Melinda et Melinda

Uriah 2022-01-28 08:17:52

Another film by Woody Allen that explores life. The background is still New York. The dark yellow background gives a sense of nobility, simplicity and restraint, but there is always a lingering atmosphere, just like the ambiguous, entangled and restless relationship between people in the city.

This is mainly to discuss the essence of life is COMEDY? Or TRADY? The idea of ​​the film is clever. Under the same premise, through the radically different advancements of comedy writers and tragic writers, completely different endings were born. Although this is only a hypothesis, the chain effect and the step-by-step development of the story are very likely to find real-life examples. After reading it, I have a question in my mind, what is the primary factor in determining whether life is COMEDY or TRADY? Woody Allen doesn't discuss this in the film, and ends up offering theories like "living in the moment".

Think about it, if I were the heroine in that hypothetical story, what would the ending be like? The ending of COMEDY OR TRADY seems to be related to the protagonist's optimistic or pessimistic attitude towards life. But will the optimist have a COMEDY ending? Or are pessimists doomed to TRADY in the end? Are the criteria for judging whether life is COMEDY or TRADY a subjective personal opinion or an objective social measure?
OH~ Enough questions for Woody Allen to make another movie!

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Extended Reading
  • Jalyn 2022-03-15 09:01:10

    Although I know that Woody Allen intends to dialectical between the tragicomedy and the tragicomedy, I still feel nothing after reading it. Both the tragedy and the comedy are dull, mechanized and lacking in motivation. The interlacing between the two does not feel any chemical effect. It is probably the heroine. Acting a little too bluntly.

  • Della 2022-01-28 08:17:52

    Is it a sink or a cup?

Melinda and Melinda quotes

  • Greg: What do you do for exercise?

    Hobie: Tiddly winks. And an occasional anxiety attack.

  • Hobie: I think it'd be only fair to tell you. I'm a Liberal.

    Stacey: Oh. Are you talking politically, or in the bedroom?

    Hobie: I was talking politically. In the bedroom I'm a left-wing Liberal.