It was because of Zhao Fei's business before. After Zhao Fei filmed "Assassin", he became famous in the West. Woody Allen asked him to cooperate. Zhao was flattered and rushed to the United States, thinking that this time he was going out of Asia to the world. Meeting with Woody, Zhao asked what kind of movie Woody would like to make? What are the factors in this movie that are similar to Ci Qin and want him to do photography? Woody answered: No. Zhao then honestly told Woody that he hadn't watched Woody's films very much. Since he cooperated, which Woody's films should he study first? Woody answered: No. Now Zhao was completely dizzy, and Woody said: I am looking for you because your current level is what I want.
The result of this collaboration is the 1998 black and white film Celebrity "Celebrity", with Zhao Fei as the director of photography.
But then in the 2002 "Hollywood Ending", we saw Woody write such a story: Jiang Lang, a blind old American director finally got a film appointment, he invited a major photographer from China, the process Because of the director's eye problems and language barriers, Zhong had conflicts with Chinese photographers countless times, and the photographers would only complain in Chinese all day long. In the end, I didn't forget to kick the Frenchman. This movie that no one could understand got Palme d'Or. From here, we know that the collaboration between Woody and Zhao Fei was so unpleasant, so that Woody almost used the length of a movie to ridicule Zhao Fei.
Woody obviously has a sense of fear for the Chinese, which contradicts his knowledgeable image.
In "Alice", there is an old Chinese doctor Yang, who Woody even described him as a hypnotist, wizard, and smoker, with a very distrustful attitude towards Chinese medicine. But Doctor Yang is very cute and righteous, and the magic of his herbal medicine has reached a level that Chinese medicine has never reached: it can be invisible, can make others fall in love with you, etc., ha ha, ignorance brings superstition, really. But Woody may be deliberate. The upper class in New York was once superstitious of Chinese medicine. He took the opportunity to ridicule it, right?
The theme of female midlife crisis. Alice is played by Woody and his wife Mia Farrow. I have never liked her. Only Woody in the world thinks she is very beautiful. Many people think that her acting skills are good, but another one. Meryl is nothing more. The leading actor is Joe Mantegna, who often plays the Italian mafia. I always confuse him with the Chazz Palminteri who is particularly like Gu Jiang (Sonny in A Bronx Tale) , Anyway, the Mafia looks the same, and Li Jindou is like theirs, funny version.
A typical Woody movie, free time and space, wonderful plot, humorous dialogue. I just feel that the feelings are relatively indifferent, at least it didn't mobilize me.
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