I really like Woody Allen's film style and shooting skills, but I don't really like what he says.
Ivy Singer in "Annie Hall", older, short, thin-haired, controlling, gossiping, Freud-mouthed, cynical, pretentious, not very sexually capable . I can't help but wonder, is there any woman in my life who likes a man like this? Women should stay away from such men. I've seen a lot of people say that because he's a comedian, he's more humorous. But what I saw in the film is that he can only tell boring jokes written in advance on stage, just to make people laugh, but in life he is completely boring, boring, annoying people. A neurotic, pussy-chattering, self-centred, staring at the dark side of life, complaining all day long and unable to solve even the slightest real problem (fear of spiders and lobsters, can't even drive a car).
But Woody Allen is a screenwriter and director, and he can do whatever he wants. So we see in the film that Ivey was able to get a very beautiful girl in my opinion just because he kept complaining backstage that he appeared after another stand-up comedian, is it just because of this girl's thesis ( I forgot the specific topic) It's about literature and politics and other bullshit, and Ivey Singer's machine gun-like mouth spews literary theories that ordinary people can't understand, so I happened to listen to the girl adoration? It's just because he and Annie had a fight on the street over a professor named David, and his friend introduced him to another girl (Shelley Duvall's, who is also the Shining girl) The protagonist), I forgot what it was called, and I gave it to others that night. Also, just because Annie and Ivey played tennis together, Annie fell in love with this little old man, and the conversation with him was so awkward. Is this Ivy Singer a lover? But I didn't feel any of his qualities as a lover in the film at all.
Well, even if he's knowledgeable, the girls find him funny, adore him at first, then fall in love with him, just like Annie did. But judging from the direction of the film, the final breakup of Ivey and Annie is also doomed.
I like Annie, she is a normal girl, she is simple, optimistic, generous, straightforward, full of enthusiasm for life, she plays tennis well, drives hard, and does not read much, but maybe this is why she has the above advantages s reason.
But Ivey disliked people who couldn't have a relationship with him, so he forced them to go to adult college, took them to see some Nazi movies about the massacre of Jews (just because he was Jewish), and asked them to read those bullshit books about death, okay Let people understand his spiritual world better, so that he is no longer so lonely. In my opinion, Ivey is full of the stinky problems of those "intellectuals" who have read a lot: pedantic, weak, low emotional intelligence, too many things, and I can't do anything well, and I always feel that this is not right , that's not right, no one looks down on it. Well, Annie fell in love with him because she adored him (though I don't think it's logical), so listened to him and went to adult college, but he disliked being close to the professor, so he quarreled with him got one. After the quarrel, he saw a loving couple on the side of the road, so he went up to ask them how they were so sweet, and they said: Maybe because we are shallow, we have no idea. Haha, this answer really slapped Ivy Singh's face in my opinion. A "middle-class intellectual" who thinks about love indiscriminately all day long and thinks he is very knowledgeable and in-depth, but can't handle his own emotional life, but does not think about it, but can be loving and sweet, how ironic?
Annie wanted to live with him, but he didn't want to, because he felt that his personal space was disturbed; Annie had a dream of singing and was appreciated by the owner of the record company, but Ivey, out of selfishness, did not let Annie go to other people's concerts. Party (even though he had encouraged Annie before, which I think was his expedient to get Annie); Annie went to the West Coast with him, fell in love with it, and he opposed people pursuing their dreams because he didn't want to leave New York. But in the end, Annie finally had her own consciousness. She finally understood that she and Ivy were not the same, and it was impossible for two people to be together, so she bravely left him to pursue her own more meaningful life. Ivey regretted it, and he went to the west coast to find Annie again, trying to save Annie and asking Annie to agree to marry him, but Annie refused. To be honest, I was so scared that Annie would say yes when I watched it, but I was relieved that Annie refused and drove away.
Annie made the right choice. Even if she may not succeed in her career, even if she returns to New York, I think her life is more meaningful than with Ivy Singer.
