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Being There (1979)

Jun 29th, 2009 | By Shonuff | Category: Featured, Film Essays & Critique

I can’t stop thinking about this film. It’s not perfect, and there are a few brief parts of the film that fail terribly, but the gist of the film is simple, brilliant, and increasingly relevant today. Peter Sellers is remarkably restrained and heartbreaking as the gardner Chance, a sweet, polite, middle-aged man with a severe [...]



A Man For All Seasons

Nov 14th, 2008 | By Shonuff | Category: Featured, Film Essays & Critique

 Fred Zinnemann (United Kingdom, 1966)   “Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Wales?” To what lengths would you go to maintain a principle, a belief?  Sir Thomas More sacrificed his own head for refusing to betray his conscience.  His unparalleled steadfastness and nobility in [...]