The Straight Story — Japanese Postcard (2000 Release)
Director: David Lynch
Publication Year: 2000
Dimensions: 100 x 148 mm (3.9 in. x 5.8 in.)
Language: Japanese
There are films that whisper, and then there is The Straight Story — a quiet pilgrimage across America on a lawnmower, told with unwavering sincerity by a director best known for dream logic and fractured realities. David Lynch’s most unexpected film is also his most tender: a meditation on age, forgiveness, and the slow, deliberate act of returning home.
This original Japanese postcard, produced for the film’s 2000 release, distills that journey into a single, striking image. Beneath a star-speckled sky, Alvin Straight rides forward on a green mower — a humble figure against the vastness of the unknown. The hand-drawn typography suggests something childlike, honest, and wholly unguarded — much like the film itself.
A small-format keepsake for those who carry this story with them, or who find meaning in the films that move softly, yet stay.
From our private collection, minor yellowing may be present, but good conditional overall.