Wilde. I'm not a literary historian, though.
Everyone rises to their own level of incompetence.
Its odd. What I always see over and over in life is that the fellow who cant do the job gets promoted to supervisor.
I liked the film a lot except for the out takes at the end. It should have been left out. Sellers was right to be furious at their in conclusion.
The film is available on dvd and is sometimes shown on television.
I enjoyed the out takes.
I don’t know if they are included here.
I don’t know if they are included here.
They are. I just checked the last segment on Youtube.
My opinion they should not have been apart of the movie because it seemed to changed the mood, etc. and didn't fit in with the rest of the picture. Perhaps it is why Sellers didn't get the Best Actor Award. I have no problem with them if they were separate from the movie.
I just thought they added to the absurdity of the film.
Ahh Well.
Enjoy the film
'Being There'
Following is an excerpt from the movie, 'Being There', starring Peter Sellers as Chance, a simple gardener who later becomes known as "Chance Gardner" through no fault of his own. The movie has become a cult classic.
"Adapted by Jerzy Kozinsky from his own novel, the movie's about a simple-minded, middle-aged gardener who, after a lifetime of seclusion and safety in a Washington, D.C. townhouse, gets his first exposure to reality beyond the walls of his sheltered existence. His only reference to the world is through his childlike addiction to television, and when a chance encounter brings him into the inner fold of a dying billionaire (Melvyn Douglas), he suddenly finds himself the toast of Washington's political elite. His simple phrases about gardening are misinterpreted as anything from economic predictions to sage political advice..." - - Jeff Shannon (Amazon.com)
(For some reason, the rise of Barack Hussein Obama reminded me of this old movie.... which my wife and I went to see in the theater when it was released.)
President "Bobby": "Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben, or do you think that we can stimulate growth through temporary incentives?"
[Long pause]
Chance the Gardener: "As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden."
President "Bobby": "In the garden."
Chance the Gardener: "Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again."
President "Bobby": "Spring and summer."
Chance the Gardener: "Yes."
President "Bobby": "Then fall and winter."
Chance the Gardener: "Yes."
Benjamin Rand: "I think what our insightful young friend is saying is that we welcome the inevitable seasons of nature, but we're upset by the seasons of our economy."
Chance the Gardener: "Yes! There will be growth in the spring!"
Benjamin Rand: "Hmm!"
Chance the Gardener: "Hmm!"
President "Bobby": "Hm. Well, Mr. Gardner, I must admit that is one of the most refreshing and optimistic statements I've heard in a very, very long time."
[Benjamin Rand applauds]
President "Bobby": "I admire your good, solid sense. That's precisely what we lack on Capitol Hill."
Yes, there will be growth in the spring..
One of my all-time favorite films! I’ve watched it numerous times and always enjoy introducing others to it.
It’s so relevant and applicable, isn’t it?
Thanks for the link. Being There is one of my all time favorite movies. Believe it or not I feel in love with it watching it on tv as a kid. Peter Sellers is amazing! The content is beyond compelling and so simple. Brilliant.
feel=fell. haha.
“What I always see over and over in life is that the fellow who cant do the job gets promoted to supervisor.”
There was a best-selling book about that in the ‘70’s called The Peter Principle, in which it talks about people who rise to their own level of incompetence. Seems particularly appropro these days.
Very cool info there Revolting Cat (Let us Prey) haha. LOVE your brain and also your tagline. Thanks for the background.
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Yep, but that's because the fellows who CAN do the job are too valuable in their current positions. The best software engineers where I worked were never promoted to supervisory level.
¨It´s a white man´s world in America.¨
I like to watch.
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