“What life!? I got no life! I’m in the dark here...” That phrase hits like a ton of bricks and sends chills down my spine when you think about how brutal it must be to be blind. Amazing film. Pacino is a legend.
I recently went blind in my right eye. I told my self if i loose vision in my both eyes, I will do it. End it all. But thank God my vision is slowy recuperating.
yeeep, after watching this you come to realize how many people are in the dark beeing happy with not seeing things they don't want to see and people who are in the dark, people who's eyes work perfectly, this dark is consuming, they would love to see the light, yet, some of them never will
This is what good acting is all about you can feel his pain you can feel the other man empathy what more do you want guys enjoyed the f****** movie okay😄
Exactly. When I saw this movie for the first time not so long time ago, I was amazed how accurate Pacino describes disability. This is exactly how it feels and it will be that way forever.
Wouldn't anyone be in despair having to live out a miserable yet needlessly really really long life.. it's a curse when you don't really have a clue just why you are on the planet with no wealthy corporation to run anyway! 🍷🤷♀️😆
Pain - "Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain."😢
I went from running away from pain to embracing pain to running away from it again..... it's hell being in pain but knowing that something rewarding might be at the end of the tunnel of my pain gives me a little strength and that is like a drug in how powerful just a little strength can make you feel.
I honestly thought Al Pacino was blind for real. He played his ass off and made me believe he was blind. Definitely his best performance and worthy of the oscar.
1. Al Pacino 2. Robert Deniro 3. Daniel Day Lewis 4. Marlon Brando 5. Denzel Washington Just an opinion though. Most would probably put Deniro above Pacino those two get debated the most. Both have had many master class performances, but so has Day Lewis too.
"What Life?...I got no life.. I'm in the dark.....I may not be blind, literally but don't really have a life anymore..I hard to describe...Hard to reason with, it's only who went through some real pain knows it, can feel it, everything seems meaningless, possessions, respect earned, money...just about every damn thing seems meaningless, nothing to look forward to...nothing to accomplish, life itself becomes "NOTHING"...Literally. Al Pacino, only he justifiably can make you feel that pain and only some people can get it deep inside enough to grasp the moment of despair
The last time he said " I'm in the dark!". Shivers down my spine. That's an actor giving it all. He's literally lack of energy right there. The last time I can recall an actor doing this was Daniel Day Lewis " I've abandoned my boy".
Pain is both a teacher and a companion. It reminds us how truly ugly life/the world is. But it also teaches us how to adapt and heal. Pain is your worst enemy but it is also your best friend.
@@happypapi1903 Actually that "it's not your fault" thing is very proper psychological counseling. It's used when a person is in both denial and feeling extreme guilt over something which they did not cause such as, in Wills case, child abuse.
The acting get noticed in this film, deservedly so. But the script is absolutely brilliant; probably the best treatment of true male pain and regret ever put on screen. High art indeed.
@@AjejeB Looked over, untreated and allowed to fester. A lot of the time when a woman is in pain people will rush to her defence and try to help her. When a man is in pain he is told to sack up, catch a grip and press forward. The Colonel and Charlie are both going through their own pains and struggles alone in this film; and they finish the film being a support for one another.
@@thegrimmcommoner2203 women are the bottleneck of human population growth, for this reason it has always been “women and children first”. Now that we less and less care about population growth (even though we should start as population ageing is becoming an issue), it is becoming more complicated…
In the 80s he was Tony Montana in the 90s he was Michael Corleone, Ricky Roma, Frank Slade, Vincent Hanna, Carlito Briganti, Lefty and John Milton. The 90s was definitely his prime period
Not the 80s, you meant the 70s. He was Ice cold in the 80s. This movie was basically the pinnacle of his comeback tour which lasted longer than anybody probably thought it would. He's awesome in heat as well if you're looking for batshit pacino, but it makes sense when you realize he was doing the heat character high on cocaine (his character not al himself). It's awesome. GIMME ALL YA GOT!!!! YOU COULD GET KILLED WALKING YOUR DOGGY! BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX... HE'LL BE RISING!
@@kevincooper1982 did you really just write "in the 90s he was Michael corleone "? HAHAHA DAWG COME TF ON 😂 in the 70s he was Michael corleone. He reprised the character for an awful movie (not his fault he turns in an awesome performance, the only saving grace of that movie). But that character is synonymous with 1970s hahaha
I'd say he was in his prime from 1972-1995. That's how elite he is. We're talking Godfather, Serpico, Godfather 2, DDA, AJFA, Scarface etc. His stuff after that is okay, but nowhere near as good. However, he was still a terrific actor in his later films
Al Pacino's run in the 70s was the greatest acting decade for any actor ever. Godfather 1-2, Serpico, Dog Day, And Justice for All, The Panic in Needle Park, and Scarecrow. No one will ever match that
I've watched this scene a million times but still feel no getting enough...that is most beautiful and powerful speech I've ever heard.. even it's in a movie....solute to Al Pacino....
This is one of my most favorite movie scenes ever. Al Pacino shows us that a man so severely beaten in life can have such strong character that he could charm the socks off such a classy, gorgeous young women he's never met and half his age or less, going from introducing himself to swirling her around the dance floor and sweeping her off her feet in just minutes in spite AND BECAUSE of tremendous disadvantage, conjuring up determination and convictions to turn and use his disadvantages into his greatest strengths. He's not only the perfect gentleman, he's "THE man" - the ONLY man around who could have done it and did - no hesitation. His convincing acting performance here turned me back into a believer again, that this is possible. It also helped me finally better understand that, and why, a woman looks further to find the stuff a man's heart is made of than I believed the first half of a typical man's lifespan. As a disabled man physically and mentally, the belief transferred from actor to beholder gives me hope. Thank you's to the master artist for becoming and projecting the spark.
