"In My Heart"
"In My Heart" is Woody Allen's first serious drama. This is Woody Allen's seventh film, and unlike the first six, Woody wants to tell a serious story rather than anything humorous.
Let's take a look at what Woody himself thinks.
"People were disappointed, as if I had broken some kind of invisible deal. That's not what Americans see in dramas, Americans only see soap opera-style dramas, and 'In My Heart' doesn't fall into that category, so audiences are not only It's because I'm disappointed with my previous comedy style, and I'm not interested in the plot itself. They think the movie is too serious, but that's exactly what I like. What's more, it's my first time making a drama, and I lack skills and experience. , I know In My Heart is not a Shakespearean masterpiece, it's my first attempt, and the audience is not forgiving, and I've been accused of breaking my word." -Woody Allen
"Inside My Heart was the kind of film I wanted to make, and I did my best. I wanted to try to make a feature film, it wasn't a complete turn, I just wanted it to be part of my work, but It's not that kind of casual experiment either. I don't want to do traditional commercial dramas, I want to do superlative kind of dramas , and if I fail, that's okay, but I'm sticking to my quest. If I succeed , then this would be an amazing work. I'm not saying I was successful, but I was ambitious and that's what I thought. The film has received countless negative reviews and I'm sorry that the audience didn't like it .” —Woody Allen
I personally feel that "In My Heart" is a serious but boring feature film that expresses the extreme control a mother has over her husband and daughters in a matriarchal society, and what happens when that control goes out of control. American critics have derided the film as a shoddy imitation of an Ingmar Bergman film, but if viewed objectively enough, In the Heart of My Heart is still a pretty good drama, just not so much Excellent.
"Inside My Heart" doesn't have a lot of camera cues, and it doesn't deliberately arrange the beauty of the shots. Just like in "Annie Hall", Woody is just making the necessary long shots for the movie, and he seems to be very disdainful to arrange it. The formalism of the lens. In Woody's films, the shot is always there to tell the story, and if it isn't, there's no need to edit it, it just goes on and on.
Aside from the shots, the reason why "In the Heart of My Heart" didn't shock or arouse the audience's love, I think, is that it lacks the necessary drama, huge drama. If you stop and think about it, comedy is also a huge dramatic element, which is why audiences have loved Woody Allen movies so much before: They can get dramatic hilarity in Woody's movies. "Deep in My Heart" is too bland as a serious drama. Audiences get out of the boring real life and go into the movie theater, and then they find that the movie that is playing in the movie theater is even more boring than their life. Maybe a movie, artistry aside, in the final analysis, to be enjoyed by the audience, it has to have great drama. Only in this way can it mobilize the audience's hormones, thereby arousing the spiritual resonance between creators and readers, and releasing huge hormones. We always get this dramatic thrill in Quentin films.
"I haven't seen the movie again, but I do find it too dull." --Woody Allen
In 2013, there was a movie that was very similar to "In My Heart". It was "August: Osage County". She ended the marriage with her husband, the same set of three daughters. . . . . . The only thing director John Wells has done smarter than Woody Allen in this film is to add a lot of dramatic expression to make the film look a little more uplifting, and beyond that parodies of the same story don't. Doesn't look better.
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