WALTER: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

WALTER: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

By Hunter Weeks

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2013-10-04
  • Advisory Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Director: Hunter Weeks
  • Production Country: United States of America, Cuba, Italy
  • iTunes Price: GBP 5.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: GBP 3.49
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After an encounter with Walter Breuning, the World’s Oldest Man, Hunter Weeks and his fiancée, Sarah, embark on an adventure to meet the oldest people in the world, including some of the people born in the 1800s. Capturing the extraordinary lives of people 110 years or older, including World’s Oldest Person, Besse Cooper of Georgia, the couple’s journey sheds light on what is truly important in life. Traveling across the United States, Cuba, and Italy, Hunter and Sarah explore life’s lessons through the stories of several living supercentenarians and the families that support them. Walter connects us to the inspiring lives of our elders and their lessons for living life right.

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  • An opportunity to consider ...

    4
    By mightywalter
    'Walter' offers an opportunity to learn lessons from those who’ve gone before but are still around to talk about it. Many people today lack any deep exposure to their elders and learn lessons the hard way, or just don't. The parts of this that focus on the documentary maker & his girlfriend actually show their growing realisations of what they’d not previously seen…these are the parts Anthony & Danny find boring. If you’re looking for laid back entertainment, this isn’t it.

  • An invitation to reflection

    5
    By El Buho Coleto
    This documentary is one of those films that you will not forget. Evolving around some of the oldest people in the world, it is an intimate invitation to reflections on personal values and their historical possibilities and constraints. But the film also portraits the contemporary fascination with age, numbers, statistics and records, and its role in media and politics, starting with the idea of making the film itself, and, implicitly, our attractipn to the topic as viewers. I therefore do not see the presence of the filmmaker - which seems to have provoked some viewers - as is an empty gesture, but as an important part of the story.

  • Endearing and thoughtful

    4
    By Miranda Ash
    I have to disagree with the previous couple of reviews here who have missed the point of the documentary. The elders interviewed in the film share their life lessons with the audience which in turn prompts the film makers to think about the purpose of life as they move into a new phase of their relationship. Too few of us have the opportunity to learn from our elders and Walter provides a perfect opportunity to do take a look at the wealth of lessons the older generation can offer us. Personally, I found the filmmakers journey endearing and thoughtful.

  • Ditchwater

    1
    By Anthonytie
    This film is more about a self absorbed director and his nauseating relationship than it is about a guy called Walter. An archetypal piece from the social networking age and all the emotional incontinence that that entails. Save your money and visit a care home for the day.

  • Poor Documentary

    1
    By Danny Goldberg
    Had the premise to be really interesting but large sections of it were filled with the documentary maker and his girlfriend just talking about the old people they had met. It was incredibly boring and I switched off after around 45 minutes. If this chap wants to know how to make an engaging documentary he needs to watch some of Louis Theroux's work.

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