Being There Blu-ray BFI A visually rich (occasionally surreal)

A visually rich (occasionally surreal)  and blackly comic critique of colonialism

magic and pain of childhood

is married to his new boss

'Defending Your Life' Director: Albert Brooks (1991) criterion collection

Set in feudal Japan and loosely based on 'King Lear'- an aging Lord splits his kingdom amongst his three sons which leads to them battling each other for absolute power

Being There Blu-ray BFI A visually rich (occasionally surreal)'Being There' Director: Hal Ashby (1979) Criterion Collection 4K restoration includes new documentary, AFI seminar with Ashby, tv appearances and more Melancholic comedy satire. The usually exuberant Peter Sellers excels in the more confined role of a simple, pure hearted gardener who stumbles into celebrity late in life when he experiences the wider world for the first time and is taken under the wing of a tycoon who interprets the man's