When Gina Rowlands appeared in the serious Woody Allen movie, it instantly made me feel like I was in the world of John Casowitz’s imagery. Such a story that explores the inner world of a middle-aged woman as a middle-class is also easily reminiscent of "The Night of the Premiere" directed by Kasowitz and starring Rowlands. Woody Allen added a lot of voice-overs to the film, including Marion's own monologue as a philosophy teacher, and the explanation of the "other woman" next door facing the psychologist. The "another woman" monologue also inspired Ma Liang's self-examination mechanism, allowing her to discover the "other woman" image that Ma Liang ignored in her interpersonal relationship, that is, another self. In layman's terms, what you see in your own eyes is very different from what you see in others' eyes. The others and feelings in my own eyes are also very different from those in reality. Woody Allen added fragments of reality, the past, and dreams to the film, making Marion's self-examination present a multi-dimensional rich texture. As a woman with a successful career, Marion has a decent job and image, and the identity of a philosophy teacher seems to give people an imagination to see through the world. In fact, in the process of eavesdropping on "the other woman", she really learned or started to try to see through the world and accept different voices.
She has always believed that she and her younger brother Paul are close, but in fact, her younger brother Paul hates her because of the financial difficulties of the family when she was studying, and her father forced her poorly graded younger brother Paul to drop out of school to earn money in order to provide for Marion, who has excellent grades, to continue his studies. I think we are all familiar with the story. She always thought that she and her husband met the right person at the right time. It was destined, but in fact, when her husband fell in love with her, she was not single, but in a state of cheating. But now, her husband also betrayed her to find a lover outside and was seen by her in the restaurant. History repeats itself in different women. She ran into her former girlfriend Claire and Claire’s husband. The three were drinking and chatting in the bar, but Claire was left out in the cold. Marion and Claire’s husband became more and more speculative. Marion’s dissatisfaction, she deliberately avoided Marion, and did not want to be friends with her again, because Marion once seduce her boyfriend, always showing charm to her boyfriend, in order to gain a sense of accomplishment. But Marion did not admit to such an accusation, but whether she was intentional or unintentional, Claire hated her, which was very different from her perception that she was Claire's best friend. There is a dream in the film. Marion watched Claire play herself in the dim theater, and restored the conversation in life with her husband on the stage. Then his true love Larry appeared. Larry was Marion’s husband Ken’s good friend. They used to The fight was fierce, but Marion eventually married Ken, and Larry started a family with another woman. Finally, I saw Marion’s first husband in a dream. The first husband committed suicide, or died because of depression and heavy drinking and taking medicine. The death occurred 15 years after their divorce. Marion once knocked down her child for the sake of her career, and she didn't want to suspend her career because of her child. It is her right and freedom to kill the child, but it is too selfish not to tell her husband, which is also an important reason for their divorce. In self-examination, all the answers are very different from the past imagination and cognition. The "other woman" next door and her voice led her on a spiritual journey like Marion’s self-disruption, to discover the true self and the real world. Even if it is more embarrassing than you think, you must accept it. , So that you can meet the end of life in the most awake state, so as to feel and accept your unique imperfect life.
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