Passing the road of life

Name 2021-12-13 08:01:06

Seeing this movie once in a while is a kind of unexpected gain.

When all kinds of Hollywood sensationalism flooded my sight, I thought I was numb. However, when my eyes became damp unconsciously, I thought of this director, his famous name, and his well-deserved reputation.

The sky outside the window gradually had the warmth of spring, so the warm current unscrupulously dispersed with the music that refracted the sunlight in the movie. I saw a bird flying by, and I thought about life and the journey during this period.

A stubborn old man, a lawn mower that is almost incurable, and a long journey of 7 weeks. To be precise, this is a wonderful movie because it affects the thinking of the audience and lets it fly freely. In the eyes of the old man, there was a pure blue light flashing in the face of the world. Perseverance, immortality, looking at all things in the world, but not deviating from one's direction for it.

A pregnant girl who ran away from home tied a thin bundle of firewood together. That was the beginning of life and hope; the
innocent deer who died made a woman full of repentance and even on the verge of collapse crying hard. Does he think of the battlefield? There were lives that fell innocently like this beautiful deer, glorified momentarily or humblely passed away;
groups of young people, cycling through the same road, they asked him: when he was old, what was the most painful thing ? He said: I remember the way I was when I was young. Youth is like a motorcade disappearing on the horizon, leaving only the sky full of gorgeous fire clouds;
he said: There will be no one in this world who knows you better than a brother who grew up together, and no one is better than you. understand him. He said: I just want to be with him like before, looking at the stars in the sky, talking with each other until we fall asleep.

At that moment I saw the paleness of time.
For so many years, what I have asked for is nothing more than that.
Years later, will we do the same, will we also miss each other, and will we also call out each other's names without thinking after hearing each other's first call.

Life may be this journey, passing by countless unforgettable memories, just to meet again on a starry night.

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  • Serenity 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    The most unpleasant thing about old age is remembering how you looked when you were young and strong. 1000000000000 stars! Favorite kind of road tune, favorite kind of road back music. This is the kind of road movie I like most. Often the real purpose of the journey is only a medium and a carrier. The two brothers only took three minutes from meeting to the end of the film, so what the director saw and felt along the way is the real director. something you want to express.

  • Tate 2022-03-23 09:01:57

    In the work of David Lynch, a stubborn old man drove a weeding truck across continents and provinces to visit his brother who had a stroke. The journey was not too thrilling. Although there were setbacks, he drove slowly along the way. Meeting different people leaves behind a warm, moving and touching philosophy of life. The stubborn old man in the film is very kind, like Santa Claus, but he looks more than eighty years old, not like seventy-three, hehe~~ The old actor is amazing!

The Straight Story quotes

  • Danny Riordan, Clermont Resident: Well, you know, Alvin, there's a lot of hills bigger than Clairmont's between here and Zion. Even if you get that mower running again, it might still break down.

    Alvin Straight: Well, you're a kind man talking to a stubborn man.

  • Alvin Straight: The worst part of being old is remembering when you was young.