Woody Allen’s directorial debut | Such an old comedy still seems very interesting now. Woody Allen’s interpretation of the fool Virgil is perfect-skinny, short, bald, dull-eyed, and a pair Black-rimmed glasses add even more stupidity. His parents were ashamed of him and even pretended to be a clown in interviews. The neighbors and friends laughed at him and bullied him, and the school teachers had nothing to do with him. But he seemed to disagree. He only had two things, sin and love for his girlfriend, honest and lonely. Virgil lives in his own world, incompatible with the outside world. Behind his nonsensical and funny behavior is a bit distressing and sad. He thinks of Mr Bean.
Woody Allen played himself and each of us. The world he lives in now is like a huge prison, where there are all kinds of prisoners, and each prisoner has different criminal skills and experiences. The dogma here requires that we must complete school, exams, work, marriage, etc. before we can be free. Our thinking and language are also the product of being enlightened, not the conclusion of independent thinking, and no one really cares about themselves. In the eyes of God, these various behaviors may be more like fools. At this point, we are more pitiful than Virgil. Although he keeps going to jail and escape, this is his life's career.
At the end of the movie, Virgil was interviewed whether he regretted embarking on the path of crime and replied: "I think that crime is a clear payment. That is a great job. Time flies quickly. You are the boss yourself. You can travel often. Meeting a lot of interesting people is generally a good job."
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