'Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way,' Time; Dark Side Of Moon; PINK FLOYD 1973

Poignant and moving scene from David Lynch's 1980 film: The Elephant Man

The poor ol' 300..calling in a missile strike from a nearby aircraft carrier may have been wiser. Zack Synder 2006 film: 300 

Hamlet soliloquy at the end of Bruce Robinson's 1987 film: Withnail & I 

My favourite film from Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film: Stalker

Another master of film 1993 from Takeashi Kitano: Sonatine