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I often see this kind of problem on the Internet——
Is it too late for the 30-year-old postgraduate entrance examination?
Is it meaningful to want to study in Europe and America at the age of 40?
Can you start traveling around the world at the age of 50?
It is undeniable that age does limit us to do some things.
But it's never too late to start to achieve yourself. This is also the most meaningful thing in life.
There is a saying: The best time to plant a tree is 10 years ago, followed by now.
If you don't start now, it will only get later!
Just like the old man below, even if his life is near dusk, he still dreams of escape from prison again!
Old man and gun
The Old Man and the Gun
The old man Forest Tucker has been a criminal since he was a teenager.
At the age of 13, he stole a bicycle and started to "enter the business", and spent his entire life fighting with the police and prison.
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Frequent entry into prison allows Tucker to develop a "housekeeping skill" -prison escape .
A total of 16 successful escapes ! The methods are also varied.
Friends who have watched "Shawshank's Redemption" and "Prison Break" are probably scornful of the old man's divine operation.
In modern terms, if you commit crimes with this "craft", you may starve yourself to death...
However, in the 1940s and 1950s, jailbreaking was indeed not a difficult task.
Just jump in a car and escape the cage smoothly!
When Tucker successfully escaped from prison for the 16th time, he once again started his old business- robbing the bank .
Generally, the bank robbing we see is like this.
Or like this.
But every time Tucker robbed the bank, he was polite and calm, as if he was doing a normal business.
First, he calmly walked into the lobby of the bank and consulted the business with a smile.
Then the camera turned around, opened the jacket, and revealed a pistol that had never been fired.
In the end, the money is obediently handed...
There is no blood and rain, and there is no rain of bullets.
With his strong personality charm, Tucker has demonstrated graceful robbery time and time again for us.
Even halfway through, there will be gentlemen to comfort the panicked staff.
But as smart as you, don't imitate him, it is easy to be beaten.
The old man who plays Tucker is the famous movie star Robert Redford .
He was already 82 years old when he appeared in this film , but he is still handy when he plays the 60-year-old "lad".
The gentleman with gestures is elegant, and it is not difficult to guess that he was definitely an explosively handsome man when he was young.
It's not inferior to being in the same frame as Brad Pitt .
Robert Redford was a popular superstar in the 1970s and 1980s, and he created a lot of classic screen images-"Little Tiger", "Cheat", "Out of Africa", "Amazing Cover" "Zby" and so on.
After the transition to be a director, he still had a good time and won the Oscar for Best Director for his directorial debut "Ordinary Man" .
This filmmaker, who is also an actor, director, producer and founder of the Sundance Film Festival , is the well-deserved winner of the Venice Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award .
The actress who played with Robert Redford this time was Sissy Spicer .
She has won 6 Oscar nominations, and finally won one Oscar for Best Actress and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress.
The 68-year-old evergreen in the film industry still has the same style in this film.
Cici plays a step-by-step woman Pearl in the film .
Married and had children at a young age, and spent half his life following the rules.
It was not until the death of his wife and children that the children had their own lives, only to realize that they had never lived for themselves.
An unexpected encounter makes Tucker and Pearl meet.
Tucker will tell Pearl about his legendary experience, and Pearl will also complain about his boring life.
Two people with completely different personalities and styles actually gave birth to a trace of sympathy.
However, until the end, Tucker was reluctant to give up his "great ideal."
He is not short of money, and he is not bad in nature.
Although he was holding a gun to intimidate people from start to finish, he never fired a shot.
When he learned that the detective wanted him, he left a banknote with blessings at the scene of the crime like a demonstration.
A smart and witty person like him can definitely support himself by following the right path.
But what he never pursues is how to survive, but how to live his life.
The story sounds absurd, and relying on crime to pursue life sustenance is simply a bowl of poisonous chicken soup, but this is a real sensation in the United States .
There is a wild horse living in the heart of the old gentleman, even if there is no grassland, he still has to live a life of recklessness, to live long enough to grab the old sunset red.
The director Lowe did not create a tragic and heroic image for the ancient rare old man. The cute and playful old man seems to be telling a story with every wrinkle.
The graininess of the film is even more touching, the 16mm film is full of strong 80s temperament.
The actors' natural acting skills and elaborate retro scene props even give people the illusion of watching a documentary.
American country folk songs coupled with thrilling racing chases not only fulfilled Tucker's "criminal dream", but also fulfilled Robert Redford's movie dream (this may be his last screen work).
Director Lowe is also handy in handling this kind of essay, and the whole film is relaxed and humorous.
Rotten Tomatoes maintains 92% freshness , which can be regarded as a complete end to Robert Redford's acting career.
When I first watched this film, I thought it would be a story similar to "The Old Man and the Sea" , after all, the title was just one word away.
But after reading it, I discovered that "The Old Man and the Sea" is about a stubborn old man fighting against the sky, the sea, and the fish, unyielding and striving forward.
"The Old Man and the Gun" is a "unrepentant" robbery habitual criminal. Even if he has been in prison for 16+n times, he will have to rob the bank to the end.
The stories are very different, but I see the same characteristics in them.
Paranoid, reluctant to accept the old, and do not admit defeat.
There is another old man who also possesses such beautiful qualities- Wang Deshun .
He worked as a drama actor at the age of 24, studied English at the age of 44, and studied pantomime at the age of 49. He started working out at the age of 50, developed a muscle at the age of 53, created the art of "living sculpture" at the age of 57 and was recorded in the "Chinese History of a Century", learned horse riding at the age of 65, riding a motorcycle at the age of 78, and boarded the T stage at the age of 79.
His life history in this secular society is somewhat "apostate".
The unspoken rule of our life is to do whatever we are at our age .
Standing at thirty, not confused at forty, knowing the destiny at fifty, and at sixty or seventy, you can support your life.
However, it seems to be a very complete life, and there are still many people complaining about Hin——
Have seen a lot of scenery and know a lot of truths, but still have a hard time living a life?
We have too many scruples and too many fetters that make us afraid to let go and do what we want to do.
Denying ourselves time and time again, looking for various reasons again and again, over time, even we ourselves have forgotten our childhood dreams.
Wang Deshun said that human potential can be tapped. When you say it is too late, you must be cautious. It may be an excuse for you to retreat.
We can make up our minds to do whatever we want. As long as you work hard, life never starts too late.
Even if I hit the south wall, I have no regrets in my life.
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