Train Dreams: Grief, Nature & Time's Impact 🌲

Explore Clint Bentley's 'Train Dreams' and how grief, nature, and time shape the life of logger Robert Granier, played by Joel Edgerton.

Train Dreams: Grief, Nature & Time's Impact 🌲
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16.5K views β€’ Dec 11, 2025
Train Dreams: Grief, Nature & Time's Impact 🌲

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Train Dreams is Clint Bentley's second directorial effort and it stars Joel Edgerton as a logger and railroad man Robert Granier. We follow Ganier on his journey through life as he experiences love, loss, grief and wonder.

Join me as I discuss Train Dreams after I watched it for the first time.

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00:00 - Intro
00:16 - The Premise
01:23 - The Players
03:16 - The Palette
05:41 - The Postcard
06:44 - The Philosophy
08:38 - The Parallels
10:19 - The Pivotal Moment
11:09 - The Problems
11:49 - My Perspective
12:18 - Closing

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Dec 11, 2025

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