Film Analysis Of Stephen Walker's Young At Heart

In 2008, a documentary was made and it was called Young@Heart. Stephen Walker directed it. It is about a group of elderly people from New England who sing songs based on classic rock and pop. One man named Bob Cilman leads the group and assigns them songs to sing for the shows they will perform in. The group even travels around the world to perform in different countries. This is a form of recreation for the elderly, which means that they are doing an activity for entertainment and they enjoy doing it. The main reason why this group is called Young@Heart is because their main goal is that usually, elderly people know that they are closer to death and they cannot do many things as they would have liked to do such as, running or sports. They

Savoring leisure is generating positive emotion and experience. Examples found in the film are that Bob Cilman started his career as a singing teacher with a group of seniors that were very good at singing but he continued teaching even if he was teaching a group that was bad at singing. This shows that he did not give up on his career if the group he had were bad singers but he kept on going. Another example is how all the group members first hated the song “Yes We Can” but as they kept rehearsing, they began to like it. This is called habituation, which means that they are slowly getting used to the song. It expresses the theme by looking beyond the difficulty in the song and to keep practicing it. Also, a member of the group named Bob was sick for 5 days and when he came back, the group supported and embraced him. The group does not focus on Bob being able to come back but they truly cared about his health and if he will be

Virtuous leisure is the supporting feelings of belonging and making a difference in the world. From the documentary, whenever one member is not feeling or has a health problem, they always come back and the group always waits for them in open arms. The group helps them to continue to live their life no matter what the disadvantages they have, to keep enjoying life and to be able to still do activities they enjoy. Another major example is that all the members that passed away will always be in the current group’s heart and are always performing for them. The group is continuing to perform in the shows they are in even if some of the group members passed away and the group will also perform for them and will always be remembered in their hearts. They even tell the audience who they are performing this song for. The audience is then moved by it and makes the group feel as if they belong and that they are making a difference in the world by performing these