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Bad work karma has kept me away from this website, and I miss reaching out to my invisible friends.Just had to write to tell you, urge you, implore you to see Alexander Payne\u2019s movie Nebraska<\/i> (trailer here<\/a>), with Bruce Dern and Will Forte. Dern is the aging dad who thinks he\u2019s won a million dollars in a bogus sweepstakes and won\u2019t be talked out of it.<\/p>\n The script spot-on captures the relations between parents and children and old married couples. Heartwarming, without being sappy. Moments of hilarity when we recognize ourselves. Reviewers who say Payne doesn\u2019t like Nebraskans (he is one, after all) miss the whole point. People like the characters in the movie can be found every<\/i>where, which is what gives the film its appeal.<\/p>\n Excellent performances from the large cast of the old man\u2019s relatives and long-ago friends whose \u201ccongratulations!\u201d come with a predatory gleam in the eye. (Rated 91 on the Tomatometer<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Christopher Wallenberg interviewed Dern for the Boston Globe<\/a>, and the actor\u2014a top contender for an Academy Award Best Actor nomination and Best Actor winner at Cannes\u2014says what he tried to do was find \u201creal moments.\u201d And find them he did. You can never be sure how much his character really hears or knows. More than he lets on, you may suspect. His son has the insight to look past the apocryphal sweepstakes win to see that what his father really wants is \u201csomething to live for.\u201d<\/p>\n Forte plays a supporting role in both the film and the story, attuned to the possibilities of an impossible quest. Familiar to Saturday Night Live<\/i> audiences, Forte nails this difficult role, making not only his character feel real, but also, by the self-effacing negative space he creates, enabling his cranky dad to become a fully realized, sympathetic person, too. \u00a0 Interesting that the film is shot in black and white, in Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The scenes of that lovely country\u2014plus one long shot of Mt. Rushmore\u2014\u201cOK, we\u2019ve seen it, let\u2019s go,\u201d says the cantankerous old coot\u2014lose nothing in the cinematographer\u2019s soft greys and charcoals. I once worked with a brilliant photographer who only shot in black and white. When I asked why, she said, \u201cMy black and white looks<\/i> like color.\u201d So does Nebraska\u2019s<\/i>! See these inspired photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bad work karma has kept me away from this website, and I miss reaching out to my invisible friends.Just had to write to tell you, urge you, implore you to see Alexander Payne\u2019s movie Nebraska (trailer here), with Bruce Dern … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sd4history.com\/unit5\/images\/MountRushmore.jpg?resize=360%2C284\")
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