Source: Tencent Video
Duration: 2 hours, 36 minutes and 34 seconds
Douban score: 9.1
Film nationality: United States
Core Overview: Retired officer Fank Shrider and outstanding student Charlie Simon encountered setbacks in life, came to the crossroads of life together, and on the thanksgiving trip to New York, the two influenced each other and finally walked out of the haze of life together.
Main characters: Charlie Simon, Fank Schrader (Lieutenant Colonel)
Significance of the movie:
1. Master more elegant bubble skills
2. Understand the different forms of life tribulations
3. Help yourself to be mentally prepared to deal with setbacks
Note: The translated names used in this article are from Tencent Video
Movie Viewing Experience:
The first time I heard about "Smelling a Woman", I thought it was a very fleshy movie, and the content was inseparable from the male and female love, but now I must seriously state: absolutely not!
The focus of this film's thinking lies in the title of "Smelling the Fragrant Woman", the content of the film is not difficult to understand, but after watching the whole film, you will find that the content seems to be not in line with the title.
The main theme of the content is the hard redemption after suffering the hardships of life, and "smelling the incense" and then "knowing the woman" has something to do with frustration and redemption?
Don't sell Guanzi, the following is an explanation that I can think of with my current insight and pattern:
1. Subjective impression: "Smelling the fragrant woman" makes many people's first impression mistaken for vulgar content, which echoes the wild and uninhibited behavior of van knuck Shred, a retired military officer in the film.
2, borrowing the role of generation: "knowing women" through "smelling incense" is the skill of Fank Shred, and this title actually refers to Fank himself, that is, the focus of the film is Fank.
3, hint: "smell the incense" and then "recognize the woman", elegant style, set off the life state of Fan Ke's highlight moments of life.
4. Metaphor: Goethe's "Faust" has two concluding verses: "Eternal woman, lead me to wait for upwards", the soft beauty of women just neutralizes the rigid stubbornness represented by Fan Ke, so as to achieve the neutral peace of self-redemption and fit the main theme of the film.
After understanding the title, I believe you will be more touched by the simple retelling of the following movie plot.
The film's number one protagonist, Charlie Simon, is a high school senior at Broad College who, due to his poor family, wants to find a job on Thanksgiving to save enough money to go home for Christmas.
He found a job caring for his loved ones on Thanksgiving, and the object of care was the second protagonist, Lieutenant Colonel Fank Schrader, a blind retired military officer.
Charlie had thought that all he had to do was take good care of Fan Ke on Thanksgiving, playing a good babysitter who was on call and complaining, but he did not expect that Fan Ke was old and strong, and the logic of the development of things was completely beyond his control.
On the first day of Charlie's employment, Lieutenant Colonel Fank forcefully turned to New York, and a series of details during the journey show that Fank was once a gentleman with a mood, understanding of life, and familiar with the world.
On the plane, Van Knuck once told Charlie that his two major hobbies in life, the first was for women and the second was for Ferrari sports cars.
Little did Charlie know that the trip was not a gorgeous treat arranged by the Lieutenant Colonel to celebrate Thanksgiving, but the last wandering skeleton before dying.
On the night of his arrival in New York, Fank took Charlie to the luxurious Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and the next day, visiting his family on Thanksgiving, Fank had an older brother, Willie, who lived in White Plains, New York.
At Willie's house, Fan Ke ruined the Thanksgiving reunion atmosphere because of his improper words, and also had a verbal altercation with his nephew Randy, and finally had to return with Charlie.
The next day, Charlie found Fank playing a pistol assembly timer game, and the ammunition-filled pistol frightened Charlie and decided to leave, but was saved by Fank, who said, "I just want you to stay with me for one more day... The Last Parade of the Battlefield".
On this day, they have dinner at a hotel, and happen to meet the wonderful Donna, she is waiting for her boyfriend, Fank takes Charlie to take the opportunity to talk, and invites Donna to dance an elegant tango that will be unforgettable for the audience.
On the third day, When Fank was depressed and in the soft bed of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, as if he had lost interest in everything in the world, Charlie suddenly sympathized with the mysterious officer and offered to take him out for a ride, and he decided to take Fank to drive a Ferrari.
At the Ferrari shop, just when Charlie had nothing to do and the ride plan was about to go bankrupt, Fank's skillful and clever routine successfully solved Charlie's siege, and they successfully borrowed a Ferrari from the store for a test drive.
But the ultimate carnival did not soothe the clouds in Fan Ke's heart, and Tai Ji was born or not, as if the more carnival activities were over, the more Fan Ke wanted to end his life.
On the night of his return, Fank took advantage of his headache to let him go downstairs to buy medicine and cigars, while he put on the officer's uniform that symbolized pride and glory in his life, assembled the pistol that symbolized his status, and prepared to leave this world.
Charlie, who had already arrived downstairs, suddenly sensed the mystery and quickly turned back, and sure enough, Fank was ready to go, and the final tour was over, and he was about to say goodbye to the world once and for all.
