The two brothers boarded "Kassandra's Dream" for the last time. When Ivan poured powdered medicine into Taili's beer, he suddenly felt relieved. Everything was about to end. Taili died and Ivan ran his own restaurant. Parents took the low birth to live and spend the rest of their lives romantically with the beautiful actress... But suddenly the movie changed 180 degrees, unexpectedly and logically, Ivan broke the bottle, and Terry heard the sound. , Ivan fought Terry in anger...Here, the ending is clear, Woody Allen's ending: Terry killed Ivan by mistake and then committed suicide.
It wasn't until the subtitles came up that I suddenly woke up and couldn't help telling my friends who came with me how terrible it was that Allen showed me my soul. If Woody Allen is still discussing human nature in "Kassandra's Dream", at least this movie mirror has seen the ugliness in my body. If we still use the justice of "crime and punishment" to judge by ourselves.
The wealthy uncle holds the power to change the fate of the two brothers, but he needs them to save his possibly changed destiny in the form of "criminal". Behind the murder is the crime of the source of his uncle's wealth. To agree is to be embarrassed and to destroy one's conscience; not to agree, which means that the opportunity to change your destiny and live the life you desire will be lost. What choice is made has actually shown the height of the two souls.
If killing can be done cleanly and without losing the evidence that was discovered, why not do it. Ivan loves his actress so much, but the girl from his birth status has a strong desire for success. To love her, she can only give her what she needs. When Angela finally told Ivan that she had rejected the son of the wealthy Marquis for Ivan, it also proved that Ivan's decision was correct. What's more, he also has his own dream. He wants to break away from the mediocre life frame drawn by his parents. He wants to chase wealth and live a luxurious life like an uncle.
The same is true for Terry. He loves his girlfriend Kate. Kate looks at a house they can't afford for the time being, but he wants to earn money for her to buy a house. However, he is just a mechanic, the only possibility is his "good luck", good luck when gambling. And Terry's life is the same as the outcome of his gambling. The fate of the gambler is doomed to lose more and lose less. Not only does Taly, who owe huge debts, can’t make Kate live a good life, but his loan shark is more likely to hurt his lover...Even if Taly is a person who believes in the punishment of "God", there will always be a moment when he follows the guidance of his desires. .
They embarked on the road of killing with trepidation, but everything went smoothly unexpectedly. No one found traces of their killing, and the police were clueless. This is a perfect murder.
And Ivan also received funding from his uncle, Angela expressed his love to him, and his hotel investment career has also begun to flourish... If Terry is willing, his Kate can also live the life they want, Uncle will help him pay off his gambling debts, their house will be bought, and they will have their own sports equipment shop.
At this time, even outside the story, I am happy for their bright future. The outsider died quietly. They lived the life they wanted, everything was so beautiful. However, this sympathy is terrible! This kind of good ending for one party is selfish, and there is a bloody fact hidden in it, that is, the possible good lives of Ivan and Terry are based on the premise of the crime of "murder"!
The brothers obtained life-changing capital through crime!
I don’t know if everyone has a dark signal of success by unscrupulous means. Anyway, when I realized that I had a strong sympathy for the murderer, I was scared, terrified! If one day I have such power, will I also "murder"? !
Terry's feelings of self-confession and redemption appear so weak throughout the bright movie, even Kate, who is closest to him, regards his "conscience" as a disease. In a life whose purpose is to seek success, the voice of conscience appears so weak. Even me, an outsider watching a movie, gave up the possibility of thinking about it.
What if Terry is dead? What if Terry was killed by his own brother Ivan as his uncle wanted?
I can't imagine what would happen if the movie ended with this. May I be happy for Ivan? Even the guilt of their hateful uncle is also wiped out?
So, in a sense, I am grateful to Woody Allen, he is too great, he sees through the ugliness of human nature, but he did not let people sink down. He didn't let the ugliness succeed, and of course he didn't promote the utopia of "evil does not suppress justice" like Hollywood did. He just tried his best to save the souls of some bystanders with an accident.
The death of Ivan and Terry is indeed embarrassing, but is it not the best ending for "justice"? The truth is cruel. The real murderer "uncle" who is above the authority of life has deepened the safety of his living environment after the death of his two nephews. Not surprisingly, he will be free from the murder as he planned. Outside the sanctions.
Parents who lose two beloved children will be full of pain. Their love is real and deep, and it is this deepness that makes their death more meaningful. As far as their parents are concerned, the death of their children may be higher than being judged by the law, if they still abide by the secular morals. The sorrow of Kate, Terry's lover, must also be real. Her love for Terry is also profound.
Angela's future is not difficult to imagine. She will be sad for a while, but she has her own desire for success, and she will continue on the road. Maybe accept the unspoken rules of the director and screenwriter, maybe combine with the son of the Marquis... Everything is possible. The only thing that is impossible is that she will keep her wife's filial piety for Ivan.
There is another layer here, that is Mr. Burns who was killed by two brothers. As far as Ivan and Terry were concerned, Burns was a passer-by who had nothing to do with them, but because he was his uncle’s rival, he had evidence that might have put their uncle to death, and their uncle held it. The future of the two nephews...This indirect connection allows the brothers to ignore the goodwill of the heart and go directly to selfish interests. For their own interests, they can take the life of someone who has nothing to do with their lives. There will be no sorrow for them. , If it is not investigated, there will be no fear.
But what about Mr. Burns's 80-something old mother? She is still at home waiting for her son to come to dinner.
For you, there are no people or things that have mixed feelings, and you can hurt them for your own benefit. This will not bring fluctuations in your heart. However, any life has its own trajectory. You don't care about his life and death, but someone needs him to love him and depend on him for life and death. This kind of inquiry is also outside the law, it is a matter of soul and faith.
Finally, Terry repented, and he saw the "God" again. He believes that God exists. In fact, his uncle is at large. Ivan's wind and water have sternly proved that God may not always make just judgments. But Terry awakened the God in his heart. He was not so much a religious god as his "conscience" as a man. No one judges him, but he wants to judge himself.
Terry is dead. His death is the outcome of his self-judgment, and it is also a reason to show us bystanders who may have stepped into Ivan's path.
Woody Allen did not jump out of the trial in the end, he just did his best to present the truth, cruelty and helplessness of life. However, he gave us a mirror to see our soul.
I have seen my own ugliness, don't know what you saw?
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