"I'm sorry, I can't accept online dating. Illusory things can't bring me a sense of security. Suspicion and doubt are the root of tears in the middle of the night. I want steady happiness, the kind that can be touched as soon as I reach out. But if you ask Am I dating online, I didn’t say it before. Add me!” At the beginning of 2019, this joke became popular on social media – at first it was just a twitch by a netizen, and then it caused everyone to imitate and forward it. The contrast between the first half of this passage and the last sentence is exciting: the contrast between the real self and the romantic self.
People still choose reality because romance doesn't live up to expectations. Woody Allen's film "Purple Rose of Cairo" tells the story of a woman's shattered romantic dreams. Cecilia was a housewife during the Great Depression in the 1930s. She worked a boring job as a restaurant waiter during the day, and at night faced a violent, fun-loving husband who depended on her for support. The only joy in her life is walking into the cinema and watching a movie called "The Purple Rose of Cairo", so familiar that she even remembers the lines and expressions. Everything in the movie looks very beautiful, there is no economic depression, only the endless banquets and happiness of the upper class. Cecilia admires Tom, the handsome, romantic and passionate film hero. Before long, she lost her job as a restaurant waiter and became even more obsessed with movies. When she watched "Purple Rose of Cairo" for the fifth time, something magical happened - Tom, the main character, walked right off the screen and said he was in love with her and wanted to run away with her! Other characters in the film followed suit, complaining that Tom's behavior disrupted his performance plans, and even held a discussion meeting with the audience, smoking and playing cards on the screen. The audience looked at each other and asked the owner of the movie theater to refund the money. They shouted: "I came to the cinema! This movie is not like that!"
I don't know why it feels a little ironic to see this - such a big real magic scene is happening in front of the audience, and they turn a blind eye; they would rather pursue a fake, arranged plot. I really can't believe that in such a big movie theater, people can be so calm when they can talk to the characters in the movie. Maybe Woody Allen is also criticizing the audience for not being appreciative -- or just pushing the plot, which is what keeps the story going after all. Woody Allen is romantic, which is reflected in many of his other films, such as "When Harry Met Sally", "Annie Hall", and some people describe him as enjoying "through the camera to the audience" The nagger who publishes a tirade". My impression of him is actually just "a famous director". As for what he has filmed and what style he has made - we don't know, and we don't dare to ask. After reading the detailed introduction materials, I finally know that the Jewish American film director is also a playwright of theater and film, a film actor, and a jazz clarinet player. (No wonder the movie lines sometimes have a sense of drama, especially the characters on the screen) Tom, the romantic, brave, and loyal public perfect lover escaped from the screen for Cecilia and experienced real life. He wooed her in the playground under the moonlight, took her to a fancy restaurant for champagne (after the fact, he evaded the order because he had no money), and after taking her risks in the real world, he brought her into the movie, in the virtual world of magic Share good food and views. It's a pity that Tom is not a real person. He has never seen a pregnant woman. He doesn't know that you need a car key to start a car. He thinks that God is the two screenwriters. The money in his pocket is only prop money. There will be no wounds. One of my favorite episodes is the one between Tom and some prostitutes. His sincerity and ignorance shocked the prostitutes. They thought Tom was pretending to be noble and flirting with him in every possible way. Praise him - on the one hand, it shows that women are indeed touched by the sincerity and infatuation of men, and on the other hand, it has created Tom's near-perfect qualities that are difficult for ordinary men to have.
Tom's escape from the movie caused confusion, and the film's production staff came to Xin Zexin to deal with the matter, as did the movie star Gil who played Tom. Gil is a young star who has just started his career and has only acted in six movies, all in small roles. Gil met Cecilia by chance. As his loyal fan, Cecilia not only admired and admired him, but also knew how to appreciate his talent. Gil couldn't help but confided to her. They went to find Tom to go to the musical instrument store together, she played the violin, he sang love songs, it seemed that Gil had a heart for this little woman. That's when the point comes, Gil and Tom are rivals in love. Tom represents the incarnation of ideals, perfection, and dreams, while Gil is a handsome and progressive man in the realistic sense-perhaps for Cecilia, whoever chooses is better than her husband, she is not at a loss. But from the audience's point of view, this is no different from a difficult problem. Should we choose the perfect incarnation of romance and ideals, or should we choose people in the real sense? If you choose to dream, you must do it thoroughly and don’t wake up; if you choose reality, you must live your life down-to-earth. Cecilia happens to be in the middle, a realist who likes to dream illusory dreams.
I thought of another Internet catchphrase - XX I don't deserve it. This sentence is usually used as a self-deprecating expression to express one's complex feelings of shame, speechlessness, and inability to love things that you like. I have always believed that there are some rules in some Internet buzzwords, which can at least hint at the real psychology of people for a while.
Everyone is thinking, is there really such a good thing? If Cecilia chooses Tom, can she really live forever in the virtual world? And if she chooses Gil, can she really live happily with the latter? Unfortunately, this is not the case in reality. If Woody Allen really gave us a happy ending, then the film will become a mediocre Qiong Yao drama. There is no doubt that Cecilia will choose Gil, after all, she knows that she can't live without reality, maybe she is really dazzled by happiness, but the painful reality has become a brand on her body that she can't get rid of - she keeps telling Tom that she has no money She can't live with problems, she doesn't love like Tom's sincerity and bravery; she doesn't dare to tell her husband that she hates him... It can be seen that she has long believed that romance can only exist in imagination, and what she wants is "stable happiness" , the kind that you can touch as soon as you reach out.” Ye Gong loved dragons, but he only drew on paper. When the dragon really came to him, he was scared and backed away. After Cecilia chooses Gil, Tom returns to the screen, the movie is back to normal, and everything is in order. It's just that when Cecilia got home, packed her bags again, and was about to go to Hollywood with Gil, Gil and her party had already left by plane.
This is the truth, an end that is genuine and deserves, and meets everyone's expectations. Success or failure turned empty. Aoyama is still there, How Many Suns. Maybe in that era, people didn't know enough about movies and how the pictures were produced, and they were full of curiosity about the movie screen, so they had such romantic fantasies. Today, audiences know that the movie screen is nothing but an industrially-produced material with a layer of layers, which does not give the screen higher imaginative value, like a door to a new world. The development of science and technology and the change of ideas are also affecting people's value judgments. For me, such stories are not new, and the source of the ideal incarnation is also a bit outdated. Maybe in this era, the ideal incarnation should come from other planets? Other dimensions?
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