![]() While he would commit suicide the following year, his turn as an aging vet off to visit his dying, estranged brother (Harry Dean Stanton) by means of a riding mower sounds like perfect Lynch fodder. Richard Farnsworth, partially paralyzed from bone cancer and barely able to walk, was a trooper throughout filming, startling everyone including the director with his intense work ethic. And that’s not even the most stunning aspect of this amazing film. With its feeling of authenticity and relative unknown status, this is a minor masterwork that needs to be rediscovered.īelieve it or, this is a David Lynch movie made for Disney. The result is a remarkable record about the courage of being a woman and the hardships of living a long life as same. From there, they adlibbed, each sharing memories from their own unique existences. The ‘actresses,’ all real life senior citizens, were given a basic storyline. When their transport breaks down, they spend time in an isolated cabin, reminiscing about their lives. Eight older ladies take a bus trip into the Canadian countryside. Sometimes, they’re psychopaths.Īnother forgotten film, featuring an unique “docufiction” approach. Sure, sometimes the elderly are meek and friendly. Oh, and let’s not forget the original housekeeper who died “accidentally” and that unintentional visit to the woods. When they take a vacation, leaving her with an equally irritated young girl named Sandrine, our demented auntie meets her match…sort of. After dividing up her estate, she goes off to live with the family of her “favorite” grand-nephew. The title character is an irascibly childless widow who is mean, cruel, and vicious. Now witness a literally interpretation of same via this mostly forgotten 1990 French black comedy. Even though she’s a free spirit and opens up Harold’s closed view of the world, the tragedies she’s been through (like that tattoo on her arm) illustrates a sum of all years, not a losing of same.Īsk any aging person and they’ll tell you, growing old is hell. ![]() As the aging object of her youthful paramour’s “desires”, the then 75-year-old argues that growing old is just that, a growing process. But it’s Ruth Gordon, hot off her Oscar win for Rosemary’s Baby, which pushes the film in a more familiar, heartfelt direction. ![]() It’s a wisdom that comes…with age.įor many, this defiant comedy about an unlikely May-December romance is most memorable for Bud Cort’s crazed, confused adolescent with a death wish. Most make a clear point about dealing with the past within the present, not instead of it. Granted, the pool to choose from is rather limited, but when compared to their real life counterparts, these examples provide a true universal expression of maturity’s trials and tribulations. Therefore, we present our 10 Best Films About Aging/The Elderly of All Time. Still, when someone is brave enough to tackle the subject, the results can be amazing. They should be cracking jokes instead of breaking hips, cursing like sailors instead of settling in for the inevitability of…well, you understand. No, we like our elderly characters cocky, over sexed, and dealing with beneficent aliens. We don’t want to see Grandpa and Grandma suffering or suggesting that their Autumn years are anything but a breeze. That’s why the movies rarely venture into the realm of age and aging. Time takes its toll, and in the end, what we don’t learn from its passage predicts our inability to deal with what’s ahead. Do you like the same music? Do you favor the same political bent? Are you with someone you love, or have you lost/limited your ability to simply feel said emotion. Now flashback as far as you can…five years, a decade, two or more (or in yours truly’s case, 40-plus) and see how much has changed. Don’t think so? Take a moment and evaluate who you are today. Aging is not the end of life, it’s the most mysterious part of it. It’s as certain as taxes and the tacky antics of reality television ‘stars.’ We will all die one day, lest a scientist discover the secret to eternal youth and we all become pawns in a freak-show future shock where the immortal population is controlled via something called “Carrousel,” a voluntary suicide clinic, or some brutal Hunger Games.
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