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Jun 11, 2009
SilverDocs Coverage: WCP Loves "The Way We Get By"
Washington City Paper highlights The Way We Get By not once but TWICE in its SILVERDOCS coverage this morning...
First up, in "Our Morning Roundup" after Washington City Paper viewed over 70 of the 122 films playing at SILVERDOCS, Mike Riggs had this to say about The Way We Get By--
"As for me, I got pretty choked up watching The Way We Get By, and can't think of a single friend, family member, or down-on-his-luck stranger to whom I would not recommend this film. Absolutely stunning."
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Then Mike Riggs does a "Close-up on the elderly" with three capsule reviews of SILVERDOCS films highlighting senior citizens. Here is his capsule review for The Way We Get By--
The real standout in this selection is The Way We Get By, which follows Bill Knight, Joan Gaudet, and Jerry Mundy, three retired residents of Bangor, Maine, who have met every incoming flight from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003. This one will leave you breathless: The scene in which a gangly, just-out-of-high-school private breaks out of line to wrap his arms around Joan and weep on her shoulder; the shots of Bill's farmhouse, which is nearly unlivable from years of neglect following his wife's death; a shellshocked soldier's confession that an empty airport would only "add to the confusion" of having been in Iraq. Even viewers with a primal hatred for proponents of the military will find themselves crying over Bill's answer when the producer asks him about greeting the troops. Blinking away tears, he says, "I've outlived my usefulness. My life doesn't mean much to me, but if I can make it mean something to somebody else, that's a worthy endeavor."
Click HERE for the full capsule reviews.
The Way We Get By screens at 2:15 p.m. on Friday, June 19; also at 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 21, at AFI Silver Theatre.
