(The) Remains of the Day
A head butler who comes from a family tradition of personal service whose only goal in life is to serve his employer to the best of his ability.
At the expense of love.
At the expense of emotion.
At the expense of personal happiness.
A life of unquestioning loyalty, unexplored romance, unexamined opportunity. In what remains of the day, there is a hint of regret, but no self-pity.
I could not see giving up my life for tradition or career. My life is mine to live the best I know how till the end of days.
6 comments:
Oh I love the book; I've not seen the movie though.
LIfe's too short to give up for career or tradition. :P
well said.
wg - now I will go get the book :)
i finally saw the movie on cable this week.
imp - aiyoh, how can the butler stevens tahan his life? there were a few times in the movie i wanted to shake some sense into him!
Anthony Hopkins was so damned good in his role i tell you :)
anthony hopkins? now i must watch it...i don't know that many actors, but i KNOW anthony hopkins
we dont have nine lives. live life!
suziewong - you have to watch this movie with the right frame of mind. The first 20mins is like, hmmm where is this story going? But Anthony Hopkins was the quintessential british gentleman's gentleman.
edpj - since you put it like that, right you are :)
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