Director David Lynch shows a different side of his art with The Straight Story, based on the true story of elderly Alvin Straight's 240 mile journey to see his estranged brother to make amends with him before it's too late.
Lynch's fascination and love for people becomes all so very apparent with this beautifully woven tale about age, forgiveness, kindness, redemption and family. It's told with an interesting view as each person Straight runs into is older than the last and makes for some lessons to be learned and taught. Richard Farnsworth delivers his final and most powerful performance with some excellent work turned in by Sissy Spacek and Harry Dean Stanton as well. It's quiet, slow-burning and majestically layered with so much depth and perfection, one can't deny Lynch's incredible talent in filmmaking.
5 bundles of sticks out of 5
2 comments:
A wonderful film, full of real emotion. 5 camp-fires out of 5
Just watched this one tonight, for the first time in about 25 years. It hits a lot different now, for a myriad of reasons.
I hadn't caught onto the fact that each person he meets on his travels is coming at a later stage in life. That's really fascinating to me.
5 starry night gazes out of 5
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