There is a legend in Cairo that purple roses bloom in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh. In May, it's the season of roses again, which reminds me of the Woody Allen movie: "The Purple Rose of Cairo".
The heroine in the film, Cecilia, unfortunately lived in the United States during the Great Depression. Her husband’s work was also affected by the economic downturn. After the factory closed, he was doing nothing but gambling and drinking. He was no longer interested in other things except gambling and drinking. When irritable, he will use his wife to vent his anger. Material poverty caused her husband to spend his days wasting, drinking, gambling, and taking home female "colleagues" who claimed to be working in the acrobatic troupe. What Cecilia saw and heard were only a disheveled husband and a logically confusing explanation. Depressed, Cecilia had to go to the cinema every day after get off work and watch a movie called "The Purple Rose of Cairo" in a dark corner to escape the dilemma of reality. The romantic and warm dream world on the screen and her beloved male protagonist Tom became all her spiritual sustenance, so that she lost her job. Poor Cecilia relied on the flashing screen time and time again to forget the pain of life, and miracles happened suddenly in the most ordinary days. When watching the fifth time, the actor Tom was actually moved by this sincerity. He jumped out of the movie screen, walked to Cecilia, and asked: Is it nice? How do you watch it every day? Amid the chaotic screams of the theater audience, they rushed out of the theater holding hands.
Tom said that the same drama will be performed 2,000 times. I can't stand it anymore. I need a free life. But a free life is also helpless. After all, the two worlds have different paths. Walking out of the illusory screen, he encountered unimaginable difficulties.
Only the money used to make props in the movie was in his pocket, so after going to a fine dining restaurant, he had no choice but to escape because he couldn't pay the bill.
In order to protect his beloved woman, he must bravely accept the challenges of other men. It was only when he was knocked down to the ground that he realized for the first time that his invincible self in the script, but in reality there is no way to relax.
In the park, he didn't understand, why didn't the surroundings change color when he kissed her? Why are there no roses in bloom? Why is there no music? When do you start using fade out? He still couldn't understand how different the real world and the screen world were. He also did not expect that when he chooses reality, reality will also choose to give you the right to feel the truth-cruel, humble, poor, confused...
Although the two faced many embarrassments, Tom bravely accepted all challenges. Don't forget, he is an explorer in the world of the screen. He kept saying: Life needs adventure. So he chose to go from the tomb of the pharaoh to the party in Manhattan overnight. You can also choose to step out of the screen in an instant and give up the first-class life that you have performed more than 2,000 times. He certainly understands that in the movie world, interpersonal harmony and getting along is easy, but the reality is full of unemployment and wars, a depressed economy and people who have no food to eat. The distant love seems to be at your fingertips in the eyes of brave dreamers. Finally, Tom brought Cecilia back to the world of his screen. For a woman who loves movies, what is dreamy is not only looking up at the shiny screen in the dark, but also experiencing the beauty of screen life. But when Tom begged her to stay with him, she shook her head slightly. Cecilia, who has always loved dreaming, finally betrayed her dream, and even she herself did not believe in the illusory world. The ending of "Cinderella and Prince Live a Happy Life" can't stand up to realistic choices.
As Cecilia's husband said, life is not a movie, life is not so good. But the reality is tangible after all. In the eyes of any of us, Tom’s perfection is a temptation, because he is a movie character, an illusory character, so his hairstyle after a fight can be intact, so he can speak elegant and romantic love words, so he has First-class kissing skills, so he won't get hurt, won't change his heart, and won't hurt. His world is very simple, but it is only in the movie, 80 to 120 minutes of joy can not be combined into a happy life, and their lives cannot always rely on the "FADE OUT" technology to instantly complete the good and the bad. Beautiful time and space transition.
Some people say that dreamers love movies, so most people who love to watch movies are women. As a modern technology, film really satisfies our desires and ideals of varying degrees. No personal knowledge, technology, or imagination is required. As long as you are willing to pay the price of a movie ticket, you can get it all in the cinema.
God once said that there should be light, so there is light. Amir. Renault said he wanted the light to move, so the light moved. It also established the artistry of the film, not just its mechanical. The night of December 28, 1985, was the beginning of the film daytime era. The film masters Lumiere and Mélière sat in a big cafe. There were not spacious halls, simple installations, and screens hung on the walls. Only more than 30 people witnessed the first screening process in the history of the film. The collapsed walls, soup-drinking babies, and workers walking out of the gate made everyone present dizzy at the emergence of this new technology. But what is disappointing is that what Meili loves thinking of is only the huge monetary gains brought by this mysterious machine. It is not a fiction to say that he is the initiator of the film industry. Vicent Pinel once commented that he marked the first price for the film. As soon as the film appeared, it was placed under the sign of worshiping money. Those who have read film history would agree that this authenticity is not like the film itself that requires fiction.
Tom in the movie also understands the benefits of the film industry. He said: I don't get hurt or bleed, hair doesn't muss; it's one of the advantages of being imaginary. Use the benefits of imagination.) This is also the benefit of the world of light and shadow. Because regardless of ecstasy or sadness, it will pass within 3 minutes, as long as you get up and leave the theater seat, or turn off the computer in front of you. How many people will continue to discuss these so-called meanings, and people are willing to burn the annoying reality together with the deep meaning in a superficial laugh.
Some people say that if you indulge in movies all day long, then you will lose yourself, so you should wake up! Hurry up to wash the rice bowl, work to earn money, serve a good husband, raise good children... But the director allows the characters to freely visit between the "movie world" and the "real world". As Woody Allen's favorite movie of his own, the rich fantasy, smooth narrative technique, and the enlightenment it gives us are so precious. We are also willing to control the code of our mood between reality and film. Just after the movie preview, some people said that if Woody changed the finale, he would be a big success. But he was not tempted, thinking that this ending was a motivation for his creation of this movie.
I remember that at the end of "Paradise Cinema", the protagonist shed tears for the passing years, while in "Purple Rose of Cairo", the director let the roses bloom, and Cecilia sat in the cinema again with a moving smile. That is a kind of emotion that all those who love to watch movies on the big screen. Even if the fantasy city it creates is always coldly parallel to the real world, we are willing to wait for the surprise of 80 to 120 minutes again and again. .
Those who are waiting for surprises will believe that there is a man named Cecilia who is ready to accept the fragranceless purple rose for the man of his dreams, and follow him to fade in or fade out in life; there will always be a man named Tom. , Because he saw the woman with the same heart, he decided to step out of the lavish screen for her and bravely rush to all the unknown reality. When the light of dream shines into reality, we can see the flowers bloom undefeated.
1. Regarding the film, I think of a few films:
"Paradise Cinema" by a film projectionist (progress always comes too late)
domestic film "Wang Changxi is here" (in my life)
film production process "The Man With A Movie Camera" (It tells how the camera records life, how the photographer shoots and edits)
"Flower Eyes" by the cinema leader (eyes sunburned)
2．I was deeply impressed by the actress’s harsh words in "The Purple Rose of Cairo",
"I feel superior to those bitch women "
3. It is recommended to listen to the original sound and watch it in Chinese when watching a translated film (especially the early ones). The reason is that when you see phenomena such as hollywood being translated as living in the river, you won’t hold your breath and faint and cause casualties.
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