Over the weekend my darling husband and I went to the movies to see Nebraska. This is a very funny movie and I would recommend it to anyone with family from the Midwest or there bouts. I have family from Arkansas and my husband went to medical school in Omaha.
I also watched one of my favorite movies directed by Robert Redford, The Milagros Bean Field. I enjoyed both of these movies because they show the characters as a multifaceted personality. It is also an interesting old fashion way of movie magic. It follows the scene through its entirety. It does not skip into another "manic loose association" drifting from one stream of conscientiousness to another.
The similarities between both of the movies is the story of dying towns. These old towns are being replaced by high tech big corporation and big government money, at individual's expense. This story is as old as Prebiblical times. I often wondered when I was a child when I read and visited "ghost towns" as to the reasons for these abandoned towns. People die and move on which is just what will continue to happen from one generation to the next. I am about to turn sixty in a few months and I now know what it feels like to become a ghost town. I want to pass on my knowledge and experience to the younger generations. There will always be services needed for vast populations situated around bodies of water. I say follow the water and the black oil. I live on the pacific coast with all the maniacs. I will be part of the bread basket with the beautiful coast line who keeps inviting low labor immigrants to pick our strawberries. BTW strawberries and wine are our two major exports and I can't wait for them to make it to my kitchen.
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