"Being There" is a wonderful comedy and I can say the strangest movie I have ever seen. It is about a gardener, who lives in the household of an old man on a death bed. He has always been taken care of by the servant of the master, called Luis. His name is Chance, but because he is a gardener and dos not offer any other last name, he adopts the name Chance Gardener. "Being There" offers us a story of a man, who did not have any experience from life other than from the Television Programs he has watched. In his contact with people, he lives them with the impression that he is wise, smart, natural and trustful. His main tools he uses in his communication with others are Nonverbal Communication and Language usage. .
The overall role of Chance, the Gardener, consists mostly of Nonverbal Communication. The beginning of the movie starts with the TV and himself. He does not have anybody else except the Luis-the mate, and the TV, therefore he is not used to speak a lot. At lunch, he is focused on the TV, and not so much on the mate who announces the death of the master. He just looks at her showing a meaning of having no idea, and asks for his lunch. This scene shows that he do not show his emotions through speech. TV programs make him imitate the people on them, and try to act as they do in the specific situations shown. The first scene was when he saluted Luis in the garden, when she was leaving the house, because of the death of the master of the house; he lifted his hat, and moved his head down to show respect to her, as a gentleman to a woman. He saw that the morning on the TV. Another example is when he was stretching on his bed, imitating a fitness exercise from the TV, while Yves was trying to attract him sexually. Those two examples show us how the character communicates mostly nonverbally. With the second scene, he makes Yves believe that he is more interested in the TV than in herself.
