Being There: Life is a state of mind
"Being There," the 1979 film written by Jerzy Kosinski and directed by Hal Ashby, remains quite a unique film to this day. It gives you pause and time to just - ya know - be there for a while.
“Being There,” starring Peter Sellers in one of his best performances (and that's saying something!), is a comedy - satire, if you will - but it is also something more. With its gentle protagonist, it is, it feels, deeply philosophical - and in the end, with its final iconic sequence, even mystical.
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