"Fall in Love with Rome"

"Fall in Rome" is undoubtedly lighter than Woody Allen’s works in recent years, mainly in the style of surreal light comedy. The story line is divided into four style themes that seem to be unrelated to each other, and even the timing and speed are not correct. When I look at it, I feel that it would be more suitable to cut it into a four-stage structure? But the staggered arrangement still gives the movie a sense of overallity, and the relationship between themes is actually interesting.

Each of the four stories is a surprise. I like the fiction and reality of Alec Baldwin meeting Jesse Eisenberg. The narrative point of view starts from Alec Baldwin. After he intervened in Jesse Elsenberg’s inconsistent love story, he became a surreal narrator. The whole story Like his memories, but he can talk and interact with the heroes and heroines. The appearance and reality of love, and the ostentation of art and knowledge can be regarded as Woody Allen's old tricks, but they still seem to be pleasant.

Of course, I am also very happy to see the long-lost story of Woody Allen’s own performance on the screen. The meeting between the United States and Italy with their future relatives seems to be a mockery of the tension between the two values ​​of capitalism and socialism. Become a fanciful comedy about the name and reality of art. Roberto Benigni's performance of an ordinary middle-aged man inexplicably became the focus of paparazzi chasing by the media. It is always expected to watch the collaboration between the most famous contemporary Italian comedian and Woody Allen. These two stories are of course not very important, but as a director, returning to the style of fantasizing comedy, and the record of the actors' figures have their own value.

Of course, the background is placed in Rome. In addition to the scenic beauty (the film is full of objective points of sightseeing), it is also a tribute to Fellini's film. The last couple of young rural couples came to Rome to dream about their future life, but they met each other. The temptation of an affair. The husband accidentally met the prostitute Penélope Cruz (the Spanish came to play an Italian beauty), and the wife ran into the Italian star and went into the hotel room together. This plot is basically a remake of Fellini’s first feature film "The White Chief", of course, 60 Young desires are more free and unrestrained.

If you want to say that these four stories are deeply moved, it is probably a little humor of the author, a little tribute, and a little self-deprecating of tourists. But compared to the stickiness of some entertainment movies I watched these days, Woody Allen's retro and lightness that is a bit out of the trend of the times is also a good fit.

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