David Lynch - The Straight Story

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