There are many eccentric directors in Hollywood , and Woody Allen is one of the most typical.
He is short in stature, wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, has sparse hair, and has large patches of pigmentation on his body. The French dubbed him "the only American intellectual" because of his literary appearance and his history of making movies at a loss .
He also did what he liked, and often used an intellectual tone in his works, saying some things about the middle class .
His film characters are chatty, unmotivated, and full of playful comedy.
In reality, he is also a deviant person. He went to two universities and dropped out in turn. He is an artist and is best at filming sex-themed movies. At the age of 57, he got on with his ex-wife's 20-year-old daughter (Note: No blood relationship) ), he expresses the fiery and strange emotions in his body in his works.
Some netizens once concluded that Woody Allen has three treasures: crime, derailment, and green tea girl . Applying this formula, you can almost understand all his works.
The same is true for the "Unreasonable Man" that Pige is going to comment on today. Although it follows the "Three Treasures Iron Law", the story design in it is still worth pondering, and the content is still obscure and deep.
To use Woody Allen's words to describe this movie is: cheating is a philosophy
01. An unethical teacher-student love + an unmotivated murder
This movie starred Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix, and the plot aside, the one that surprised me the most was the actor Joaquin Phoenix, who we all know won the Oscar for best actor for "Joker" earlier this year. , In the film, he was skinny and conquered everyone with his "self-mutilating" acting skills.
But in this film, Joaquin Phoenix is a middle-aged, greasy, fat man, with a big belly and a strange voice, and there is no trace of a clown at all.
But like "Joker", Phoenix also plays a pervert in this film.
He plays Abe, a personable college philosophy teacher who is deeply liked and admired by those around him.
However, because of studying the id and superego every day, the professor fell into a crisis of nihilism and doubted the value of his own existence. As expected, he was very philosophical. When his life was in trouble, a woman appeared.
Jill, played by Emma Stone, is a female student of the professor. The ideas in her academic papers are deeply appreciated by her teacher, Abe. After going back and forth, the two have sparked love, although Jill already has a handsome and rich man. Boyfriend, but still went to the old man's bed without hesitation.
The plot then took a turn for the worse, when Abbe and Jill were eating at the restaurant when she heard a neighbor complaining that a judge had made her lose custody of her child, and she cursed the judge with cancer.
Abe was outraged and secretly started a murder plan. One morning, he approached the judge who was doing morning exercises, and when he was not careful, he changed his milk tea to one with cyanide, and then slipped away. The news came in the evening. the judge's death.
Abe thought her plan to kill without a motive was flawless, but Jill had already spied on the clues. In the end, she decided that Abe was the murderer, and Abe's colleague Rita was also well aware of it.
Jill persuades Abe to surrender himself, but Abe refutes his actions out of justice. But after the police investigated, an innocent person was caught as a criminal. Jill was very angry and forced Abe to surrender, but Abe killed her, and the two fought in the elevator...
02. There is no good person in the story
"The Unreasonable" is a work made by Woody Allen at the age of 70. Throughout this film, the "three elements" of crime, derailment and green tea girls are all working together, and there is no real good person in the whole film. , Woody Allen's ruthless mockery of middle-class hypocrisy.
First of all, the male and female protagonists are typical young and old couples. In reality, Woody Allen himself scored a brace against a 20-year-old girl at the age of 57. He did not shy away from making fun of himself. .
The hero Abe is a typical two-faced person.
He was talking about Kant's philosophy, drinking and driving behind his back, playing Russian roulette, world-weary, and anti-social. His heart is so dark, the bedroom that the school arranged for him is lovely pink, isn't this a mockery.
In the face of the female student's surrender, he also accepted all the orders, and finally the matter was revealed, but he was murdered. This is not a hypocrite.
He felt world-weary and wanted to try the power of cyanide, and he had the idea of murdering the judge, and he also made a high-sounding excuse, saying that it was for justice.
But after the judge was killed, an innocent person became a scapegoat. At this time, he hid like a shrunken turtle. This person was an extremely selfish devil at all.
Abe said in class that the so-called philosophy is only on paper, and the best course is not in textbooks. In the end, he used his life to teach female students a vivid philosophy class , which is really his own fault.
The heroine Jill is a typical green tea girl.
In the film, she steps on two boats, while dating the teacher, all kinds of flirting. While maintaining the relationship of the rich second-generation boyfriend. On my birthday, I pretended to be happy to accept the gift from my boyfriend, but I was still brooding because the teacher didn't bless me.
After that, she held the teacher smoothly, and her boyfriend left him. She also pretended to be sad and quickly fell in love with the teacher.
Teacher Abe thought it was a silly white sweet, but Jill's scheming was very deep.
She quickly saw through Abe's murder plan, and before Abe was about to turn himself in, she immediately found her ex-boyfriend to get back together and found a way out for herself.
It is such a green tea girl, but she also has a side of justice. Facing the murder of her lover's teacher, she is determined to stand up and kill her relatives. Is this an irony?
When Abe and Jill went on a date, they went to the amusement park to win the biggest prize, but Jill chose a small flashlight. In the end, this flashlight also became the winner of their relationship. When Abe killed Jill, he kicked Stepping on the flashlight and slipping, Jill completed the counter-kill. This scene reminded me of another Woody Allen work "Match Point". In reality, many things are so incredible and unreasonable.
There is also a character in the film. Teacher Abe's colleague Rita is also a hypocritical person. She is a chemistry teacher in the university and a married woman. Bei's tricks, but pretending to be confused.
Such a woman who is not virtuous, but finally showed her madness for love. She really loves Abe. She knows that Abe is a murderer, and she dreams of going to Spain with Abe. This is probably love, probably Woody Allen's derailment philosophy.
The title of "The Unreasonable Man" is easily misunderstood, giving the impression that it is "The Unreasonable Man", which does not match the story in the film.
In fact, its English name is Irrational Man, which should be translated into Chinese as "irrational people". All three protagonists in the film are irrational people. They all have a good background, good education, and elegant conversation. Among the choices of "rational" and "irrational", the latter was chosen, and finally encountered an unbearable ending.
The end of the film was a bit rushed, and I was a little surprised after watching it. Is this the end?
But if you think about it again, you will suddenly become enlightened. This is the style of Woody Allen. He never tries to discuss any truth with you. After a long talk, everything is attributed to the philosophy of nothingness. Once you are serious, you will lose. .
Text / Pippi Film Editorial Department: A Chicken
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