In fact, Ivy Singer does not understand what love is.
At the beginning and the end of the film, his monologue and the few jokes he told (although not funny) put the blame on life and love itself, saying that love is so complicated, we all know that love is complicated Impermanence, but still need love. I don't think it's fair.
Ivy Singer is selfish, pedantic, neurotic, timid, pretentious, hates new things, and feels inferior to his Jewish identity. He needs to control his girlfriend all the time, otherwise he will feel uneasy. When he and Annie were walking under the bridge by the river, Annie said that he loved him, and he also said that he loved others, and even said, "Love is not enough to express my feelings for you." But what he actually did is for all to see. He is self-centered, hates people who disagree with him, hates those who are more educated than him, hates those who have no knowledge, and even hates himself.
There is nothing wrong with life and love, they are not obligated to take the blame for someone's stupidity. There are many people in the world who live happily and love harmoniously. People like Ivy Singh are not qualified to put the responsibility of not handling life and love well on life and love. How can life and love be good for a weirdo like him? He should not feel how profound he is all day long, but should face up to his own shortcomings, turn himself into a normal person (like the "shallow but loving" couple he met on the street), and then start again Think about the meaning of life and love.
To be honest, the old me was very much like Ivy Singer. When I watched this movie, I felt that the irony of the movie was the old me. But I'm not as lucky as Ivy Singh, at least he can get some pretty girls. And it was not until I was 30 years old that I realized that I was full of shortcomings, and after a deep reflection and reshaping of my values, did I talk about the first love in my life. But luckily, I met my true love in my first relationship and got married and had children.
What love is, I only fully understood when I was 30 years old: love is not about taking, controlling, satisfying desires or impulsive; love is self-discipline, giving, tolerance, and sacrifice. A good love, of course, requires divine intercourse, and divine intercourse is indeed more important than sexual intercourse, but this does not mean that others have to do it completely according to your will. A good relationship should make both parties better and more confident, and it is best to appreciate each other.
Complaining and accusing will not solve the problems that arise in love, and love needs to work hard. In the movie "Seven Deadly Sins", Morgan Freeman said: Earning money is harder than spending money, educating children is harder than beating and scolding children, running a marriage is harder than divorce, love is laborious and expensive, and requires hard work and persistence Just do it.
And Ivy Singer obviously doesn't understand this. He is selfish, intolerant, unwilling to sacrifice for others, and only cares about his own feelings.
In fact, Woody Allen may not understand what love is.
"Annie Hall" is a semi-autobiographical film. I think Ivy Singer is actually very similar to Woody Allen himself, and the fault of Ivy Singer in the film may be the fault of Woody Allen himself. , Ivy. Singer's views on both genders are also Woody Allen's own views. People like Ivy Singer in the movie are more self-deprecating than sarcasm.
Woody Allen has been married twice before and divorced. He also dated several girlfriends, and Mia Farrow even had two sons for him, but eventually broke up. Later he even married his adopted daughter. In the previous ME TOO movement, Woody Allen was also involved, and even exposed the news that he molested a seven-year-old girl. And I firmly believe that a man who knows what love is will not have such a life. A person's career success does not mean that his mind and character are mature. A director who exports a film that is very successful does not mean that his views expressed in the film are always correct.
Finally, I want to say that I really like the way the film is shot, such as Woody Allen speaking directly to the camera; pulling the author of the book from behind the billboard when debating with others in the queue; teacher criticizing the young When I was young, adult Ivy suddenly appeared in the seat; when I expressed my opinion to the Mounties, I inserted a cartoon of Snow White; when I told Annie about my childhood experience, I directly presented the picture to my current self. These shots are so imaginative and timeless. Also, in 1977, WENGE in our country just ended, and the United States is already like the movie, the gap.
So, I like the style and shooting technique of Woody Allen's film, but I don't like what he's expressing.
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