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I will grow old, when we find that youth is a memory
Jerrell 2022-03-25 09:01:09
David Lynch's rare warm film. The whole film is like a glass of boiled water, but there is a mellow fragrance in my heart after drinking it. For the sake of my brother whom I haven't seen in ten years, I drove a lawnmower across the state to meet each other alone. What I wanted to save was not only my family, but also my firmness in life. The film slowly unfolds the protagonist's life story through the people he meets along the way, and the protagonist only opens up his heart to communicate with young people and peers, so the phrase the worst part of being old is in the film remembering when you was young will be more meaningful. The whole film hit me in two places, one was the memory of the war when I was drinking with my peers at the bar, and the other was the call and answer between brothers after arriving at the destination and sitting down together, that kind of past is hidden in my heart. The sentimentality is too shocking. The soundtrack of the film is very simple, and it is particularly well combined with the introverted emotional appeal of the whole film. When I was young, I really couldn’t imagine what I would be like when I was old. What I did was right, what was wrong, what I should grasp, and what I should cherish, so looking at the life of the elderly will always give young people a little inspiration. This is one of the reasons why I recommend this film.
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Turner 2022-03-21 09:01:57
The louder the voice, the simpler it is, the more powerful it is. Don't listen to the old man's expressions and gestures to listen to his polite greetings. Look at what he has done and the road he has traveled.
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Margarita 2022-03-27 09:01:06
It doesn't look like a David Lynch movie at all, without his traditional labels such as gorgeous, gloomy, weird, dark humor, etc., there is only plain and warm, and it can be called a master craftsman; driving a lawn mower over the mountains to see The person who cares seems to have a higher intention than the "Dream Knight" of Public Bank.
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Alvin Straight: There's no one knows your life better than a brother that's near your age. He knows who you are and what you are better than anyone on earth. My brother and I said some unforgivable things the last time we met, but, I'm trying to put that behind me... and this trip is a hard swallow of my pride. I just hope I'm not too late... a brother's a brother.
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Alvin Straight: Anger, vanity, you mix that together with liquor, you've got two brothers that haven't spoken in ten years. Ah, whatever it was that made me and Lyle so mad... don't matter anymore. I want to make peace, I want to sit with him, look up at the stars... like we used to do, so long ago.