Moving movie
Hollywood has a classic example of a humourous situation: the case of the blind man who is stopped by the police while driving a car. I’m not a huge consumer of movies, but even I’ve had a chance to see this on several occasions. The stereotype. Perhaps blind people would do just as well as those who have to talk on their cell while retuning the car radio, but there is sufficient time to provide a chance for error.
This evening I watched an oldie: Scent Of A Woman starring Al Pacino. Good moral play, even after the expensive car was back at the dealership. The movie takes us, step by step, up a long incline. At the summit, a confrontation between the old school and its old boys clique and the other side, those who have not lost their integrity.
Forget the blind man as a cliche. The character that Al Pacino has embodied may have a few very rough edges, but he brings his role as a teacher home. The idea of a life spent with no confrontations or failures is given little value. My favourite quote is that when you dance the tango, if you get tangled up you just keep on dancing. Pretty good mental image there, even if you dance as poorly as I do.
The movie is long, but worth the evening spent at home with all my creature comforts. Meanwhile, the rest of the family set out for the cinema, found it full and came home. They missed the show.
