David Lynch: The Straight Story (35mm)

Screening from 35mm, David Lynch's The Straight Story is a lyrical portrait of one man's real journey across America's Heartland.

Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) learns that his estranged brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) has had a stroke. Wanting to make amends before it's too late - but without a car or driver's license - Alvin decides to make his odyssey from Iowa to Wisconsin on his ancient ride-on lawnmower.

A biographical drama, The Straight Story is a splendid, deeply felt work as overflowing with human eccentricity as any of Lynch's other masterpieces, yet fueled by a singular gentility.

QFT and David Lynch go together like coffee and cherry pie. This summer, in celebration of his life and work, QFT are pulling back the red curtain on Lynch's body of work, from the wild at heart to the weird on top.

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