The narrative of this story is complete, without the difficulty and incomprehension of a literary film. At the beginning Woody Allen used tennis without a net to play a good metaphor for the whole film, and it also became the origin of "match point". The narrative is effortless and the plot is not protracted: Wilton, a young Irishman who came to London to work as a tennis coach, met Tom's middle-class family, and soon married Tom's sister, becoming a member of the family. During this period, met Tom's girlfriend Nora (who broke up with TOM shortly after), a beautiful woman from the United States. But she was not accepted by the family because of a broken marriage and an unrealistic career as an actress. The first time Wilton met Nora, he felt a sense of mutual pity. Even if Wilton became the son-in-law of the Hewitt family, he still couldn't escape the shadow of others psychologically, and it was because of this psychology that he fell in love with Nora. Here, Wilton is on the same level as Nora - they are under the Hewitt family.
The poor can appreciate elegant operas as well as the rich, and the poor can also despise the material pleasures of the rich, even if the latter does not despise the former, but the difference in rank makes them hide an inferiority complex even under their strong appearance. They prefer to be recognized by others of the same type, and even if they have sex, they feel that they are equal. Wilton at least.
After Wilton got married, he ran into Nora and became entangled with her. It's a pity that the girl from the powerful United States has nothing but inertia besides being beautiful: she is selfish, full of sexual desire, mood swings, and alcoholic. Wilton, who entered the upper class, was only fascinated by her sexiness rather than her own. When Nora told him she was pregnant with his child and asked him to divorce his wife, Wilton told his friend that it was impossible to divorce, he was used to his now rich and status life, back to Being around Nora means he'll have nothing, not to mention that he doesn't love her at all. This is a very realistic and funny reason. The previous feeling of pity for the same fate has long been replaced by desire. He no longer agrees with Nora's status. Isn't this his disapproval of himself?
Under Nora's entanglement, Wilton couldn't bear it, and he killed Nora and Nora's landlord, creating the illusion of a loophole robbery. But I can't believe that Woody Allen made a big joke with us here, subverting our traditional concept of "the French Open is extensive, sparse and not omission". Not long after, a similar case of robbery and shooting occurred in the same city. The perpetrator was arrested with a ring in his pocket that Wilton took away after killing Nora's landlord. This ring reveals the intention of Woody Allen's use of "tennis" in the title sequence. When the ring was thrown into the river by Wilton, it suffered the same fate as a tennis ball, and was picked up by others. possible. All the contingency here is realized with a 100% chance, and Verdu escaped. He breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't know if it would be a nightmare, Woody Allen didn't tell us, and didn't need to tell us.
The music that runs through the film is the aria they watched in the opera at the beginning. The combination of classical singing and modern scenes creates a contrast and tension that is self-evident. This is also Woody Allen's humor. place.
Woody Allen's joke was also that he used a very long backstory to lead us to a short and simple ending, which I couldn't help but be disappointed in. And until now I'm still thinking about a question, what is Woody Allen thinking. what:)
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