The photography of "Coffee Commune" is bright and colorful. In the past, Woody's films were always dark and yellow, but the pictures of his works in his later years gradually became brighter. It doesn't matter whether the color tone is good or not, it's more comfortable for me personally. The story of "Coffee Commune" is a classic love separation story: the male protagonist meets the female protagonist, and the two reunite after breaking up for practical and material reasons, and miss the sweetness of the original love. You will find that the movie is so similar to La La Land and The Great Gatsby, except that the ending of Coffee Commune is relatively tactful and disappointing. Three of Woody's films end with a celebration of the new year. In 1987, "Radio Age" hinted at the passing of old times with the arrival of the new year, expressing Woody's nostalgia and love for that radio age. In 2009, "Anything Goes" expressed the repetition of ordinary life year after year with the arrival of the new year. In 2016's "Coffee Commune", with the arrival of the new year, it implied that the hero and heroine will constantly fantasize about whether they would be happier if they were together in the years to come.
It can be seen from this that ending with the celebration of the New Year can express all kinds of feelings such as the nostalgia for the old times, the passage of time, the meaningless repetition of life, and infinite loss. The recently watched Roman Polanski's "The Bitter Moon" also ends with a celebration of the arrival of the new year. This ending implies that Mimi and the writer have no future, and it also means that the seven-year itch Nigel and his wife have gone through a fantastic adventure and started a new life.
Socrates is quoted in "Coffee Commune": "The unexamined life is not worth living." But then the actor said: "The examined life is impossible to live." Facing life is too painful, only There are fantasies that keep people alive. "Coffee Commune" once again confirms the point of view of "Encountering Strangers". The feeling of loss, the life you chose for fame, wealth and wealth, will you regret not choosing the sweetness of poor love now? From now on, I have to live day after day and year after year in the fantasy of "if I had chosen to be with him/her". Real life seems like a pompous, falsely boring daydream, but it fills you up, and you can't have both. Therefore, the hero and heroine began to immerse themselves in the fantasy of the poor love at the time of the New Year's bell and the laughter of the crowd. In the future, they can only rely on fantasy morphine to relieve pain. Real life is dead and boring.
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