american beauty

It’s Just a Couch!!!!!! Americans are caught up in the belief that what we are is what we own. There is a superficial nature to our society. We are nothing more than peacocks walking around strutting our feathers marked with price tags and brand names. The suburbs are a nesting ground for all of this fictitiousness. When Lester Byrnham introduces himself to his audience, he finds himself amidst the cradle of this fakeness. The …

…American Beauty, just like they know what happens at the end of Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, the only thing to judge Lester Byrnham on is the way that he lives for the present. How good Lester Byrnham is at performing the “play of life” is how he wants to be valued. That is real beauty and true success. American Beauty. Produced by Allan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes. 1 hr. 58 min. Universal, 1999. Videocassette. Bibliography none