2013|10|11|12|
2014|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2015|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2016|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2017|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2018|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2019|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2020|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2021|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2022|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2023|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|
2024|01|02|03|04|05|

2020-06-18 Let me see... It's "Scent of a woman" [長年日記]

I think I've written about this somewhere before, but I couldn't find it in my homepage, so I'm going to state this again, at the risk of spoiling the story.

I was assigned to Fort Collins, Colorado, as an engineer for two years, starting in 2000.

Every week, I had taken classes in English as a Second Language (ESL) at Colorado State University.

I had the opportunity to give a speech to that class, that was "Tell us about the movie you enjoyed the most".

The men in my class were saying things like "Star Wars" and "Back to the Future", and in my turn, when I said

Let me see... It's "Scent of a woman"

All the woman in the class looked up in unison and looked at me.

"That was a great movie!" The class suddenly got very noisy with their voices and I also felt the respectful look in his eyes for me.

The men had a look on their faces like they didn't know what was going on.

-----

I happened to see this movie in a movie theater without thought when I was on a date with my wife. (Not a great reputation before).

In hindsight, I feel like this movie was an important landmark in my marriage to my wife, and it's still a memory that we both will never forget.

So, as the next movie of "Schindler's List, we decided to watch this movie on Amazon Prime.

"This is the only movie that will never be dubbed in Japanese" I insisted, and I decided on my own to watch the subtitled version.

-----

After watching...

I've been impressed with the movie for a while now, and my senior daughter, on her first visit, said and said, "Cool~! in the living room.

At a great rate, she was putting "alpacino" in the search key on my phone and looking them up.

I won't go into the content here, but I can assure you that you'll be at the mercy of three major waves of emotion in "Tango," "Ferrari," and "Speech,

And the emotions I didn't feel before I was married. I was old enough to realize the deep despair of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade.

-----

I wonder why they don't broadcast such a masterpiece on terrestrial television, but you'll understand the reason soon.

It's not possible to broadcast on terrestrial television.

It wasn't a problem in 1992, but it can't be done now in 2020.

It's the right thing to do, however. still, it would be a real "waste" to miss out on such a masterpiece just because "right".