life... is a state of mind

[thehefner]

Saw Peter Sellers' BEING THERE at the AFI last week. I'm still thinking about it. I think it was excellent, but I just don't know. Even though the ending was spoiled for me (one of the worst endings to ever have spoiled! God! Still so pissed), my reaction after seeing this film was a hushed "... wow."

I'm so tempted to make an icon of that last shot, but I'd hate to spoil it for anybody else. Yeah, that film's going high up on my list of Top Ten Favorite Last Shots/Endings:

1.) Aguirre, Wrath of God
2.) The Long Good Friday
3.) Being There
4.) Blood Simple
5.) Birdy
6.) The Wicker Man
7.) The Fly (Cronenberg)
8.) Night of the Living Dead
9.) Spider-Man 2
10.) Ravenous

(although I'm still thinking about putting SHAUN OF THE DEAD, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, (for the same reasons as THE FLY) and/or REAL GENIUS up there. That's the problem with these lists, they're ever-changing.)

I need to see it again with someone else. Maybe fiveseconddelay even though he would decry it for being too "John Hefner paced." Just because *you* can't take Sergio Leone movies... ;p

Comments

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I didn't see it as a philosophical movie, or at least, I certainly wasn't affected by it in that way. It was more the story itself, the way it unfolded, the levels of the characters, and particularly that ending. The first time I tried to watch it, I couldn't get through it. But that was at home, on tape. This time I saw it on the big screen, where it demanded my attention, and I'm very glad I did.

I need to see it again, definitely. Maybe I'll realize it's all crap after all, who knows?