My breath was taken away by this movie. In Robert Duvall's words, "get low" is about taking care of your business before you go. Settings things straight, asking for forgiveness and, sometimes with humor, saying goodbye to those you love.
Some of us will be fortunate to go quietly in our sleep, others such as my son Joe, will struggle until the end. But one thing I know when we feel our time has come we "get low", hopefully we have the chance ask for forgiveness, tell our story and what made us tick. Many times there is not that opportunity, we are whisked away without another word, leaving our loved ones wondering about our lives.
In "Get Low" Felix built a self imposed prison, essentially cutting himself of from everyone, and burdening himself with his guilt with no one to share his grief. We all have one or two things in our lives we are not proud of and so many more times we brushed aside each others interests. The lesson is to be genuinely interested in your family and friends everyday; not build our self imposed prisons or hide our imperfections.
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