{"id":2185904,"date":"2025-12-03T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2185904"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:11:17","slug":"train-dreams-is-a-remarkable-movie-and-it-has-me-thinking-a-lot-about-my-great-grandmother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/train-dreams-is-a-remarkable-movie-and-it-has-me-thinking-a-lot-about-my-great-grandmother\/","title":{"rendered":"Train Dreams Is A Remarkable Movie, And It Has Me Thinking A Lot About My Great-Grandmother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are some <strong>minor spoilers ahead<\/strong> for <em>Train Dreams<\/em>, which you can watch now with a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/streaming\/articles\/netflix-subscription-plans-price-included-174717448.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix subscription;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Netflix subscription<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I was lucky enough to know my great-grandmother. I was a teenager when she died in the 1990s. After watching <em>Train Dreams<\/em> last week, I spoke with a colleague here at CinemaBlend, and she brought up how remarkable it was that Robert (played by Joel Edgerton) transitioned from a simple 19th-century life to witnessing John Glenn&#8217;s spaceflight on television. Since then, I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about my great-grandmother, what she saw in her life, and how it wasn\u2019t completely unlike what Robert experienced.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Joel Edgerton in a hat and suit, walking in front of a tall building\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/MS8sQChr09FTM.ktzVOELg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/fbcd70d37acb368ccf35f80029b19b4b\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">She Was Born In 1899<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nana was born in late 1899 in a small town in Missouri. She died in St. Louis in 1991. She saw almost all of the 20th century and what came with it. She lived through both World Wars and started a family right as the Depression was about to rock the country. She witnessed the advent of cars, airplanes, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/movies\/futuristic-inventions-from-sci-fi-movies-and-tv-shows-that-now-exist\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:rocket ships to space;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">rocket ships to space<\/a>, the radio, television, and even the dawn of the internet. When I think about how different life was when she was born compared to how it looked when she died, it\u2019s astounding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One story that I keep coming back to in my memories was one she told me when I was probably 9 or 10. She told me of the time that electricity was first installed on her street in her small town. I don\u2019t know what year it was, but sometime in the 19-aughts. She was obviously old enough to remember it, how excited they all were, and how strange they found it. Like Robert in <em>Train Dreams<\/em>, before that, she and her family were living a life not that dissimilar from how humans have lived for most of recorded history. The advent of electricity changed so much about how we live.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Joel Edgerton looking into a mirror with electric lights on either side in Train Dreams\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ScOWQNtoIw9Bbgb4sRjdQA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/df60e31e004329b422b363e3fc735d63\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">She Outlived Everyone, And Left Her Mark<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nana\u2019s husband, my great-grandfather, died in the late 1960s. He was a salesman for a canned produce company (another 20th-century innovation, at least on a mass scale) and was on the road when it happened. She outlived her only daughter, my grandmother. She outlived almost all of her friends. That was obviously hard on her, but she also got to know her great-grandchildren. Like, really got to know them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is where her story differs from Robert&#8217;s. He outlived everyone he knew, but under more tragic circumstances, and, as the movie points out, he left nothing behind. No children, no family, not really even a home. That doesn\u2019t diminish his story or his existence; it just makes it different. Nana left behind a legacy that many in my family remember, and her stories, like the one about electricity, are still being told to the next generation, her great-great-grandkids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Train Dreams<\/em>, easily one of the best movies on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/upcoming-movies-2025-movie-release-130453990.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 movie schedule;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">2025 movie schedule<\/a> and one of the best things to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/streaming-news\/2025-netflix-movie-tv-show-release-dates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:stream on Netflix right now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">stream on Netflix right now<\/a>, is a contemplative, slow-moving, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/netflixs-train-dreams-overwhelmingly-sad-190300991.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:sad movie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">sad movie<\/a>, but <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/fans-talking-most-depressed-theyve-151257469.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:it won\u2019t leave you depressed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">it won\u2019t leave you depressed<\/a>. The action is minimal, but the message is universal. It is a movie that really sits with the viewer and sticks with them for days. Sometimes the best movies are the ones that, a week later, you realize you\u2019re still thinking about often, and that\u2019s what this Clint Bentley-directed masterpiece does. My life is nothing like that of an early 20th-century logger in Idaho, but that doesn\u2019t mean I can\u2019t find common ground with Robert.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Netflix There are some minor spoilers ahead for Train Dreams, which you can watch now with a Netflix subscription. 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