why so funny

Hollis 2022-04-21 09:01:15

I once watched a certain episode of a certain movie and laughed every time I watched it, I really wanted to know why. I watched it one shot at a time, turned off the sound, but still got nowhere. I discussed it with my friends. My friend said that I remember seeing the formation of jokes before. One is to create an accident, and the other is to have room for imagination. This film does exactly that.

Accidents are traversal, and the extension of the imagined space is also placed in the film. The male protagonist travels to what he thinks is the golden age, and then finds that people in that era also have their golden age, from the 1920s to the end of the 19th century, to the Renaissance, and the disappearing private detective represents more space for imagination. Even people who don't know European and American literary history and art history can rely on this kind of imagination to get the joy of comedy - imagine you travel to Lin Huiyin's living room, imagine you travel through Ginza to meet Edogawa Ranpo and Mishima Yukio , imagine that you traveled to Hong Kong and were scolded by Zhang Che on the set - it's high to think about it. Continue to think about it, just send back those who loved the Mao era - you see, I am dark again, and this time Woody Allen is not so sharp, in addition to his usual satire of contemporary intellectuals who have dropped their bookbags, for The senior still has a trace of respect, and did not completely destroy the golden age dream of the male protagonist - yes, it is not critical enough, Woody Allen's heart has softened, maybe it is old, but it is not bad. All is well and his love for Paris is evident in the landscape ahead. The French girl with long hair and wide incisors is also very charming.

Speaking of the formation of jokes, creating unexpected and imaginative space is the direction on the big frame, but the realization of details determines the final success or failure. Speculative young people will think, wow, I have a super awesome plot and I can make a good movie. But it's a profession to tell a good story with a cliché idea. If you just list the characteristics of intellectuals of different eras, you will soon be sitting idle. Woody Allen is still a bit predictable. These people interact with the protagonist and are motivated by plots, and that love, haha, wonderful. The lover of the beautiful Picasso, fell in love with the American novelist. She is like many of Woody Allen's beloved female characters. They are beautiful, kind, intellectuals, smart, and have an independent consciousness after being trained, like a daughter. In the end, this girl gave up love and stayed in her favorite golden age.

Okay, I'd probably have more fun if I knew a little more.

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Midnight in Paris quotes

  • Gil: I'm a huge Mark Twain fan. I think you can make the case that all modern American literature comes from Huckleberry Finn.

    Ernest Hemingway: Do you box?

    Gil: No. Well... Not really, no.

  • Gil: Would you read it?

    Ernest Hemingway: Your novel?

    Gil: Yeah, it's about 400 pages long, and I'm just looking for an opinion.

    Ernest Hemingway: My opinion is I hate it.

    Gil: Well you haven't even read it yet.

    Ernest Hemingway: If it's bad, I'll hate it because I hate bad writing, and if it's good, I'll be envious and hate all the more. You don't want the opinion of another writer.