There is a line in "Ghost in the Shell" that impressed me: Memories make us who we are.
A similar statement happened to appear in Woody Allen's mouth. At the end of the film, a narration-style summary and education rarely appeared, which made me very reluctant to give up on the words of the professor.
What makes yourself yourself?
It just so happened that in the second season of the rehearsal shell, one of the episodes had a player sacrifice, and someone next to him asked, "Anyway, he is full of electrons, why can't he be resurrected by recreating his memory and body?"
The colleague replied, "Even if all are copied in, there will be no'ghost'."
The so-called ghost, as revealed in this film-is that every choice we make constitutes us. Even if memory can be copied, soul cannot be copied. People make choices every day. We determine the answer to each choice, and each answer determines who we are. Without this process of mutualization, people will no longer be themselves.
Whether to choose to confess whether to choose to plead guilty
Where there is any "supreme being" to interfere, people's choices are all in accordance with their own hearts-this is also Woody Allen's statement of his "atheistic" position once again in his movie.
During the discussion at the dinner table, when Hitler killed millions of Jews, it ignited the fire in my heart: I made up the entire history of World War II some time ago, and realized that Hitler's ending was so plain—in a bunker surrounded by lovers and followers. In, committed suicide by taking poison. There is no repentance, no judgment. Even his personal secretary, who was interviewed decades later, was surprised that there was no heartfelt words about the death of others.
Isn't this the most powerful refutation of the theory of god and retribution?
Cheating and killing. The essence of asking God for forgiveness is just to make yourself feel better. And because of this, the atheists have become the existence of the poor "nihilism" in the film.
There is no faith, no morality. I believe that there is no absolute standard for everything, and that the laws and regulations are just cold provisions set for the benefit of the group.
But isn't it true in reality?
In the film, Allen persuaded the doctor to surrender, but was laughed at: Did you watch too many movies? This is reality. It truly shows Woody Allen’s values-even if everything is nothing, he still hopes that evil will be rewarded-or at least in other words, Allen is the kind of person who cannot bear moral condemnation, although this is his personal choice. .
Allen believes that from the standpoint of the murderer, confession is a tragic ending with an aesthetic sense. From the perspective of movie audiences, the last culprit at large is the "tragic end." Therefore, Allen's self-destructive tendencies, pessimism, and tragic desire have long been carved into his bones.
Romain Rolland said in the "Biography of Michelangelo": There is only one true heroism, and that is to love it after knowing the truth of life.
I think, even if we can't be heroes, we won't envy people who are kept in the dark.
The core of the story in this film actually appears repeatedly in many of Woody Allen's works: betraying feelings-overwhelmingly difficult to harvest-killer.
Like "The End of the Match", "Coffee Commune" and so on, it is inevitable to get a little tired after watching too much. However, the focus of each movie is always different. This movie is more about the protagonist's vacillation and inner condemnation.
Will there be punishment for evil?
Maybe it will, maybe it won't.
If you abandon your basic conscience and gain relief, you can avoid moral pressure, and murder and arson will become an ordinary procedural behavior-as long as you ensure that there is no error, there will be no punishment.
In contrast, people with at least morality have a miserable life after crossing the bottom line. Therefore, from the perspective of utilitarianism, it is true that being a villain requires freedom and happiness. But from the perspective of psychological egoism, a kind person can get great satisfaction even if he surrenders in the end, so he chooses the latter in the material and spiritual choices. So in this way, the two have no absolute meaning, which is more free.
Unlike "Manhattan", after the girl in "Manhattan" flew away, the story ended. But after Woody Allen experienced the same "stay behind" in the film, Mia only did a comedic dissolve editing, and Mia returned from the UK: with her fiance.
In contrast, "Sin and Wrong" is actually more realistic and cruel. Parting is to be continued, and the other party has a destination, that (basically) is the end.
Related to Woody Allen's real-life experience, perhaps the perceptual pessimist, the romantic cynicist, is destined to have a bad life.
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