Coffee commune - about love, the mystery that can't be solved even at the age of 80

Sarina 2022-03-27 09:01:13

"Coffee Commune", as a love movie made by Woody Allen in his 80s, seems to contain more contradictions, entanglements and confusion. In fact, if you think about it carefully in your later years, although the director himself still has a rich and happy emotional life, he always It's time to see something. Regarding the relationship between a man and a woman, at least we should give young people a hint. When we meet someone we love, we should hold on tight and not let go, or let her be happy is the most important thing. But the film of Coffee Commune doesn't seem to explain so much, and it doesn't even express its thoughts on love clearly.
Can one person fall in love with two people at the same time, I think in Woody Allen's heart it should be possible, Vanni loves Phil, and does not hesitate to be his lover; doesn't she love Bobby, if she doesn't love it again on New Year's Day? How can the eyes be blank. But in the choice of Phil and Bobby, she chose Phil, and he and Phil lived the life she once hated, and became the person she once disdained. Maybe not proud of it, but enjoy living in happiness in the moment.
Bobby loves Vanni, in the lonely city, before reaching the shore, Vanni is the only driftwood in the sea. Knowing that Vanni has a boyfriend, he is willing to stay by his side carefully. Vanni and Phil are together, and can't bear to refuse her request, it's love. But doesn't Bobby love his wife? Maybe it's a coincidence that his wife's name is similar to that of Vanni, but when he learned that she was pregnant, Bobby chose to get married without hesitation, which should be the traction of love. Bobby chose a wife and lived a different life than he ever imagined with Vanni, like a duck to water.
Maybe it's not the life we ​​wanted to live now, but the most important lesson life teaches us is compromise, maybe it's not a compromise, just gain some and lose some, and Vanni will live when she marries Phil The life he once disdained, Bobby was not with Vanni, then the life he imagined became a bubble, and they were all looking for a balance between gains and losses. But when Bobby met Vanni again, their lives intersected again. The empty eyes of the two of them on New Year's Eve seemed to make the relationship between the two of them unreasonable and chaotic...
So I say one The love between men and women is full of contradictions and confusion in the love films of the elderly in their 80s. It seems to tell the young men and women in this world, don't look at me when I am 80 years old and I still don't understand love...

Postscript: I don’t actually know much about Woody Allen. After checking it, I found out that Coffee Commune was his work when he was 81 years old. I only remember watching “Midnight in Barcelona” many years ago, or because I like Scarlett Johansson, and I was very impressed. It's the narration in his movie, the voice is low and the content is complicated, but fortunately the voice is very nice, and it doesn't get boring after watching it.

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  • Leonard: Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." But the examined one is no bargain.

  • Rose Dorfman: First a murderer, and now a Christian!