, the first time he saw her, was disdainful to expose her.
She, seeing him for the first time, wanted to please him with unease and curiosity.
His face was full of depression and depression in that foggy city, even though, before meeting her, he had already been sought after in Barcelona, received by his childhood idol in Zurich, and earned a lot of money in Munich. Although, in the best theaters in these cities, he is a good and well-received horn, although he can make elephants disappear, saw living people, and can make those princes and nobles stunned, even though, every time The curtain call was accompanied by applause, and every time the backstage was surrounded by reporters and followers. Although, he can hypnotize the audience and keep them in the illusion of magic. However, he is a magician who only exists on the stage. When he got off the stage, he blamed his assistants mercilessly, teased the reporters who interviewed him, mocked his admirers with contempt, and looked at himself in the mirror. Said: calm, rational, is the most important.
He is not happy, or rather, he no longer cares about happiness, he cares about being right.
The story begins in Berlin in 1928. Before the war, Europe was enjoying the benefits since the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and even the Age of Navigation. At that time, more and more technology was transformed into a way of life, and countless excellent scientists and artists , philosophers all gather here, and the vast nebula-like oil paintings, sculptures, concertos, and chamber music are admired and talked about. However, these are not important to the actor Stanley. His life will not be changed by these decorations. He will not allow himself to be immersed in it. He must always be awake and keep a distance from the people and things around him. This is Woody Allen's middle class, stubborn, paranoid, and a little pretentious, and it's largely unchanged since then.
Until one day, Stanley met Sophie, a psychic girl. When she sees you for the first time, she will stare with wide eyes, smile, stay sluggish for three minutes, her eyes will first converge and then disappear, and she will say, "I'm receiving some impressions, ah, it's a little fuzzy." So lame 's lines are even more comical when said by the beautiful but temperamental Sophie, with big empty eyes, innocent enough to be drawn to sponsor. When she met Stanley for the second time, she unmasked his identity without a trace. In the third chat, he said he saw Stanley's uncle drowning. The fourth time I saw Stanley's aunt, she even held her aunt's pearl necklace and talked about the underground lover who gave the necklace, which made Stanley take a deep breath, and he began to doubt the world he saw. With Sophie by his side, he could smell the fragrance of flowers that he had never smelled before, as he said: "I didn't believe in things I couldn't see before, but now, I have never felt that the world is as beautiful as it is now. Why didn't I make it earlier? My life may be different when I meet you."
A magician who couldn't bring himself fantasy, met a commoner girl from the wild land of North America, but was easily enchanted. On the other side of the camera, Ellen was snickering, letting Sophie perform to her heart's content, with her exaggerated expressions and strange words when she was channeling. No, once yes, twice no, the wife asked: "Can I buy that villa?" The soul knocked twice; the wife asked: "Are you loyal to me?" The soul knocked once; the wife again Ask: "Am I your only one?" It was still a voice, and a bright smile bloomed on the wife's face. I could see that Allen was about to burst out laughing next to him. The so-called middle-class elites were thinking about these questions.
As a director, Allen is close and distant for a while, keeping a clear distance from the characters, and there is a humorous coldness in his shots.
Sophie's magic power is the suspense set by Allen. This Allen-style scenery suspense film is neither thrilling nor exciting. The manors and holiday houses on the coast of South France are used as props. The French antique convertible car is the mount when talking about fantasy. The skyline behind the car stretches on the blue water of the Mediterranean Sea and the cliffs covered with bougainvillea. In the garden behind the cliff, both It's the middle class who come here to kill the heat and boredom. In the past, they looked at the surroundings with arrogance and neglect, and felt that they were too rational in their hearts to infect others, not even themselves. Sophie in front of her, although dubious, was interesting, and they needed this role to give temporary blinded. True or false is not so important, even Stanley wants to stay in this fantasy forever. As a result, they see themselves differently.
As a spokesperson and mocker of the elite, Allen, like those characters, is burdened by his education and refuses topics that are inconsistent with his identity, but he longs for a small escape. As a result, Stanley's emotions prevailed over reason, and although Sophie's performance was clumsy and deliberate, it brought him a different world. In the past, they only asked "Should I", not "Want to" in everything, and they were tired of that kind of life.
Allen-style suspense does not come from the outside world, but from the heart. He asked the question, after being bewitched by the most primitive truth, can he untie his bondage and follow his heart.
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