Scent of a Woman is a remake of the 1974 Italian film of the same name, which was based on Giovanni Alpino's novel of the same name. Al Pacino won the 65th Academy Award for Best Actor for this film, and this is his only time to win the Best Actor Oscar.
Speaking of Al Pacino, everyone is most familiar with his role as Mike Corleone in the "Godfather" series, but after the huge success of "The Godfather 2", in the 1980s, his acting career ushered in. A trough.
It was not until the early 1990s, around the time of the release of "The Godfather 3", that he ushered in the second spring of his film acting career, and this "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman" is the representative work of this era.
Al Pacino in the 1970s was handsome and stylish, and his appearance was so different from this time that it would be hard to recognize if it weren't for his big eyes. But I have to say that in this film, he portrayed this poisonous, angry but charming blind man very vividly.
The film has a lot of long dialogue scenes, in order to make them lively, the director uses a variety of techniques very well, the most attractive of which is the use of light. The beam of light in the darkness that came in from the window in the dark place at the beginning not only gave them a strong sense of distance between them, but also vividly represented Frank's blindness and no light.
In the part of the Thanksgiving dinner quarrel, when many people are scolding, a candle is placed in front of each person, and then the dynamic of the candle in front of the character is used to set off the emotional dynamic of the character. When excited, the flame is beating and calm. It is very interesting to deal with when it is stable.
But the most praised part of the whole movie should be the paragraph where the two dance the tango, the clever camera movement and the change of the relationship between the characters in the light source, plus the blurred light spots in the foreground passing over the background, it is true It's a very impressive piece.
The original name of the movie is "Scent of a Woman", which means "Scent of a Woman", but in fact, the part about the fragrance of women in the movie is not too much, it is more about the friendship and mutual help between the two male protagonists in the plot. Charlie and Frank are idealistic fighters in two different situations. Charlie has his own principles, but he doesn't have much experience. Ultimately unable to hold on to his beliefs, he became cynical because his inner conscience prevented him from reconciling with a world that was both beautiful and ugly. Because of this, the two can come together.
Charlie's passion for the world infects Frank, reminding him that there are women, sports cars, and many other beautiful things in the world. And Frank's experience and action, like his father, made him help Charlie, who was still at the crossroads of his life, to be more firm in his correct choice. Frank's final speech was extremely moving. Using the metaphor of the cradle and the crossroads of life, he told all the students about the beautiful things in life that were more important than compromised interests and cowardice, and he protected them with victory.
As a person who had lost the will to live and wanted to be redeemed by others just now, his speech was also to himself. Maybe he understood that there are indeed many glooms in life, but there are still many things worth pursuing, such as principles and beliefs. Like the perfume of Ferrari and women, it is so beautiful that people can find hope in life again.
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