Rural Road
Unlike the other roads we have encountered in other films, the road that Straight travels is a constant and unchanging one. Remaining in a rural space on the road causes the personal journey to be driven by those he meets, not by a dramatic change in landscape. Hailing from a rural community myself, I have to say that this was quite boring for me. I even caught them reusing shots in different montages. There was literally No change in the environment. This allowed the characters and Straight himself to be the drive to his self change. This is similar to other movies we watched, but the environment had a larger impact. Vagabond, for example, is about a woman who travels and is changed by the people and types of scenery she encounters. In Easy Rider, two men are running from a specific landscape to another, so the environment drives their action. Straight in A Straight Story is on a self driven journey.