For David Lowery's latest film, the director enlisted the help of an editor he was familiar with. At 82 years young (and in what may or may not be his final starring role in a motion picture), Robert Redford stars in David Lowery's quietly complex The Old Man & The Gun as Forrest Tucker, an obsessive bank robber who's just so damn charming. His routine? Walk into a bank dressed as an elderly businessman complete with hat, overcoat, and what one might assume is a hearing aid (but is really an earpiece that picks up local feeds of police radioing each other across the airwaves), make nice with the teller, and then let them know that they're in the midst of a robbery. He notes that he has a gun, smiles, receives his bag full of cash, and walks out like nothing ever occurred, his two accomplices (Danny Glover and Tom Waits) awaiting his getaway in a car parked outside. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 24 September, 2018