I am forever the smarter one~ who can be smarter than me?

Kianna 2022-04-19 09:02:22

Woody Allen's world-weariness has reached a level of optimism. It's hard to know how narcissistic and pessimistic he is, and how serious and joking he is.
His 2009 movie "Whatever Works" belongs to the category of very personal movies: the actors suddenly jumped out of the scene to discuss the plot with the audience, the absurd plot development, the director's own outlook on life and experience were slightly rewritten, which happened in The self-deprecating stories of New York's intellectuals...the list goes on for a long time, but anyone who loves Woody Allen seems to recognize his style at a glance.
The cast of the film is also similar to this type of film in the past. The number of people is very large, and the number of scenes is relatively average. It always makes you feel that everyone is acting in their true colors, which strengthens the realism of the film itself~ Viewers occasionally get confused story and life.
Starring Larry David, who once watched Curb Your Enthusiasm, which it wrote and starred in, curbs enthusiasm. It is one of my favorite American dramas, the self-mockery and self-pleasure of small people.
It feels like Woody is super narcissistic in his bones, and it seems that nothing that happens will affect his narcissism. At the end of the film he concluded: You see ? I am the only one who sees the whole picture, that's why I am a genius. You see, I am the only one who can see the truth of the world, so I am a genius.

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Extended Reading

Whatever Works quotes

  • [first lines]

    Boris Yellnikoff: That's not what I'm saying, imbecile. You guys completely misrepresent my ideas, why would I even want to talk with those idiots.

    Boris' Friend: Just calm down.

    Boris' Friend: That's not true, Boris.

    Boris Yellnikoff: No, don't tell me to calm down, I am calm. Just stop.

    Boris' Friend: Don't jump on us just because we don't understand what you're saying.

    Boris Yellnikoff: I didn't jump on you. It's not the idea behind Christianity I'm faulting, or Judaism, or any religion. It's the professionals who've made it into corporate business. There's big money in the god racket, big money.

    Boris' Friend: Here we go...

  • Boris Yellnikoff: Don't you know you have to sing happy birthday twice to get the germs off?