Get LowRated Parental Guidance (Language May Offend) ~ Runs 102 minutes
Dir.: Aaron Schneider, US, 2010
Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney
“The aura of William Faulkner lingers over Get Low, a chunk of down-home rural Southern folklore based on a real event in 1938, when a Tennessee hermit emerged after decades of hiding in the woods to hear the nearby townsfolk's opinion of him at a mock funeral. Moving the action back a few years to the Depression, this film is a funny and tender retelling of that story, resonating with warmth and sardonic wit and containing a majestic performance by Robert Duvall... The iconic actor plays Felix Bush, a grizzled old recluse who has cut himself off from society for 40 years... What a shock when Felix wanders into town one day in battered rags, his gnarled face buried behind a white beard. Fearing his imminent passing, he decides that ‘it's time to get low’ - meaning time to make plans for dying, including the purchase of a plot, a casket and a eulogy. This is great news for Frank Quinn, the doleful owner of a failing funeral parlor. Better still, his customer envisions a funeral party - one last hurrah that will draw friends and enemies alike to his shack in the woods for the final send-off... He even decides to sell raffle tickets. The lucky winner will get 300 acres of virgin timber land and a mule named Gracie... One caveat: The celebration must take place while he is still alive to enjoy it!... The film is enhanced by bluegrass music, and the beautifully composed camera setups serve as exquisite backdrops for a series of keenly calibrated performances. Bill Murray is both sad and funny as the opportunistic mortician with a well-concealed conscience, and Sissy Spacek is a touching and terrifically matched counterpart for Mr. Duvall... Simple, straightforward and stirring without sentimentality, Get Low is a treasure.” - Rex Reed, The New York Observer
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