Peter Sellers, director Hal Ashby and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel on the set of "Being There", 1979.
Filmmaker Mark Romanek was a film student and worked with Hal Ashby on this film. He kept a diary of his experience on the film set (last two slides).
He took notes of his daily tasks and his conversations. For the hospital room scene, he wrote how "Sellers came up with 3 changes, all great" and of how Peter broke up laughing during the shooting.
Romanek praises Hal Ashby, whom he admired greatly. As Stanley Kubrick was also another of Romanek's idols, he mentions in his diary a conversation he had with Peter, where Peter had spoken to Kubrick, who was making "The Shining" at the time.
Romanek's notes on "Being There" are a charming and intimate look into the making of one of the best films of all time.
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📷 1, 2 & 3: Lorimar/United Artists/Being There Making Of Documentary/Criterion
📷 4 & 5: Cinephilia & Beyond (cinephiliabeyond.org)
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