The Odeon of Death Review of the Week: Being There

The Odeon of Death takes a look at the week’s events through the medium of cinema.

Being There (But Not Involved) (2015)

After simple-minded Chauncey Gardiner is plucked from his allotment and placed near the seat of power, he briefly enthralls members with vague homilies half-remembered from an old copy of Marxism for Beginners. That he never finished reading.

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