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A gracious, spiritual and positive look at a 94-year-old woodworker/Spanish-American War veteran who still active constructing wooden houses and was revered by his family, friends and the community in Oregon. Luther Metke talks about his life views, his love for work, of which started out back when he was 15-years-old, and what can be described as his life philosophy and what made him live for so long (he reach 100 years).

In many moments, we follow him through his daily routine of work, still helping young people to build houses; driving his car; or enjoying a moment with his family when he became a local news sensation as he was still devoted to a line of work that started out to lose some space with the implement of new technologies.

"Luther Metke at 94" - Oscar nominated in the short features category - is a lovely witnessing of a life well-lived, with its joys, pain and glory, to which we examine that simplicty might be the key, and few are the lucky ones who can look back at a present old age, reflect about his youth and the ways that followed, and see such magnificiency without regrets or faults. If there's something one can learn with it is that if you love what you do and you're healthy enough to do it for ages, be sure to expect and find a life full of joy and fullfilment. But that's the hardest part, to stay in a path for way too long - with the exception of a brave retirement that he didn't like to stay still. Can we ever look back as fun and caring as he was, and what's the real secret that we keep on missing while growing up? The mysteries of life. 7/10.