strength in loneliness

Elaina 2022-04-20 09:01:11

Because of TOTO's recommendation, and because of the Al Pacino who once conquered me with his unique acting skills and personal charm in "The Godfather".
"Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman" is a film full of humanistic care. Al Pacino played Frank in the film, a reckless, wild and unruly Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army who had a remarkable record in the military. However, he lost the opportunity for promotion because of his personality, and retired because of an accident. From a position that should be said to be highly respected, he has fallen into a position where even his relatives and friends treat him with indifference. Living a lonely, boring and irritable life can be said to have fallen from heaven to hell. The loneliness in his heart is a A silent, hopeless loneliness. When Thanksgiving came, ending his remaining life became the purpose of his trip.
Charlie, a college student employed by Frank, accompanies him on his trip to New York without knowing it. This is these two men, in the two days of living together, from being hired to being hired, to being scolded and being scolded, and then to understanding and caring for each other. Even if he is full of foul language all day long and yells at everyone, this lieutenant colonel has an intoxicating elegance and humanistic care. He let loose himself, enjoyed life, loved women all his life, knew women by smelling the fragrance, and treated women with such a graceful and gentlemanly demeanor, which really impressed me and even more women. The speech at the end of the film, where the film shines, is sincere and tear-jerking.
In fact, no matter how strong a man is, in a certain corner of his heart, he has his own weakness. It's just that people don't know it and don't want to tell others about it. But Frank turned this loneliness into strength and fortitude. Even if he is lonely and forever lonely, he will lose his self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-esteem. He must also let his life accompany women and beauty. That is a kind of beauty in sadness and despair! Rare in the world!

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    Tango Tango Tango! A movie that is always impressed and needs to be tasted slowly

  • Walton 2021-10-20 19:02:54

    I like the TANGO section

Scent of a Woman quotes

  • [Headmaster Trask drives into the Baird School driveway in his brand-new Jaguar. He gets out, to hear a voice on a loudspeaker]

    Jimmy Jameson: [on loudspeaker, but unidentified] Mister Trask is our fearless leader.

    [students hear this and gather, looking on at Trask]

    Jimmy Jameson: A man of learning, a voracious reader. He can recite "The Iliad" in ancient Greek, while fishing for trout in a rippling creek.

    Trent Potter: [Trask grins slightly, trying to figure out where the voice is coming from] Endowed with wisdom, of judgement sound, nevertheless about him, the questions abound.

    [We now see the same three Baird guys who set up this prank the night before; Harry opens the valve to an oxygen tank connected to a large balloon on a lamppost as Trent passes the microphone to him]

    Harry Havemeyer: How does Mister Trask make such wonderful deals? Why did the trustees buy him Jaguar wheels? He wasn't conniving, he wasn't crass... he merely puckered his lips... and kissed their ass!

    [balloon spins around to reveal a cartoon bearing the words being spoken; the students laugh and mock Trask]

    Harry Havemeyer: [Trask pulls out his car keys and opens the Jaguar door, then jumps up to try to pop the balloon with the key. He misses on the first try. On the second try, he succeeds, and a flood of white paint splashes down onto him and all over the car. The students applaud loudly and shout obscenities at him as this catastrophe concludes with Trask kicking the car door closed and attempting to dry his face with handkerchief]

  • Lt. Col. Frank Slade: [Lt. Col. Frank Slade is speaking in defense of Charlie Simms at meeting at the Baird School] Now I have come to the cross-roads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew, but I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Charlie. He's come to the cross-roads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey.