Synopsis
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
2017 Directed by John Carroll Lynch
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
Danielle Renfrew Adam Hendricks Logan Sparks Ira Steven Behr Richard Kahan Drago Sumonja John H. Lang Greg Gilreath Jason Delane Lee Bill Harnisch Ruth Ann Harnisch
Щастливец, 럭키, Lucky 2017
GIVE HARRY DEAN STANTON HIS FUCKING OSCAR.
“Lucky” was never the first word that came to mind when you saw Harry Dean Stanton. On the contrary, it always seemed like he had survived something terrible. Even in the movies he shot during the ’60s and ’70s, it already looked like 90 years of life had swept through him like a windstorm, leaving just enough skin on his bones to keep the cigarette smoke from blowing out through his teeth. Stanton wasn’t cast as lucky men, but as men who appeared to have been sucked dry at some point along the way. He was typecast that way from birth, a living synonym for emptiness, and his hollowed out performance in “Paris, Texas” would eventually seal the deal.
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MKE Film Fest #2
The most fitting final film in the history of the movies. A work of failing bodies and the minds which wrestle with timid physicality.
I don't have any idea what Harry Dean Stanton was singing on that fiesta. But it made my cry.
Some might say, that Stanton could or would consider himself lucky to leave this world with such a wise, relaxed, laconic & melancholic movie. Or we can consider ourselves lucky that he did.
Lucky would answer them: this doesn't change anything for him in this scenario. He's still dead.
And if this doesn't say enough about this wonderful little film: David Lynch is talking about the inspiring power of a tortoise.
Harry Dean Stanton, humble character actor for more than five decades, got a fitting swan song – a final movie about an old man facing death, while Stanton himself died two weeks before the film’s release. Stanton is the titular Lucky, a 90-year old World War II veteran, forever single but likes women, living in the smallest of Arizona towns, and sticks to a daily routine of yoga, morning diner, walk, cursing, television watching, engaging in a mysterious phone call and being a night owl at a bar. Longtime Stanton fans will get his folksy and eccentric humor, that takes delight in his trademark crabbiness. The movie is not terribly exciting if judging by conventional standards. But it is often…
Stanton's eyes just dripped with sadness. You can feel an eternity of sorrow and misfortune bursting through the screen. He could act without even acting, no wonder he played so many tragic roles. When he's in frame, the dejection and tragedy is palpable. Here he makes pissed remarks on the idiocy of all thats around him in a sadenned monotonous pitch. Lucky is so far removed from his namesake in every sense of the word, if not antonymous to it.
Not only do I dig Harry Dean Stanton just existing, I dig Lynch's (John Carrol, not David, though he does have a pretty notable role in it) Hopper-esque sense of alienation in the vast American landscape and enclosed urban quarters,…
65/100
A.V. Club review. Not since Altman kicked right after Prairie Home Companion have we seen such a perfect cinematic epitaph.
A wise and wistful love letter from one remarkable character actor to another, John Carroll Lynch’s “Lucky” returns 90-year-old Harry Dean Stanton to the dusty desert environs he shuffled through in 1984’s “Paris, Texas,” and offers the rawboned legend one of the best roles he’s had since. Beginning as a broad comedy before blossoming into a wry meditation on death and all the things we leave behind (a transition that kicks into gear when one of Stanton’s old friends shows up and steals the show), Lynch’s directorial debut is a wisp of a movie, blowing across the screen like a tumbleweed, but it’s also the rare portrait of mortality that’s both fun and full of life.
GIVE HARRY DEAN STANTON HIS FUCKING OSCAR ALREADY
and while we’re at it: john carrol lynch, david lynch, and the writers.
i’ve been dealing with my own existential and nihilistic thoughts for the past couple weeks, trying to figure out death, but lucky has it right. you just have to smile.
Is realism a thing?
Have you ever started a movie you know nothing about and before it’s over you’ve already ordered the blu-ray? Yeah, me too.
What an outstanding character study by one of the greatest character actors of all-time. Lucky serves as a celebration and swan-song of the legendary Harry Dean Stanton. If only we could all be so Lucky.
BONUS POINTS to David Lynch and his Roosevelt. Although, it’s scientifically impossible to steal a movie from Harry Dean Stanton, Lynch gives it one hell of a try.
If it’s meant to be, I’ll see him again.
He knows where I am, and I’m leaving the gate open.
Was fortunate enough to catch this film. It's a character piece. The movie was worth checking out. Harry Dean Stanton will live forever in our hearts.
The thought of David Lynch owning a tortoise named President Roosevelt who runs away brings me so much joy.
This whole movie is a joy.
what a beautiful final film for Harry Dean. it's not often that my main take away from a film is just... gratitude that it exists, but this one did leave me feeling that way.
Beautiful film, and a wonderful meditation/reflection on life from one of the few artists who I truly believe was not of this Universe.
Harry Dean Stanton carries this story on his worn and weary back, but it's done so well, you'd think he's in the middle of his prime. David Lynch delivers amazing monologues about his lost tortoise, and the rest of the supporting cast offer good performances and perspectives as Lucky meanders on his journey.
The smile that Stanton gives to the camera at the end of this movie is one that makes you feel human. It lets you know that you definitely got to experience his personal reflection on life, and how to carry on knowing it will definitely end. That's going to stick with me. Absolutely worth a watch.
Harry Dean Stanton is as brilliant here as he has always been. A perfect performance for him to go out on. The final moments, in particular are both genuinely beautiful and poetic in a way very few films manage to be.
I went into this expecting it to be a good companion piece with Paris, Texas and it certainly is that but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it is a culmination of not necessarily Harry Dean Stanton’s entire career but several of his best films throughout the years.
this film is the most successful out of any I have seen in terms of consistency in symbolism. From the cinematography to the script, everything was seamless. Fantastic work and a real masterpiece.
5 stars for Roosevelt and Lucky
Loved it so much. Truly beautiful. Rest in peace, Harry Dean Stanton, your performance will forever be remembered in my heart.
Bu film icin en sevdigim aktorlerden biri olan Harry Dean Stanton dısında biri dusunulemezmis gercekten. Film 2017 yapımı kendisi de aynı yıl icinde vefat etmis anladıgım kadarıyla 💔 Ek olarak fangirl ü oldugum David Lynch’in tosbağa tiradı harikaydi :
<<Hepiniz bir tosbağanın ne kadar yavas oldugunu dusunursunuz. Ama ben onun sırtında tasımak zorunda oldugu yuku dusunurum. Evet korunma icin. Ama nihayetinde ise icinde gomulecegi bir tabuttur ve tum yasamı boyunca da onu cekmek zorundadir. Bu evrende bazı seyler vardır bayanlar ve baylar, hepimizden daha buyuk seyler. Ve bir tosbaga da onlardan biridir. >>
Ölüm üzerine, yaşam üzerine ve yaşlılık üzerine, belki de degisen rutinlerimiz uzerine minimal ve hos bi filmdi. Bir de filmden guzel bi sarkı eklemek isterim bu guzel adam icin 🦋✨
I See Darkness/ Johnny Cash
🤍.
A sweet little swan song for Harry Dean Stanton. Something felt off, uncanny, maybe like the actors were delivering their lines as though they were in a stage play.
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