A 90-year-old veteran who smokes, drinks, and wants to find someone to fight!
The 70th Locarno International Film Festival Golden Leopard Award nominated film " old lucky " (Lucky).
"Lucky" (Lucky) 2017/United States
The spirited Lucky brother is over ninety years old, an atheist, a veteran, and unmarried, he has a group of old friends who care about him. For decades, living a three-point-one-line life in a small town, eating fragrant, sparse and ordinary.
An accidental fall will break the long-lasting pleasure, Lucky falls into anxiety, he is worried that he will die soon!
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Faced with the fear, helplessness and nostalgia of the demise of life, from uneasy to smiling and reconciling, like completing his last words, Lucky is unhurriedly talking...
is exploring death and celebrating Between life, Lucky found a way. He didn't care about death at first, but the negative effects of his later years gradually appeared, and with all kinds of anxiety that made him happen, Lucky had to work hard to learn how to embrace death. The process is not easy. First of all, I need to resolve the grievances and anger that I have had. I didn't realize it until I was old, and I didn't participate in the beauty and sorrow that I experienced in my life.
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film only understates Lucky's love history and military experience, etc. The whole story is careless and meticulous, plus the constant appearance of strange things and symbols such as tortoises and cactuses that represent tenacious vitality, all are Closely linking to the theme of life, the story goes from a witty narrative to the thinking of how an atheist faces death.
Audiences are like observers and thinkers, in a state of repetition and narrative simulation, blending into the character's situation and mood, in the life epiphany of Lucky " resisting the emptiness of life with a smile " , savoring life The wisdom of facing death .
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John Carroll Lynch (John Carroll Lynch) directorial debut, compared with traditional narrative movies, "Old Lucky" is a more personalized work. A character-driven movie, full of philosophical and wonderful dialogues embodied in the witty life philosophy, can definitely give you a very private viewing experience!
Director: John Carroll Lynch (John Carroll Lynch)
American actor Harry Dean Stanton (Harry Dean Stanton) who has appeared in nearly a hundred films, his most famous film " Paris, Texas "(Paris, Texas), won the Palme d’Or for Best Picture at the 37th Cannes Film Festival.
Harry Dean Stanton (Harry Dean Stanton)
"Paris, Texas" 1984/U.S.
, the famous director David Lynch and his escaped Centennial Tortoise "Roosevelt" is the most absurd and interesting stroke in the movie. Whether it's President Roosevelt's liberal speech or Lucky's lone ranger temperament, it can be said to be united and ingenious!
David Lynch and Harry Dane Stanton ("Old Lucky" stills)
On the eve of the movie " Old Lucky ", Harry Dane Stein drove to Hexi at the age of 91. The old man's voice and smile are always fixed in this farewell work. His frowns and smiles are interpreting the characters. A character that is almost the same as his own, making a perfect curtain call. In a sense, Harry is indeed very lucky. He has continued his favorite film acting career to the end of his life, which is really touching!
Goodbye, dear Harry, we will always remember the touching moments you leave in every movie!
Harry Dane Stanton (1926.07.14-2017.09.15)
