2015's "The Unreasonable" is a concoction of the relationship settings of 1992's "Husband, Wife and Lover" plus the dramatic murder story of 2005's "Match Point". "The Unreasonable" is the positive version of "Match Point". Destiny's coin has "The Unreasonable" on the obverse and "Match Point" on the reverse.
Woody likes Russian literature the most in real life and admires Dostoevsky very much. In "Husband, Wife and Lover" Woody falls in love as a college teacher with a female student Juliette Lewis, and he recommends Dostoevsky to the female student: "Dostoevsky is a great meal, plus Vitamin tablets and a big plate of malt paste." In "The Unreasonable," Phineix, a philosophy teacher who falls in love with schoolgirl Emma Stone, tells her: "I've always liked Russian writers, especially Dosto. Yevsky, he's amazing." As the plot progresses, Emma Stone climbs over the wall and enters Phoenix's home to find Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (Crime and Punishment) on his desk. Inside is evidence of Phoenix's murder).
The philosophy professor played by Phoenix is a total pessimist, a believer in nihilism. By chance, he discovered the meaning of his life: murder for justice. To transcend the law, become a superman above the society, and sentence people to life and death, this practical action makes him feel that his boring life has meaning. "Match Point" and "The Unreasonable" are so similar, the male protagonist has to "murder" to save his life. In "The Unreasonable", after murdering the judge, the seemingly just Phoenix decides to murder the female student Emma Stone for fear that the matter will be revealed. This is purely for personal gain, and there is no justice. The End of the Game is exactly the same. The difference is that luck stood with the hero of "Match Point" and turned his back on the hero of "The Unreasonable". In fact, how the ending will go cannot be the classic point of view in "Match Point": the tennis ball touches the net, turns over or falls. The tennis of "Match Point" turned over, and the hero succeeded; the tennis of "The Unreasonable" fell, and the hero failed.
It is worth noting that after directing 43 films, Woody, who has always emphasized that luck dominates fate, revised his theory for the first time in "The Unreasonable", which can be called Woody's Luck Theory 2.0 . The male protagonist Phoenix and the heroine Emma Stone were playing in the amusement park. Phoenix chose the digital prize, and Emma Stone chose the small flashlight as a gift. At this time, Phoenix's luck reached its peak, and Emma Stone was surprised. Ask: "How did this happen?" Phoenix replied: "Luck rules the universe." Then Phoenix thought about it and said, "Correct, it's not luck, it's chance. We all have to be at the mercy of chance. ." Chance and Phoenix made a joke, he ended up stepping on this little flashlight and fell off the elevator and died, and he was unlucky at this time. Nothing to do with good or evil, We're all at the mercy of chance.
In 2015, Woody Allen turned 80, the old man told us that he fixed it, Not luck, chance. We're all at the mercy of chance.
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