Willard er filmen om ein mann/gutt som har lite sosiale ferdigheter, bur samen med mor si, og som blir mobba på arbeidsplassen. Dei einaste venane han har er nokre rotter i kjellaren. Det byrja med Ben og Socrates, og han finn ut at gjennom Sorates kan han nå ut til dei andre rottene og få dei til å gjere det han vil. Når ein av dei vert drepne, brukar han rottene til å ta hemn.
Først filma i 1971, på nytt i 2003. Og er laust basert på ei novelle kalla "Ratman's Notebooks" av Gilbert Ralston.
Trailer til 2003 versjonen!
Det vart tilogmed ein oppfølgar i 1972, Ben
Eg ramla over denne filmen da den vart sendt seint ein kveld for ei god stund sidan på ein tilfeldig kanal. Den er... merkelig :]
Filmmusikk!
Alle kjenner Michael Jackson, og mange har hørt "Ben". Og kven er denne Ben? Joooo det er rotta fra Willard det!
Skriven av Don Black og Walter Scharf til filmen Ben.
Don Black seier i eit intervju: "When it came to writing about a rat, I said, 'You can't write about a rat.' I mean, I'm not going to use words like 'cheese.' I thought the best thing to do is write about friendship."
("Då det kom til å skrive om ei rotte, sa eg, 'Du kan ikkje skrive om ei rotte.' Eg meiner, eg kjem ikkje til å nytte ord som 'ost.' Eg tykte det beste var å skrive om vennskap.")
Youtube link til sangen.
Fine teksten:
Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you my friend will see
You've got a friend in me
(You've got a friend in me)
Ben, you're always running here and there
(Here and there)
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
(Anywhere)
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
There's something you should know
You've got a place to go
(You've got a place to go)
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
(I used to say "I" and "me")
(Now it's "us", now it's "we")
Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(A friend)
Like Ben
(Like Ben)
Like Ben
Men det tar ikkje slutt her!
Pearl Jam nemleg, eit band eg likte godt i min spede ungdom, hadde for fleire hundre år sidan gitt ut ein song som heitte Rats. Koplinga mellom Rats og Ben kom ikkje hjå meg før eg las om Ben.
Teksta til Rats er for meg ustyrteleg morosam, eksepsjonelt sarkastisk og forhåpentlegvis tankevekkande. (tolk rotter vs mennesker)
Meir youtube
Tekst:
Uh they don't eat. Don't sleep.
They don't feed they don't seethe.
Bare their gums when they moan and squeak.
Lick the dirt off a larger one's feet.
They don't push. Don't crowd.
Congregate until they're much too loud.
**** to procreate till they are dead.
Drink the blood of their so called best friend.
They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way.
Don't pack themselves together and run as one.
Don't shit where they're not supposed to.
Don't take what's not theirs. They don't compare.
They don't scam. Don't fight.
Don't oppress an equals given rights.
Starve the poor so they can be well fed.
Line their holes with the dead ones bread.
They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way.
Don't pack themselves together and run as one.
Don't shit where they're not supposed to.
Don't take what's not theirs. They don't compare.
They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way.
Don't pack themselves together and run as one.
Don't shit where they're not supposed to.
Don't take what's not theirs. They don't compare.
Rats. They don't compare. (x2)
Ooh.
Ben the two of us need look no more. Yeah. (x3)
Ben the two of us need look no more, more, more. Yeah.
Ben the two of us need look no more. Yeah. (x2)
(Beklager youtubelinker, eg tviler sterkt på at dei ligg der lovleg, men eg berre "måtte".)
(Og eg har forøvrig ikkje sett Ben enda... )
