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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 Helen Gandy are on a date in the public library]
J. Edgar Hoover: Well, would you like to stay here, or go somewhere else?
Helen Gandy: It's up to you.
Helen Gandy: [Edgar chuckles and makes an attempt to kiss Helen] Mr. Hoover. I'm not sure where you think this is headed.
J. Edgar Hoover: Right, of course. Miss Gandy.
[Edgar holds out his hand to hers and gets on one knee]
J. Edgar Hoover: I know we've only known each other a brief time, but you would make the finest of companions. Your strength, and your character, and your education.
Helen Gandy: Are you poking fun at me?
J. Edgar Hoover: No. No, no, no. No, no, of course not.
Helen Gandy: Then please, Mr. Hoover, stand up.
J. Edgar Hoover: I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't share this with any of the other women at the typing pool.
Helen Gandy: No, of course not.
J. Edgar Hoover: All right. May I ask what - what - what particular flaw you seem to find in my character?
Helen Gandy: No. We just met.
J. Edgar Hoover: Right, of course. But I believe that I am a fast and accurate judge of character. We've gone out three times, but I don't need more. Most people do, but I don't. I see people right off for what they are. And please, call me Edgar. It's what my mother uses.
Helen Gandy: Edgar?
J. Edgar Hoover: Yes?
Helen Gandy: Can you keep a secret?
J. Edgar Hoover: Yes. Of course. You have my word.
Helen Gandy: I'm not interested in getting married. My work comes first.
J. Edgar Hoover: Hmm. Then perhaps you would consider a position as my personal secretary.
Helen Gandy: [chuckles and nods] Yes.
J. Edgar Hoover: [Edgar smiles] Shall we.
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[J. Edgar Hoover meets the child actress, Shirley Temple, at the movie house in front of reporters]
Reporter: Miss Temple!
Shirley Temple: Mr. Hoover, I was wondering if you would join my police force.
J. Edgar Hoover: Why, yes, Miss Temple. If you agree to be an honorary G-Woman and give me one little kiss.
Shirley Temple: I don't know if your wife would approve, Mr. Hoover.
J. Edgar Hoover: But, you see, I still live with my mother.
[both chuckle]
Shirley Temple: Oh, Okay!
[Miss Temple kisses him on the cheek under the flash of cameras]