James Benning’s first film called The United States of America was a 1975 trip across the country, capturing its scenery through a car windshield. This second one also crisscrosses the nation, but without a car, carving it up instead into a series of static shots of just under two minutes, one for each state, presented alphabetically, from Heron Bay, Alabama to Kelly, Wyoming. The names of the places are nondescript, but the images attached to them are anything but, immaculately composed shots of landscape, cityscape and the spaces in between. As we move from A to Z, the images coalesce into a portrait of today’s USA, tracing out its fault lines almost in passing: fenced-off facilities, a river bed running dry, factories and refineries, run-down streets and gas stations, a camp under a bridge. The past is there too, seeping up through the songs and speeches that sporadically pierce the background noise or the motifs that evoke a whole career; the clouds, trains and cabins are stand-ins for films, not just states. As always, there’s time for more abstract thoughts too: each image may stand for a state, but representativity is slippery. Which state is more cinematic than the rest?
戏里戏外好像都在说这部电影将成为老牛仔的遗作。牛仔消失了，美国土地上生活的人还变成了墨西哥移民。克林特伊斯特伍德之后再无美利坚...
无声无息的心灵之旅，牛仔会老去，但牛仔精神永存。东木大爷真业界劳模，老当益壮穷且益坚
老爷子还在坚持创作就是幸事。很高兴看他分享的对人生的感悟。结尾反转很爽快。
雄鸡和老爷子
其实他还健康的偶尔拍拍东西，我们就该感恩了不是吗，这就足够了。
东木大爷精神上依旧是那个老派的牛仔，但身体明显跟不上了。
重复，老套，无聊，中庸，煽情。好莱坞典型代表！似乎男艺术家人均恋父，女艺术家人均恋母！
温情有余，就是没什么劲，毕竟这是个现代片，可能更像他本人的侧写了。结尾还是要来一下，小男孩说他会去，也是考虑到要给老头一个好的归宿。不然的话怎么办？美国的关口肯定是被爸爸堵住的，所以留在墨西哥逃亡吗？这点strong和grit才是男孩应拥有的，所以macho送给了老头，是从前那个男人的纪念。
他们不会把细节事无巨细地讲出来，也不会过于渲染危急事件的紧张气氛
Don't teach me manners when you're in bed with my mom,where she sleep.
一老一小的路子 最近不太灵光了 老爷子该歇歇了
东木老爷子90多岁还亲自导&演，不知道会不会是最后一部。片中许多细节都使人动容，音乐也很赞。要爱护老年人。爱啊…
影片三星，致敬老东木两星。很有些《完美的世界》和《老爷车》的影子，却更加平淡，但也更加乏善可陈。影片多少体现了耄耋之年的老东木的心境，刻意地回避和淡化了许多冲突。也祝愿东木长命百岁
91 years old man still making fim and playing the last cowboy in the world, we couldn't ask for anything more, could we?
东木老爷爷，棒棒哒！！硬汉的晚年，还是很硬，但也有老房子着火的时候，会给小动物看病，真是积德的好事啊，积来了好运气。哈哈哈，据说91的老爷爷了，抱着小公鸡回去找女朋友了，棒！！！
东木老爷的电影还是要看的，看一部少一部，且看且珍惜吧。
其实现在看东木的唯一意义就是看着他一点点老去
东木大爷精神上依旧是那个老派的牛仔，但身体明显跟不上了。
为报旧主恩而寻子，其崇高的、英雄式的意义却不断被稀释、消解，难掩英雄迟暮之意。虽然得出人生无意义的感慨，但同时对生活本身保持着热忱，比如美好的风光、跨上马背的感觉、孩童和女人。
伊斯特伍德以这样一部电影告别导演生涯实在太令人难过了，给我一种豆腐工程的感觉。不过对于东木，也不能要求更多了吧
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