Talking Pictures: Eric Barone presents The Straight Story
April 12, 2025
Join SIFF for Talking Pictures, a new series of film experiences where local luminaries host a screening of a film of their choice at SIFF Cinemas and share with audiences how it has impacted them. On April 12, Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, creator of Stardew Valley, will lead an extended introduction for David Lynch’s The Straight Story (1999) along with SIFF Artistic Director Beth Barrett.
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Saturday, April 12, 2025
ABOUT ERIC BARONE
Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe, is a video game developer based in Seattle, Washington. He is best known for solo developing the indie farming game Stardew Valley. Since Stardew Valley's launch in 2016, Eric has spent his time working on numerous content updates for the game, as well as working on his next project, Haunted Chocolatier.
ABOUT THE FILM - The Straight Story
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) learns one day that his distant brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
- Director: David Lynch
- Principal Cast: Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter
- Country: USA
- Year: 1999
- Running Time: 112 min.
- Producer: Neal Edelstein, Mary Sweeney
- Screenplay: John Roach, Mary Sweeney
- Cinematographers: Freddie Francis
- Editors: Mary Sweeney
- Music: Angelo Badalamenti
- Language: English