“The Old Man and the Gun” – Shoot the moon [MOVIE REVIEW]
Robert Redford as “Forrest Tucker” in the film THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN. Photo by Eric Zachanowich. © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved “The Old Man and the Gun” is Robert Redford’s valedictory film for us all, demographics be damned. Based on a New Yorker article written by David Grann, writer-director David Lowery has given us a meaningful send-off for Robert Redford. Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker, a professional bank robber, Lowery paints a portrait of a man in love with the hunt and the chase. Tucker was in love with banks and robbing them. That he was always, inevitably, caught and sent to jail was an irritant but not a conclusion as he was almost as good at escaping prison as he was at theft. His most legendary escape was from San Quentin in a home-made (as in made in the prison machine shop) boat. Bank robbery was the life-long pursuit of Tucker, but the film captures only his last few years. Initially following Tucker for a few months in 1981, when he was in his late 60’s, we meet a man who is very polite and cheerful, who, though he brandishes a gun, is always concerned with the well-being of his victims. Sometimes working alone…
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