From the point of view of "The End of the Game" alone, Woody Allen is not the kind of masterpiece, the film he produced is not a magnificent masterpiece, such as this film is more like an exquisite sketch, telling a story with a bright rhythm For the clichéd story, the latter part has a little bit of Hitchcock-style suspense and black humor. The feeling of Woody Allen's movie seems to be the same as that of him: just an old man with a profound sense of humor, who will talk to you easily and wisely, and maybe a little wretched. Such a demeanor does not give people too much pressure, but it is still full of enlightenment.
Shown in "The End of the Game", this poor boy is favored by rich girls and enters the upper class, but he is driven by lust in the first half of the cliché story, but the film’s rhythm is bright but not in a hurry. Section by section is solid. It's neither rushing to death like a commercial movie, nor is it slow and lyrical like a literary movie. This is actually quite a test of the performance skills of the actors, at least the actors in this film performed very well. The performance of many details of the poor boy who is bent on climbing is empathetic, which makes the viewers not feel bored, as mentioned above: there is no hardship and pressure brought by Hongda, but it is full of enlightenment.
From the beginning of the film, a core word is introduced through the monologue about net dribbling: luck. When Chris took the risk and killed Nola with loopholes, "luck" got the perfect point here, and even the form was similar to tennis: the thrown ring hit the net, bounced and finally landed here. , Which happened to be picked up and exonerated Chris. Balloon luck in tennis may determine victory or defeat, and the "destiny" in life can often determine the success or failure of a lifetime and life and death. This is naturally the reactionary fatalistic view of Woody Allen as a bourgeois intellectual, and such fatalism is precisely the spirit of Greek tragedy. In the last scene of the film, when everyone is happily teasing the children, Chris, who has escaped sin, is still worried. This means that even if he is not convicted of murder, his life will still be fatefully entangled in pain. This is where a stronger sense of tragedy lies.
In fact, the core word of the film is indeed "luck", but it is not limited to the one-shot luck that determines Chris' life and death. There was a scene where four people were having a meal. When Chris showed that he valued luck, Chloe and Tom were obviously uncomfortable, and they immediately turned off the topic. Because they recognized the question that a poor boy must think of when he enters the upper class: I am smarter than you and work harder than you, but why are we facing such a different situation? I have to work embarrassedly to blend in with you?
This is another "luck" that is even more powerless: the luck of reincarnation is just as bad for us as Chinese. In fact, in my opinion, the horror of this kind of luck does not lie in the difference in the material situation, or even the difference in the spiritual level: Chris, who was born from a humble background, can still love high art such as opera paintings, and can still read Dostoyev. Ski’s novels (the interesting thing is that Nola’s acquittal strategy is clearly learned from "Crime and Punishment"), although such a hobby may have something to cater to. However, through his own efforts and the assistance of his family, Chris has almost completely integrated into the upper class. But the most powerless and tragic thing about this kind of luck from birth is that your birth will be irreversibly etched into your psychology.
There are too many such examples. There are many marriages that combine urban and rural origins around us. The biggest danger of their marriage is precisely the difference in the basic concept of life. Tom and Chloe are born rich and bestowed their greatest wealth is actually an abnormally healthy mind: loyal and free and easy in love, and sincere to friends. And Chris, as a poor boy from a humble background but focused on climbing, faced all kinds of embarrassment and ugliness that was unimaginable by a noble background, and his mind was difficult to be healthy. The same is true of Nola, who was abandoned by his father. Regardless of Nola or Chloe, Chris actually has no real love, or love in the eyes of the rich middle class. He and Nola are extremely hungry and savage lusts. They have been hungry at first sight or tried the taste of wanting something very badly. Different growth environments determine Chris's life. It is impossible for him to put love first like Chloe. This also determines his decisive choice and a miserable and painful life regardless of whether he can escape from crime.
So birth is the most powerless luck, and it is also the source of the greatest injustice and tragedy for many people. Use a less reactionary method to justify fatalism: the tragedy of fatalism is actually a tragedy of character.
Of course, he can't justify Chris' behavior by his background, he is spurned no matter what. But aside from moral criticism (which is not what this film focuses on), what I said is instructive is that we all seem to be able to see part of ourselves in Chris. Most people are born in the same humble background as Chris, and they all want to climb up (maybe most people are not even firm and smart than him). And many of his traits and character flaws can also be found in me: Chris is particularly fond of tragedy, and his eyes are always filled with anger and sadness. Such sadness is interpreted when he talks with imaginary ghosts. He Said that if I were convicted, it would make me a little hopeful in the world, because there is fairness.
This is a kind of extreme sadness. His extreme and abomination originate from his despair and anger towards the world. And I came from a humble background, and I also hope to stand out. Taking into account national factors, the cruelty and despair of the world I have seen will not be less than him. So I also like tragedy very much. I will also be immersed in my own tragic atmosphere and self-pity, and then there will be a kind of firmness and determination mixed with inferiority and self-confidence. Chris' tragedy is also my tragedy to some extent, and perhaps part of his fate is also my fate. This is an unpleasant sense of substitution, which is the inspiration I mentioned, although it is pessimistic.
But we are different after all, because I believe that I will stick to the bottom line of human nature at all times, and I firmly believe that beauty and hope will definitely appear at all times. In the face of all kinds of ugly injustice and suffering, it is difficult to maintain a healthy mind, but it can be! This is the difference between me and him, so my destiny will not be so miserable.
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