Review of Being There (1979) by Budd Wilkins for Slant Magazine — 23 Jun 1981
Elegiac and yet ruefully funny, Hal Ashby’s Being There is at once a profoundly philosophical fable about how we become truly human only in the face of our ineluctable mortality, as well as an incensed satire intent on skewering the mass media’s unhealthy sway among the corridors of wealth and power.
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This review of Being There (1979) was written by Budd Wilkins and published by Slant Magazine on 23 Jun 1981.
Being There has generally received very positive reviews.
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