David Lynch - The Straight Story

Episode 22 of the The Bicks Pod podcast, hosted by thebickspod, titled "David Lynch - The Straight Story" was published on August 28, 2018 and runs 50 minutes.

August 28, 2018 ·50m · The Bicks Pod

0:00 / 0:00

Summary

Take a slow-as-molasses journey with us across the wide open prairie as we visit David Lynch's 1999 film The Straight Story and delve into a warm dreamscape of a different kind than we're normally used to from the master of surreal dreamscapes. Based on a true story, The Straight Story follows Alvin Straight as he attempts to make it across the Iowa/Wisconsin border to visit his ailing brother. Though he's not a well man himself, along the way Alvin makes friends and comes to a deeper understanding about his life and helps other to see the beauty in the world around them. Starring: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy SpacekDirected by: David LynchWritten by: John Roach & Mary SweeneyProduced by: Pierre Edelman, Michael Polaire Notes: Eighteen Bridges article, "A High and Lonesome Sound" by Robbie Jeffrey: http://eighteenbridges.com/story/high-and-lonesome-sound-canada-rural-crisis/

Episode Description

Based on a true story, The Straight Story follows Alvin Straight as he attempts to make it across the Iowa/Wisconsin border to visit his ailing brother. Though he's not a well man himself, along the way Alvin makes friends and comes to a deeper understanding about his life and helps other to see the beauty in the world around them.

Starring: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek Directed by: David Lynch Written by: John Roach & Mary Sweeney Produced by: Pierre Edelman, Michael Polaire

Notes: Eighteen Bridges article, "A High and Lonesome Sound" by Robbie Jeffrey: http://eighteenbridges.com/story/high-and-lonesome-sound-canada-rural-crisis/