How does a fifty-year-old gardener who has been so out of touch with society become the chief national policy adviser whom the president sees as his savior? Don't imagine a business miracle like Will Smith from sleeping on the toilet ("When Happiness Knocks Your Door"), this is not a successful inspirational film; don't imagine getting Morgan Fee like Jim Carrey. Liman's Hand of God ("Fake God"), this is not a magic spoof either. Hal Ashby made the 1979 political satirical comedy "Rich and Wealthy", and all Hal's old gardener does is look innocently at you with innocent eyes -- even Don't say anything.
In fact, another Chinese translation of "Being There" may be more accurate - "governance by inaction". It was the old gardener's silent and unchanging eyes that were mistaken for "political opinions", and then absurdly became "national salvation policy". The president then suddenly realized that what he realized was not a "smile with flowers", but the situation of "nothing" that is most suitable for politics. The so-called "doing more is more wrong, doing less is wrong, and doing nothing makes no mistakes". I couldn't help laughing when I saw the President leave with joy and joy after learning from the old gardener!
If Hal can meet Orwell, I don't know if the two will meet each other coldly or have a drink? Hal's slick handling of humor may make Orwell feel a little dissatisfied - after all, Hal's body and mind are from Hollywood, and Hal, who is also an outlier even in Hollywood, must have an unflattering personality, spicy, exaggerated, The go-it-yourself, theatrical American style that runs through the film, both accessible and aggressive, goes against Orwell's British roots. However, what they have in common is undoubtedly "sharpness", and Orwell is better at showing the psychological characteristics behind the characters through calm, meticulous and somewhat neurotic descriptions, so as to illustrate the powerlessness and distortion of human nature in the face of politics. Under the shroud of abstinence totalitarianism, he carried out an affair, but the bluebells he picked on the way gave off an unpleasant smell...
The distortion of politics comes from the distortion of human nature, and then becomes the source of further distortion of human nature. For the same subject of political satire, American humor is naturally less delicate and profound than British seriousness. But—wasn't that hustle and bustle always the magic weapon for Hollywood? As for Howl's controversial ending to "Rich and Noble," che, that's not the point.
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