A prescient movie.
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@kipattao1.bsky.socialHappy 80th Birthday Fran Brill. #HappyBirthdayFranBrill #FranBrill #Birthday #BeingThere #MidnightRun #WhatAboutBob #SesameStreet #LittieBigRoom
@mntgrl.bsky.socialJust so beautiful. Would be beautiful if we had *humans* like that, huh. #BeingThere
@pmoll.bsky.socialcriticism you've presented. I could be wrong, these are just my thoughts about your differing reaction to it.
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@pmoll.bsky.socialI've always seen him as an artificial construct, a vehicle for a thought experiment. That's what I think the final scene underscores; if you know he's going to be walking on water then the earlier scenes play differently.
@celluloidsoul.bsky.socialOhhh ok so that was supposed to be something I found funny or charming or somehow differently than I took it.
For whatever reason I'm really bad at this. Thanks for being patient with me. #BeingThere #TCMParty
@celluloidsoul.bsky.socialOk, I didn't get that he wasn't real.
I feel extremely uncomfortable in the exact same way as when we're watching outdated treatment of non-white people, women, children, etc.
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@pmoll.bsky.socialyes they react to them like he's a pet!
@celluloidsoul.bsky.socialMaybe it's the way they've interpreted the book. I mean, 1979 was the grand old age of still using the "R" word, so who knows but...
Is he not supposed to give the impression of having any of these issues? #BeingThere #TCMParty
@celluloidsoul.bsky.socialThat's philosophizing about people who are equals not "really" knowing each other.
I feel stuck looking through this lense they purposely created, demonstrating he has some kind of developmental disabilities. They can't have a real relationship with him without knowing that. #BeingThere #TCMParty
@pmoll.bsky.socialyes I think you have to take Chauncey as not real. He's only significant (in terms of the film) in terms of how we respond to him.
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@pmoll.bsky.socialoh that's funny. It does heighten the surrealism of his character.
@pmoll.bsky.socialhaha did you make it??? I hope it didn't depress you. I wanted to mention the ending in discussing his character. What did you think of the last scene...?
The specific inspiration Ashby had was late in shooting and he was in awe of the work Sellers was doing, and he joked along the lines of "I could have that guy walk on water and people would believe it." (Look how far Chance got in just a few days!) #BeingThere #TCMParty
@millerfilm.bsky.socialThe movie is a satire about a simple man who remains simple throughout. But everyone who meets him is so taken in by him that they take his simple sayings and take them as being something profound. It is about their reactions to Chance much more than about Chance himself.
@pmoll.bsky.socialI never took him as a realistic character. #TCMParty #BeingThere
@celluloidsoul.bsky.socialI like the disparity between these two interpretations. #BeingThere #TCMParty
@pmoll.bsky.socialOkay. Yes, the president saying "it's a state of mind" at the end suggests he's on the water bc he doesn't realize he shouldn't be.
I'm not crazy about it; the miraculous (as metaphysical) doesn't jibe with the existential (grounded in the here and now) theme of the film. #TCMParty #BeingThere
@celluloidsoul.bsky.socialWell, I tried, but it looks like I didn't get the movie again. #BeingThere #TCMParty