I am so blessed to have been an extra in this movie (the judiciary committee scene at the end - one of the students in the auditorium). I’ll always be grateful to have met Mr Pacino and shook his hand on that set, which was filmed on the upper west side of NY, not in New England.❤❤❤
Chris O Donnell should have won an Oscar here for best supporting actor. Al Pacino got his one and only Oscar best actor award here. Par excellence performances here. A life changing scene !!!
Oddly enough, if you know the backstory, the director was giving a motivation speech before an important scene and he turned to see Chris totally ignoring him and playing with a Gameboy! In other words, Chris was great on his own. He didn't need outside motivation!
Never understood how some people can say Pacino shouldn't have won for this. He was phenomenal in this role and one of the best performances I've ever seen.
Al Pacino is among the best to ever do it. but the kid nailed it in this scene too. I could feel him earning Frank's respect through his bravery, 99% of kids his age would have ran for the hills. Charlie stared down the barrel and didn't blink despite his fear. that's real courage, that's what it means to be a man.
the overwhelming majority of suicidal people don't really wanna die. they just want it to stop hurting. whatever "It" is. whatever they're going through, whatever's torturing them, and it can be anything.... they just feel like there's no hope in ever having a life without "it". which is why offering a hand and trying to help any way you can is so vital.because nothings impossible and anything can be overcome with enough time, help and love. Suicide's never the answer.
This scene, although it is only one of the many great scenes Pacino has given us, this is the scene that won him an Oscar. One of the greatest to ever do it!
@@retroguy9494 What do you want me to say? That there's no hope for them? If you have a problem, tell someone about it. Keeping to yourself doesn't help.
@@WillShakes423 No, I don't want you to say that there is no hope. What I want you to say is what a person is supposed to do if they don't have that friend or a family? See, the society we live in today actually EXPECTS a person to have some kind of support system. It doesn't think that there are people who are all alone. Oh, and that whole "tell someone about it" is a bunch of bullcrap. In true actuality, nobody cares if you're not in their circle.
@@retroguy9494 I think I've said more than I needed to. Seems I forgot how the real world works. I apologize if I've upset you. I won't say anything else.
I'm trying to think of a movie star today that would even take on a role like this, let alone land it like Pacino did. And yet this isn't just entertainment and box office return; people need stories like this to remind us of the reasons to soldier on even when disaster strikes, even when the guilt and regret are unbearable, even when it seems like there's nothing left but darkness.
No one screws up our lives better than ourselves. This clip talks about being kind and being forgiving to ourselves. When we are once again beaten down and intensely frustrated by our own shortcomings, and we feel we can't stand living with ourselves, we just slow down and remember that we deserve to treat ourselves with the same level of kindness and forgiveness, blessedness and respect that we hope others will extend to us. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect - including ourselves. "May I be well.. May I be happy. May be free from suffering in body and spirit."
After the movie, I tried to understand how does it feel when you're blind. I have no clue how to live without my sight! Couldn't do anything by myself and that would be very painful, and this comment ''I'm in the dark here'' was so emotional and sad! God please, let nobody in life anymore to have that pain of being blind!! I'm very thankful to God that I'm healty and alive! Everyone else has to do the same thing!
Maybe you have no life right now, but do you want one? I went 29 years of hell, and I came through all my struggle to tell you, there’s life after struggle. Fun is real, it exists. How bad do you want it? Go and get it. Want a six pack, go and get it, want a dream life, go and get it. It’s not always fun, but it is always ALWAYS worth it. I promise
Even if he hasnt seen the Ferari driven and the Tango danced before, he aspired to it. That risk, authenticity, caring and sacrifice, is what got him beyond this moment.
A very intense emotional scene where I feel Al Pacino s pain. He is a very brilliant actor. Starting from The Godfather Saga, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico.
It is true that we all need Charlie in our lives and believe me Charlie also needs a Charlie in his life and that Charlie needs another and so on till the cycle meets again. I'm one of the Charlie who saved the suicidal girl and loved her like hell. But society and her family couldn't allow us to be together. Now she's gone as she's engaged and now she shut me out of her life as she fear for herself as her family won't allow her to do anything. I hope one day soon she comes back to me. Charlie needs a Charlie.
@1misanthropist everyone needs someone in their life to make them feel good, share feelings, care for them and love them. I understand your point but life is not about living by just yourself. You'll meet people and expect to connect with them.
Soldier: (noun.) "A brave defender of righteousness and justice for the sake of peace and harmony. One who sacrifices for the things that they love and gives their time to it."
Never saw this movie before but this scene makes me wanna go find the movie and confine myself in a dark room with the TV and binge watch it while simultaneously taking notes on a pad
You have no reason to believe me and you haven’t asked for my opinion, but… This movie is worth any effort you expend to either buy it on DVD or rent it on any of the available digital platforms that it can be found on. I will not spoil the final scene for you, but I will say that it’s worth waiting for. This movie is treasure.
This movie is a masterpiece. So much emotion, takes you through the darkness and ends on an uphill positive note. Incredible ending speech as well. Right up there with Shawshank Redemption.
