Een “slice of life” film - er gebeurt niet heel veel, maar toch wou ik blijven kijken. Ik had het eigenlijk zwaarder verwacht, het personage van Duvall intenser - maar het was net een integere vertolking. Het ging puur over een man die zijn leven beter wou leiden, en daar eigenlijk ook in sloeg. Toch zou de film voor mij iets meer impact hebben als hij de achtergrond van Mac wel had getoond; nu voelde het alsof een deel van de context miste.

Een “slice of life” film - er gebeurt niet heel veel, maar toch wou ik blijven kijken. Ik had het eigenlijk zwaarder verwacht, het personage van Duvall intenser - maar het was net een integere vertolking. Het ging puur over een man die zijn leven beter wou leiden, en daar eigenlijk ook in sloeg. Toch zou de film voor mij iets meer impact hebben als hij de achtergrond van Mac wel had getoond; nu voelde het alsof een deel van de context miste.

May Robert Duvall’s memory be a blessing

May Robert Duvall’s memory be a blessing

The store brand AND diet Paris, Texas. Good performance by Duvall though.

The store brand AND diet Paris, Texas. Good performance by Duvall though.

One of the best silent and subtle lead performances ever. Robert Duvall really was one of the greats. Watching him on screen reminds of home, he can enact feelings like that while giving very little in terms of physical acts or words and knew exactly how much to give and when to give it.

One of the best silent and subtle lead performances ever. Robert Duvall really was one of the greats. Watching him on screen reminds of home, he can enact feelings like that while giving very little in terms of physical acts or words and knew exactly how much to give and when to give it.

A sweet, even (dare I say it) tender character piece that touches on themes of regret and redemption, in a the same slow and deliberate manner as its lead character.

Mac Slade (Robert Duvall) is a washed up country singer, his career (and with his wife and child) long since gone, replaced only with an empty bottle. Stranded at a roadside motel, he trades work to pay off his bill, ultimately falling for the kindness of his new boss Rosa (Tess Harper) and her matter of fact young child Sonny (Allan Hubert) who welcome Mac into their family with respect and warmth.

Directed by Aussie Bruce Beresford, this one manages to hit you right in the feels, while never overplaying it’s sentimentally. The feeling is evident, of all the pain and sorry and anger, yet is not delivered by Duvall with theatrics, but rather an understated determination to take life as it comes.

This is the feature film debut on Lenny Von Dohlen who would later features as house bound agoraphobe Harold Smith in Twin Peaks

A sweet, even (dare I say it) tender character piece that touches on themes of regret and redemption, in a the same slow and deliberate manner as its lead character.

Mac Slade (Robert Duvall) is a washed up country singer, his career (and with his wife and child) long since gone, replaced only with an empty bottle. Stranded at a roadside motel, he trades work to pay off his bill, ultimately falling for the kindness of his new boss Rosa (Tess Harper) and her matter of fact young child Sonny (Allan Hubert) who welcome Mac into their family with respect and warmth.

Directed by Aussie Bruce Beresford, this one manages to hit you right in the feels, while never overplaying it’s sentimentally. The feeling is evident, of all the pain and sorry and anger, yet is not delivered by Duvall with theatrics, but rather an understated determination to take life as it comes.

This is the feature film debut on Lenny Von Dohlen who would later features as house bound agoraphobe Harold Smith in Twin Peaks