probably the most Jewish movie of the old man in recent years.
The story takes place in the 1930s-the era when the director was born. The locations are New York and Los Angeles-the two cities with the largest Jewish populations on the east and west coasts. Our protagonist's name is Bobby, not to mention the typical Jewish surname followed by the butt. He didn't mix well in New York and was going to try his luck with his uncle in Los Angeles. It didn't take long before he realized that he didn't like the sunshine on the west coast, and missed Manhattan, which was covered with snow in winter (not the Bronx, the protagonist's birthplace). So he went back. Before and after this, he had a relationship with a beauty named Veronica in two cities. At the end of the story, the latter became his wife and the former became his aunt.
Nebraska is a poor place, with sparsely populated land and terribly cold winters. In Nebraska, even with a double master's degree in English and Drama, Vonnie has a hard time getting ahead. So she came to Los Angeles. She did not become a star, but became the lover of the secretary and boss. In Los Angeles, this is not uncommon. If it wasn't for the boss's nephew Bobby to suddenly appear, she could overturn the master without any entanglement and become the boss's wife.
Bobby was doing miscellaneous work for his uncle in Los Angeles, a little bit down and a little unwilling. He was living in a strange city for the first time, and he saw cold face and bad voice every day, as long as someone showed a little kindness to him, he would desperately catch it. For example, when his uncle introduced Vonnie to him half braggingly, he hit a snake and fell in love with her.
It is easy for young people to fall in love with a person, but looking back, they actually fall in love with their own imagination. Bobby is like that. The two went to the luxury houses in Los Angeles together. But for Vonnie, this was just a task to deal with the boss, but for Bobby, it was a gorgeous new life. Vonnie echoed Bobby's "Don't love vanity". He was insincere and pushed the boat forward, but he was cited as a confidant by the latter.
Originally, Voonie was not going to be serious with this virgin. On the one hand, the reason is that it is in full swing with the boss, and it is expected to become a positive person. On the other hand, it is also because Bobby is a New Yorker who can leave Los Angeles at any time, and can't understand her Nebraska country girl who must stay in Los Angeles. When the two were dating, Vonnie seldom took the initiative to mention herself, and Bobby was always chatting about New York and Los Angeles. Until Vonnie was dumped by the boss, she cried so much that she knocked on Bobby's door, ready to officially accept the spare tire. But at that time, she did not open her heart.
Until the windows of the two boats were pierced, Vonnie had to make a choice. Two men who love her, one is an uncle and the other is a nephew; one has a luxury house in Los Angeles with a swimming pool, where celebrities go in and out, and the other has only a small apartment in the Bronx, with an unpredictable future. The only thing they have in common is that they are greedy for her beauty and are too lazy to understand her soul. So the same is not enough love, it is better to choose the rich. She made the choice of a normal woman.
Blake Lively plays another Veronica. Although her appearances are far less than those of Kristen Stewart, every scene of her is brilliant. She works in the city government, has just divorced, was cheated, has a bit of experience and is naive. At that time, Bobby was mixing like a fish in the nightclub, knowing how to dress up appropriately, and how to observe his words and colors, far from the shivering Wu Xia Amon who called prostitutes. When such a Bobby meets such a Veronica, he is less young and ignorant, and has a good figure to advance and retreat freely, and the two match each other.
Years later, when Bobby reunited with Vonnie at a nightclub, she saw her full of celebrity gossip and became the kind of person she hated at the beginning. In response, he said a common saying: "Time flies, people change", and then led her to restaurants, casinos, and bars in New York, took her to Central Park to watch the sunset, and relived her old dreams. No guilt, no turning back.
By the end, there was no adultery revealed, no tears, no dog blood, no exaggerated dramatic ups and downs, not even the occasional turning point marked by the old man. The old man stopped being a "sadistic playwright", he put away his poisonous tongue and put away bad luck; he allowed the photographer to use a lot of golden soft light and moving lens, so that the film was shrouded in dreamy light; he Become soft, take a stubborn love and make it tender and transparent; he is no longer impermanent, he becomes permanent; he becomes sweeter. but I like it.
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