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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just sobbing... love you
longtime, Mr. Stanton;
rest peacefully, good sir.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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(Existential crisis intensifies)

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.

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.

Harry Dean Stanton 🐐
Rest in peace, my man

i love you harry dean stanton and david lynch

Oh how this made me cry. Stanton deserved a best actor nom AT LEAST , robbing Hollywood bastards

What a town of characters. A sweet film.

A film that addresses the only certainty of life: That it will one day end.

I'm not gonna falsely claim to be a massive fan of Harry Dean Stanton or pretend to have a connection with him as an actor. From the select work I've seen him do, he's been consistently competent.

As Lucky, he gives a bittersweet performance. He clearly knows his life is drawing to a close and this film acts as a swansong for his career. The various conversations the characters have about death and the finality of it reinforce the themes of purpose, legacy and memories.

John Caroll Lynch shows promise in his directorial debut and proves he's a jack of all trades. Visually the presentation was okay, nothing special. What ties the film together is the themes and contextual knowledge that this was the last project Stanton worked on before his death.

It's worth watching alone to see David Lynch monologue about a tortoise.

god bless harry dean stanton and may his soul rest in peace 🙏

pretty boring movie tho

Solo espero poder vivir mi vejez con panitas en una finca autosostenible

It wouldn’t surprise me is David lynch actually had a tortoise called president Theodore Roosevelt.

Nobody rocks the tighty-whities harder than Harry Dean. It's a sight, to be sure.

Southern melancholia with a bit of cream and sugar. "Lucky" is a loner with a routine than includes morning fitness, game shows and hitting up regular stops at a diner, convenience store and pub. He has a fondness for crossword puzzles which leads him to define "realism" in an unsubtle nod to the film's "slice-of-life" non-narrative approach.

It's a fine, undemanding watch with hints of poignancy in its best scenes. These include Lucky's amusing doctor visit with Ed Begley, Jr. and a nicely crafted coffee house exchange between Stanton and the formerly prolific veteran actor Tom Skerritt. Somewhat less convincing was the quirky and sentimental cameo by David Lynch as a man missing his pet turtle...sorry, tortoise! 7.1/10

Ah Roosevelt the hero of the story :)
Nice ending, the smile towards the camera, Roosevelt showing up..
It’s a warm movie about facing the fear of the end. 
Acting is well done, storywise it doesn’t do much...
Overal ok, but nothing special. Staton acts well and creates his own nice hommage.
Still not enough to make the movie stand out more or have a rewatch value.

mucho amor por este film, Lucky te re banco.

💔