A love letter to the times

Ali 2022-02-27 08:01:20

"I will never forget New Year's in 1944, these people, the voices on the radio, which just seem to get weaker with each new year..."

Recently, I just happen to love to listen to Suede's lost in TV, and I always sing lost in TV, lost in dream. It seems that in Woody Allen's childhood, the era was lost in the radio. This is probably the childhood of the little old man. In the form of radio, he wore his childhood years and the golden age of radio in the United States. Whether it's Orson Welles' national prank, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, or the final rescue of the girl from the well, it is an unforgettable memory for the American people of that era.

It's a less Woody Allen movie, with no central events, no central characters, and seemingly no dramatic momentum and conflict, and if the script is taken up to this day, the Shredder is the only way out. But when the little old man added memories and times to this less-than-stellar story, everything seemed to be Woody Allen again. What doesn't change in the movie is the constant nagging and the cold humor everywhere, and I have to admit that I couldn't stop laughing during those 88 minutes, even though that era was far and away from me. It is worth mentioning that the film still has the director's ruthless ridicule of God and ridicule of women, political parties and Hollywood, and his ability to ridicule is still MAX.

Times are always changing. When I was a child, I was a TV boy. At that time, the Internet and smart phones were not yet popularized and appeared, and everyone was still lost in TV. When my mom is not at home on weekends, I can lie in front of the TV all day, watching all kinds of programs, like in the movie, will the next era remember us? I don't think so, I have completely forgotten the TV content at that time, and only have fragmented memories. It may seem tragic, but that's the character of the times - forgetting the previous era.

Looking at the top line, I remembered the ending of Party A and Party B, "1997 has passed, I miss him very much",

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Extended Reading
  • Duane 2022-03-24 09:03:36

    Infiltrating thief wins the jackpot for the owner by mistake, Aunt Bea, a marriage freak who loves Lindy, a taxi driver who is ashamed to say his job, a son who tipped his father a lot, and was interrupted by the president's speech for the "Sneak Attack on Pearl Harbor" The woman who performed an important radio show; the child retorted that the parents also listened to the radio all day, and the parents replied, "That's not the same, we have no salvation"; Another meaning that 1944 can have, I wish you a happy new year

  • Guadalupe 2022-03-19 09:01:09

    "I'll never forget New Year's 1944, I'll never forget these people, I'll never forget the voices on the radio, it just seems to get weaker with each new year..." Woody Allen The Brooklyn version of "Once Upon a Time", full of love and nostalgia, is so beautiful, he himself said in the narration, this is his beautiful polish on memory. I really don't think there's anything better than the 40's...

Radio Days quotes

  • Mother: If it's a girl, I thought we could name it Lola.

    Father: Lola? What do you want her to be, a stripper?

  • Mother: Martin, are you sure you want to call the baby Ellen?

    Father: Sure. Sure. Why not? It's in memory of your cousin Eddie.

    Mother: In memory? He's not dead yet.

    Father: He should be.