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• Yes! - ephemere 13:58:10 05/29/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Thought "The Straight Story" was Disney at their best (nt) posted by grinagog on May 27, 2004 at 17:00:58:

  And it said more about WWII in one scene than Spielberg did in a whole bloated $70M 3-hour movie.
  Sigh...
  Great film.
  
  

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• Re: Agree - rico 10:46:59 05/28/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Thought "The Straight Story" was Disney at their best (nt) posted by grinagog on May 27, 2004 at 17:00:58:

  I have seen "The Straight Story" a number of times and found it so inspiring that I reconciled with one of my own brothers because of it.

  Although David Lynch and Disney make strange bedfellows. True to form, Lynch forbade chapter stops on the DVD.
  
  

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• Re: Thought "The Straight Story" was Disney at their best (nt) - patrickU 07:00:55 05/28/04 (2)
  In Reply to: Thought "The Straight Story" was Disney at their best (nt) posted by grinagog on May 27, 2004 at 17:00:58:

  Do you think it was such a good movie? I saw it, found it ok, but never had the wish to look at it again.....
  
  

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  • Actually I enjoyed the Straight Story - grinagog 22:36:22 05/28/04 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: Thought "The Straight Story" was Disney at their best (nt) posted by patrickU on May 28, 2004 at 07:00:55:

    for the theme of reconciliation and its low key approach. I like David Lynch and thought it his most accessible film yet. Harry Dean Stanton and Sissy Spacek are 2 of my all-time favorite USA actors and didn't disappoint me (they never have)
    Very human theme without the outright Lynch weirdness or the standard knee deep Disney treacle; I thought the film worked very well given such an unlikely pairing
    Not the depth and breadth of a Bunuel film; but not typical Hollywood formula garbage either
    Alvin Straight is really facing the highway and his own demons and that is story enough; he's really a bit of a hero
    Grins
    
    
    

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    • Re: Actually I enjoyed the Straight Story - patrickU 03:48:18 05/29/04 (0)
      In Reply to: Actually I enjoyed the Straight Story posted by grinagog on May 28, 2004 at 22:36:22:

      To that I can nod yes. Or put it inn another way, with all the garbage and pollution we have we can be glad to have a film like this....
      
      

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