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The 1984, The Razor's Edge, is one of my all time favorite movies. It may be my favorite movie. As I understand it, the main character in this movie, Larry Darryl, is actually based (as in the book by Somerset Maugham) on a real person. Some people believe that the character Larry Darryl was based on the life of a man named Guy Hague who went to India after the First World War and met Sri Ramana Maharshi.
The book and the Bill Murray movie are very different in how they tell the story but, in my view, they end up in much the same place. I really like the way Bill Murray takes his character to the end of the story. In this movie the main character skips off and leaves the story wide open. Under the circumstances I think it's a nearly perfect ending. I say nearly perfect as perfection on Earth doesn't exist. But, I believe that enlightenment does exist and with it inner peace.
In the 1984 movie Larry falls in love with Sophie, played by Theresa Russell. She, in my view, is gorgeous in this movie. The character, Sophie, is complex and embodies the human condition, craving and suffering, the inability to overcome self hatred. Ms. Russell is awesome in this movie.
If you like brainless action movies then don't bother with this one. If you like movies that ask the big questions then this is as good as it gets.
score 10/10
falconbrother 21 March 2011
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