Being There

Chance watches television, all the time, every day. This is not because he is a member of the younger generation; on the contrary, it’s the 60s, and he’s already old. No, Chance watches so much television because he is so empty inside. There is nothing to him, only surface. It’s as though, in watching TV, he can momentarily fill himself up with the flashing images and inane chatter. It's his only teacher. It's fitting that, when Chance finally leaves the house of his employer, entering the world for seemingly the first time, a revised version of the 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY theme starts playing. This is, indeed, an epic journey for the simple gardener, no less life-changing than Dave's journey to - well, whatever happens in 2001. www.moviefeast.com