"Life is full of noise and commotion, but in the end, it doesn't make any sense." Watching a Woody Allen movie is like reading a book. There is always a thought-provoking sentence written on the title page of the book, forcing you to read the whole book with questions, and then cover the book in one go and continue to meditate, but you still can't find the answer. But isn't that what life is like? There are no answers, only possibilities, and it is the possibilities that make life a little more random and mysterious. The beauty who still holds the pipa half-covered, if you want to approach her, want to see her voice and smile, walk and walk, you will come to the end of life.
Every character in the movie wants to break free from the existing trajectory of life, and every day, he has exhausted the fuel needed for fantasy. With trepidation, Helena seeks the spark of fantasy from the fortune-teller's mouth to pass through the waning years when one foot has stepped into the door of death; her daughter Sally and son Roy share a dream, the hardships of life and Numbness forces them to pin their sexual excitement and love aspirations on other people of the opposite sex; Alfie tries to smell youthful in the young actress. All of them cast themselves in the turbulent sea, where the temptation seems to be hidden in the ocean of loss. Life is so short, wouldn't it be a waste of life not to try other possibilities?
It's just that possibility doesn't lead to eternity. The exhaustion of passion and the fading of color in new possibilities can only lead to deeper despair.
At the end of the credits, Woody gives his answer: Since life is so erratic and painful, inject fantasy as an anesthetic. I don't know if he is telling the audience the truth of life in a serious manner, or he is jokingly speaking ironically - the illusion will be shattered one day. In the film, the bubbles of fantasy are also bursting one by one: Sally finds out that her favorite boss is getting on with someone else; Roy steals the novel from Henry, but Henry does not die as expected; Alfie thinks it can be used Money trapped the young girl, but in the end she found out whether the child in her belly was her own or not; the only exception was that Helena was tasting the sweetness of fantasy with the "heart-to-heart" old man, a beautiful fantasy bubble Floating at the end of the film - shattered, it was after the curtain call.
The naughty old man gave an open-ended answer. Fantasies, shattered, in illusions, shattered again, life continues to reincarnate in these two poles, until this life is exhausted.
Life is like a seesaw, and there will be tilts towards both extremes. After watching this movie, I wondered if one could be half awake, half intoxicated, half intoxicated in the sea of possibility shining with a halo of fantasy, and the other half calmly watching from the shore, helping hands in times of danger. . Actors who are fully involved in the role tend to lose themselves, and they are completely isolated from the role. Every line and every action will feel awkward; only between the two can they feel the character's heart and let go of the role.
In this way, when we watch the bubble of fantasy burst, we can laugh freely - as long as we have witnessed the dreamy beauty of bubbles, it's fine. Not clinging to possible outcomes, like whether there is a God or not, Woody Allen doesn't believe it, and we don't have to argue too seriously. It is a fulfilling life to explore the various possibilities of life and taste the ups and downs that reach the soul.
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