Charlie's all kinds of stalking persuasion, and the dignified, majestic gentleman officer finally broke through the defense, can no longer hide the long-standing pain in his heart, he lived in the dark, once had the light, he loved women, he liked sports cars, but he could only rely on his consciousness to make up for those beautiful pictures.
The contrast between heaven and hell, the contrast between glory and depravity, made his pride and majesty difficult to accept.
He said: "All my life, I have rebelled against anyone, everything... Only then do I feel important and I rot.
At the moment when Charlie put the pistol to his head, he desperately threw himself forward and snatched Fank's pistol, the two entangled, Fank took it back, pointed at Charlie and ordered him to go away, but Charlie was desperate to stop the officer who had reached the end of the road.
With tears in his eyes, Charlie said, "You messed up, so what?" Everyone makes mistakes, so you should go forward," Fank responded, "Straight forward?" I'm done early! I live in the dark, you understand? Live in the dark...".
Charlie: "Then give up!" Even if I give up on myself, I will give up, you are right, I am finished, we are all finished, there is no hope."
Finally, Fank was finally moved and asked Charlie to give him a reason to live, and Charlie said: "You are very handsome by jumping tango and driving Ferrari... When you're upset, you'll skip the tango."
With a look of joy on his face, Fan Ke said, "I'm going to think twice, maybe I'll die tomorrow."
At this point, Lieutenant Colonel Fank Schred has reconciled with himself, and the two of them are about to end their trip to New York, they return by car, and finally say goodbye in Bode.
On the day of the farewell, it happened to be a campus prank punishment hearing related to Charlie, and unexpectedly, it did not take long for Van Ke to come down to the podium with the help of the driver and participate in the hearing as a representative of Charlie's parents.
Just as Charlie was on the verge of being punished for not wanting to betray his friends, Fank stood up and gave a powerful speech that was finally averted.
When the two walked out of the venue, a female professor of philosophy, Christine Donyi, came to talk, she praised the high opinion in Fank's speech, Fank "smelled the fragrance of the woman", and accurately guessed the perfume used by the female professor, echoing the title.
At the hearing, Charlie's plot design shows that both of them have been redeemed in the tribulations of life, and at the end of the film, Fank returns home and finally takes the initiative to approach his granddaughter who has been snubbed for a long time, and Charlie smiles happily in the back.
I personally believe that the bright line of the film's clues is the self-redemption of Fank's soul, representing internal contradictions, while Charlie's encounter represents external contradictions, and after Fank finally reconciles with himself and the world, Charlie's mess also clears the clouds and the moon.
This seems to invisibly hint at the relationship between the internal contradictions and external contradictions of the individual, after the internal contradictions of Fank are resolved, Charlie's external contradictions are also solved, perhaps we can harvest such inspiration: when encountering external contradictions, we may wish to focus on the internal contradictions of the individual first.
From the infinite scenery of the past, to the later frustration, all because of the unscrupulousness of his youth, the wandering skeleton, and the excessive drinking before the teaching of the hand blade battle, so that the fluttering fairy mistakenly drew a grenade, destroyed his eyes, and bid farewell to the beauty of the world.
Therefore, in any matter, "having a degree" seems very important, and if it is excessive, good things will become bad things. From Fank's various performances, I can empathize with the sadness that I can only rely on imagination to see the world.
"Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman" is such a movie: in the gorgeous elegance, there is a sorrow and pain as wide as the sea and a mountain. Just like the ballet solo dance "The Death of the Swan", it shocks the soul, but it is indescribable, and there is an indescribable emotion.
But there is a saying that Fan Ke's elegance and humor are real, giving people a sense of stability and solemnity unique to soldiers, full of manliness, and my biggest feeling about this is that knowing more about some elegant things, such as perfumes, dances, food, etc., is of great help to get off the list or become an attractive person.
As I said at the beginning, the connection between the content and the title of this film is not clear, only by reading the title and combining the content display can the suffering and setbacks of life be associated with "perfume" and "woman", so as to understand the deeper connotation.
Next week's update: "This killer is not too cold", not seen or scattered~
Classic lines:
Vank Schrader
"I'm like waste, why waste food, I mean, no one... Would love to spend a good night with me."
"You're going to suffer in this world"
"Tango doesn't care about the wrong steps, it's not like life... It's simple, so it's great, if you take the wrong step or trip over, keep jumping."
"You have given me a day, just for that day, I am eternally grateful"
"You have a place in that tedious adult rank... You're done."
"In my life, I have rebelled against anyone, everything... Only then do I feel important."
"It's not easy to be an adult"
"I'm going to think twice, maybe I'll die tomorrow"
"I don't know if Charlie's silence today is right or wrong, but I can tell you... He will never betray others for a future, and this, friends, is called integrity and courage, and that is the essence of leadership."
Charlie Simon
"You screwed up, so what?" Everyone makes mistakes, you should go forward."
"Then give up!" Even if I give up on myself, I'm going to give up, you're right, I'm finished, we're all over, there's no hope."