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Write a detailed reading of the straight story. In 1994 73-year-old Alvin Straight travelled by lawn mower several hundred miles across Northern Iowa to visit his brother who had taken a stroke, in Mt. Zion, Wisconsin. He had not seen or spoken to him in 10 years. Strongly independent, Straight could no longer drive a car because of bad eyesight and didn't like the idea of travelling by bus. Filmmaker David Lynch has chosen to fictionally recreate Straight's journey. The start of the movie opens with the contrast of stars on a black backround and is quite typical of a Disney film. The motif of the stars continuously reoccurs during the film and it only near the end of the film that we learn of their significance. The opening music is wistful and slow, it is non-diagetic. The music sets the scene quite well, as it is reflective of small town...

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