Mythological tapestry of historical events viewed through a strictly left-lib perspective.A film like "Being There" is profoundly more subtle and properly Zen,whereas Zemeckis' cartoonish re-hash of this film may have been revelatory for anyone under 30,or over 47(in 1994),as I'm sure every war baby had a s**t-eating grin on their face leaving the theatre,at the thought of how their socio-political fantasy of the 60's and 70's had been so poetically sealed.Required reading for anyone who liked this movie,and probably won't after they read it: Dostoevsky's "The Idiot".Thank you.