In recent years, Europe has become an increasingly popular destination for Woody Allen's films. "Midnight in Barcelona", "Midnight in Paris" and "Love in Rome" have all received great acclaim, plus the previous "London Trilogy". The quality is better than other works he shoots in the United States. Art Europe's mockery of the upstart America makes people all over the world feel it. However, this "Blue Jasmine" can be regarded as a beautiful counterattack. Woody Allen and the goddess Cate Blanchett returned to the homeland, shuttled between New York and San Francisco, and performed a performance against the background of the US economic crisis. The lament of the fallen celebrities of the bourgeoisie.
The heroine's name is Jasmine, an elegant and unique name. She came from an ordinary background, and her original name was bland. She chose this special name for herself, and thus chose the path she wanted to take. The title of the film is also a pun, which can be read as "Blue Jasmine" or "Gloomy Jasmine". Of course, the literary and artistic former is more in line with Woody Allen's temperament, but the latter is the core of the story. In fact, only in terms of the theme expressed in the film, "Blue Jasmine" is not new. The story is almost completely based on the classic film "A Streetcar Named Desire" starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando in 1951. The rambling style of the movie is also consistent with Woody Allen, but it seems to be slightly restrained without his own narration.
"Blue Jasmine" is so attractive, on the one hand, it is an interesting narrative of the film. The film constantly strengthens the opposition and tension through contrast. This kind of contrast is rich and three-dimensional. It is the contrast between the present and the rich in the past. The heroine used to be self-confident, generous and charming, and after bankruptcy, she was a neurotic expression of self-esteem, self-pity, and inferiority. She is a beautiful, elegant, and wealthy sister. The difference between him and his average-looking younger sister, who lives in poverty; it is also the contradiction between Jiasmin's efforts to maintain a bright and dignified life, and a messy life after his downfall. On the other hand, Cate Blanchett's excellent performance of putting down her figure also added a lot of color to the movie. Some people say that Blanchett is completely possessed by Woody Allen in the movie, especially when her lies were exposed at the end, and her spirit was under pressure. The collapsed and hysterical performance makes it surprising that the beautiful and elegant goddess can also perform so crazy and ugly. With this, I believe Blanchett will also become one of the strong contenders for Best Actress at the Oscars this year.
The film unfolds the parallel narrative of the two lines through continuous flashback insertions, which further highlights the tragedy of Ja Simin under the flashy phantom. She is naturally beautiful, talented, and pretentious. She indulges in the luxurious and empty upper class life, despises the mediocrity and poverty represented by her sister, and even dismisses the middle class represented by dentists. But she suddenly lost everything, first emotional betrayal, and then everything in the past represented by elements such as luxury houses, money, and a successful husband. Her husband was arrested for fraud, and he committed suicide in prison. She was declared bankrupt, released on bail, and her life fell to the bottom. In the end, she had to drag her luggage to San Francisco to defect to her once despised sister. For the sudden cruel reality, she always refused to accept it in her heart, deceiving herself and wanting to maintain a bright posture, but she was embarrassed by the embarrassing reality, and she could only rely on lies to maintain her fragile relationship with the man she admired. When it came time to talk about marriage, her lies were completely exposed, all her efforts were in vain, and Jiasmin was still empty-handed. This was originally a sad story, but Woody Allen expressed it in a satirical comedy way, which is of course his inherent signature routine. After pondering, it is full of embarrassment and embarrassment.
The movie also plays a little flip at the end, and until 10 minutes before the end, in the eyes of the audience, Jasmine is still more pathetic than hateful. She is vain and materialistic, or has some indifference and selfishness, but she is nothing but entrusted to inhumans and blinded by it. And the tragic experience of losing everything and the embarrassment encountered in San Francisco also made people feel a little sympathetic to him. Although she is not completely ignorant of her husband's actions, in a happy life, she just wants to have less troubles and deceive herself to maintain the luxurious and high-class life in front of her, which is normal. These are not necessarily good qualities, but they are not sins after all. However, at the end of the meeting with his stepson, the truth was revealed. Only then did he realize that Jiasmin had already known everything he had done to her husband. So far, it was all caused by her, and then I imagined that all the savings of her sister and her ex-husband were also stolen by him. She was deceived by her husband, causing her sister to divorce and live alone with two children. It can be said that she personally destroyed her sister's possible happiness. However, Jiasmin can still act as if it has nothing to do with him, and perform a drama of self-pity and self-pity in his own world. When he is down, he can move to his sister's house without any apology, and repeat the lie to the point where he believes it, not to mention there is nothing No reflection at all. However, she found nothing in the end. After the lie was revealed, her new love left her, and her sister no longer had a place for her in her home. Her life continued to slide into a bottomless abyss. However, even in the most desperate moments, she never let go of her pride. After the conflict with her sister finally broke out, she left in despair, but she kept repeating the lie that she was about to marry a lady, talking to herself on the street Chattering incessantly, the passers-by left in fright, leaving only an old, absent-minded face in the camera. The melancholy Jia Simin can never go back to his innocent age, and can only continue his unknown life in fantasy and cruelty, like a blue jasmine who admires herself.
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