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Sunday, February 3, 2019

The Old Man and the Gun (2018)

Robert Redford, the director and lead actor in this movie, has said that this is his final film.  He plays Forrest Tucker, a real life bank robber who not only repeatedly robbed banks throughout his entire adults life, sometimes several a day, but also was somewhat of a legend when it came to escaping from prison.  He doesn't seem too upset when he gets caught, and once out of prison it doewn't take him long to return to a life of crime, not because he has to but because he is drawn to it.  The man who is hunting him down in this end-of-career story, John Hunt (ably played by Casey Affleck, who once again shows he is capable of playing many parts), almost doesn't want to arrest him, and doesn't take credit for having found him in the end.
The aura of the movie is as deceptive as its protagonist. It tells the story of a man so likable and gentlemanly that tellers and bank managers practically handed him their money as he went about one of the most infamous robbery sprees in American history. Tucker's relationship with the Sissy SPacek character just adds to the ambience. Who is this man?   But however smooth the movie itself may be, it's another accomplished piece of work from a filmmaker who continues to surprise with the range of his interests and output.And maybe this is the final chapter.

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