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The price of a great man is not something everyone can afford
Maia 2022-03-24 09:01:45
At first I thought he was the 31st president of the United States, but later found out that he was the founder of the FBI. If the characters described in the film are basically true, then he is really an actor who wrote, directed and acted, and is extremely hungry for power. The selfish to the extreme paranoia; people are really the most complex animals in the world, there is nothing wrong with simplicity, but if you encounter such people on the road of life, it will really become "being sold and helping From the point of view of Darwin's "evolution", the original purpose of human beings becoming complex is to protect themselves and live better; if the characters described in the film are not true, it is just for some political reasons Purpose or other needs are deliberately shaped by the media, and you have to sigh that power is really not a good thing. He can lift you to the sky or throw you into hell. But Hoover is no longer there, and it doesn't matter to him what future generations think of him, but for us, it is still a case worth learning from. Be a simple person, have food to eat, sleep, dreams to pursue, a certain spiritual life, relatives, lovers, friends, a warm family, a lovely child, really Enough, after all, we are neither Hoover nor Jobs, the price of a great man is not something that everyone can afford
Extended Reading
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[J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson discuss over dinner about the first time they ever met]
Clyde Tolson: Edgar... you can lie to everyone else, the whole world, for you own sake... and for the sake of the bureau, but you cannot lie to me.
J. Edgar Hoover: I should've never given you your job, Clyde. You know that? You weren't even qualified. You remember the day you came in for your interview.
Clyde Tolson: I do.
J. Edgar Hoover: You walked into my office and you fixed my window, you picked up my handkerchief. You handed it to me. You remember why I was sweating, Clyde?
Clyde Tolson: It's because you were exercising.
J. Edgar Hoover: No, I was... I was sweating because I... I knew at that very moment...
[Clyde hands Hoover his handkerchief from the dinner table]
J. Edgar Hoover: ... I knew at that very moment that I... I needed you. And I've never needed anyone else in my entire life. Not like that. So I began to perspire.
Clyde Tolson: I know.
Clyde Tolson: [Edgar grabs for his stomach and gasps] Edgar, are you all right?
J. Edgar Hoover: Yes, yes it's - it's just indigestion, Clyde. Let's go to dinner tomorrow night, shall we? Our old corner booth.
Clyde Tolson: Perhaps if I feel better.
J. Edgar Hoover: Yes. And you must - you must. We have a great many things to discuss. And now I can't trust anyone else at the bureau right now. I can only depend on you.
Clyde Tolson: [Edgar walks up to Clyde and holds onto his hand, kissing is forehead] Thank you, Edgar.
J. Edgar Hoover: [Edgar leaves the handkerchief in Clyde's hand] Good night, Clyde.
Clyde Tolson: Good night, Edgar.
[Edgar walks off and Clyde holds Edgar's handkerchief to his cheek]
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[J. Edgar Hoover arrives home to go to bed]
J. Edgar Hoover: [narrating] The very essence of our democracy is rooted in a belief in the worth of the individual. That life has meaning that transcends any man-made system, that love is the greatest force on earth... far more enduring than hatred or the unnatural divisions of mankind.