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in the name of the father
Rachelle 2022-04-20 09:01:40
The film that I wanted to watch when it came out in 2014, I only had the chance to see it in 2016. Although it tells the story of an Olympic wrestling champion, wrestling appears in the film as a symbol, and it is actually about father and son, mother and son, control, desire, and jealousy. The poster is very representative of the tone of the film - black and cold. Steve Carell, who was a comedian, has successfully performed a character that makes people feel chills, as if he will go crazy and kill in the next second, but he has been hanging on the edge. It is said that the director asked him to put the darkest secret in his heart on a piece of paper and put it in his chest pocket, remembering that if the director wants to, he can grab the paper. Maybe that's how the neuroticism of being strong on the outside and being dry on the inside is played out. In the end, I didn't get the approval of my mother, and I couldn't make Mark continue to treat him as a good teacher. At the end, he pointed a gun at Dave (dave represents the family and technical ability that du Pont wanted and couldn't) to question, despair. in the end. I don't know why I thought of Lolita.
Extended Reading
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[first lines]
Mark Schultz: [Mark gives a speech to a school of young students] Hello. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk to you today. My name is Mark Schultz. I wanna talk about America, and I wanna tell you why I wrestle.
[Mark holds up his Olympic gold metal to the kids]
Mark Schultz: This is an Olympic gold metal. I won this three years ago at the 23rd Olympic games in Los Angeles, California. This is more than just some piece of metal. It's about what the metal represents. The virtues it requires to attain it.
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[Mark's first meeting with John du Pont]
John du Pont: You look good. You look strong. Fit.
Mark Schultz: Thank you, sir.
John du Pont: Feeling confident?
[Mark nods yes]
John du Pont: That's one of the most important elements of entering a match is feeling the confidence, knowing that you're going to win. Feeling it inside. If you get - go to a match knowing you're going to win that match, odds are you're going to win that match. You're training with your brother Dave?
Mark Schultz: Yes, sir.
John du Pont: Great Dave Schultz?
Mark Schultz: Yeah.
John du Pont: And I'm talking to the great Mark Schultz. Do you have any idea why I asked you to come here?
Mark Schultz: No.
John du Pont: No. Well, Mark, do you - do you have any idea who I am?
Mark Schultz: No. No.
John du Pont: Some rich guy calls you on the phone. I want the great Mark Schultz to come visit me. Well, I'm a - I'm a wrestling coach. And I have a deep love of the sport of wrestling. And I wanted to speak with you about your future. About what you hope to achieve. What do you hope to achieve, Mark?
Mark Schultz: Well, I wanna be the best in the world. I wanna go to the Worlds and win gold. I wanna go to the '88 Olympics and win gold.
John du Pont: Good. I'm proud of you. Are you getting the support that you need?
Mark Schultz: What do you mean, sir?
John du Pont: Well, you know how the soviets support their wrestlers.
Mark Schultz: I do.
John du Pont: Mark, we as a nation have failed to honor you. And that's a problem. Not just for you, but for our society. When we fail to honor that which should be honored, it's a problem. It's a canary in a coal mine. Do you bird-watch?
Mark Schultz: Uh, no.
John du Pont: You can learn a lot from birds. I'm an ornithologist. But more importantly, I am a patriot. And I want to see this country soar again.
Mark Schultz: I want that too.
John du Pont: I can see that.