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not boring at all
Clair 2022-03-20 09:01:47
It's a simple story, just like the title says, but it's very touching, reading "the spirit of humanity" from ordinary people. An old man who lost his body, insisted on visiting his brother whom he hadn't seen for many years. Too old to be able to drive, only to drive a lawnmower at a speed of several kilometers per hour on this interstate journey. It should also be considered a "road movie", just a little slower - it's about the speed of the car, not the rhythm of the movie. The structure of the movie is very watchable and not boring at all.
Extended Reading
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Alvin Straight: Well, they may be mad. I don't think they're mad enough to want to lose you, or your little problem.
Crystal: I don't know about that.
Alvin Straight: Well, of course, neither do I, but a warm bed and a roof sounds a mite better than eating a hot dog on a stick with an old geezer that's travelling on a lawnmower.
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Alvin Straight: Can I help you, lady?
Deer Woman: No, you can't help me. No one can help me. I've tried driving with my lights on, I've tried sounding my horn, I scream out the window, I-I roll the window down and bang on the side of the door and play Public Enemy real loud! I have prayed to St. Francis of Assisi, St. Christopher too-what the heck! I've tried everything a person can do, and still, every week, I plow into at least one deer! I have hit thirteen deer in seven weeks driving down this road, mister! And I have to drive down this road! Every day, forty miles back and forth to work! I have to drive to work, and I have to drive home!
[she looks at the open fields around her]
Deer Woman: ...Where do they come from?
[she kneels down and checks the deer's pulse]
Deer Woman: He's dead.
[she walks back towards her car]
Deer Woman: And I love deer!
[she gets in her car and drives off]