Woody Allen has three treasures, crime, cheating, green tea bitch. "Ferris Wheel" still inherits Woody's consistent emotions, and love does not follow the route that ordinary people think.
This is one of Woody's directed 21st century works, "Midnight in Paris", "Midnight in Barcelona" and "Love in Rome" place characters in Europe and give them romance. But the tonality in the bones is unchanged, and love is still regarded as something that can be traced and elusive. Therefore, the motives and thematic ideas of the characters in Woody's works are also different from contemporary values, but if you think about it carefully, isn't this a depiction of reality?
"Ferris Wheel" is the pinnacle of Woody's use of light and color. The rapid change of the red and blue lights seems to be the switching of the psychological state of the characters in the film. In Woody's other works, there is also a tonal aesthetic, such as amber, which greatly enhances the artistic effect of the film.
The theme that the film wants to express is the nihilistic nature of the love swamp and the constant reincarnation of ideal and reality. What impressed me the most was the schedule when Caselina was kidnapped. Woody used a sports camera to show the two walking out of the hotel, and then the picture followed Richie, and after Richie walked out of the screen, he turned to Caselina, all in one go. There was no nervous process for Caselina to be kidnapped by gangsters. There was a classic car in the picture, and then a superimposed transition. The effect was complete, because the arrival of the two gangsters was explained earlier, so clean and concise The presentation process is worth learning, and the specific kidnapping process is entirely up to the audience's own imagination. This is in line with the artistic effect of the film, and also has a certain effect on the development of the story and the expression of the theme.
The theme of "Ferris Wheel" is already a bad stalk that Woody has played. Although the film is full of rich colors, it still cannot support the thin story structure. In Woody's work, it is really low-level. After watching a lot of Woody, you will find that love is not as simple as imagined, and the starting point is good, I can see this, but to a certain extent, the overuse of this theme has caused him to lack an innovative spirit.
Based on a skeptical attitude towards love, it is not difficult for you to understand the theme of the film. The best part of Woody is still the scheduling of light, color and scene and the unique casting. The shortcomings are the overconfident theme expression and flowing narrative. , just relying on the character's lengthy lines and some image symbols is not enough.
Ginny is the ideal, Kaselena is the reality. Rich chose the reality, but was inadvertently occupied by the ideal, the reality was run, and finally the ideal became the reality, and the reality became the ideal. Reincarnation again and again, this is the Ferris wheel of love.
Playing with fire and self-immolation in the adult world is like this. In contrast to the behavior of the little boy in the film, the purpose of burning the garbage is to express his dissatisfaction, but the adult didn't expect this, and finally got on fire and blamed no one.
The supremacy of love does not exist. If you want to escape the swamp of reality through love, I advise such brothers to rest.
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