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The Razor's Edge
1946 · Film · 145 min
Directed by Edmund Goulding
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
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I just watched The Deer Hunter (1978) for the first time, which Walken described as kicking off his fame.
If you haven't seen it before, it's long but worth a watch. Left me longing for more older films, like the original Rambo, Empire of the Sun, or The Razor's Edge. They don't make movies like that anymore.
No thank you qwertygerty, for the lovely digression ;)
I've always felt that you can't be liberated from your attachments, if you don't fully realize what it means to be enslaved by them in the first place
I've always thought the subject of Renunciation in Hindu Philosophy would make the subject of a terrific screenplay
There's a film you may enjoy, one of my favorites actually, The Razor's Edge (1947), written by Somerset Maugham
Young American, born at the right place and the right time, who instead of contributing to the booming growth that would place his nation at the forefront of nations, chooses to chuck it all and "idle" for awhile
Here's the scene he arrives at an Ashram in the Himalayas after a chance suggestion from a stranger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDGwAoLhJE4