Mira Apartment, Park Guell, Sagrada Familia... As long as you are in Barcelona, you can see the works of Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi everywhere. These fantastic and colorful buildings are actually derived from minimalist geometric lines according to orderly rules. They are like Gaudí's lover of rationality and sensibility, perfect but tragic. After becoming a master, he held his breath and watched the city and the vitality of love.
Therefore, as long as you are a woman, whether you are rational and pragmatic like Vicky, or emotionally impulsive like Cristina, once you are in Barcelona, you cannot escape the curse of Gaudí, especially when you meet someone in Barcelona who is also called Gaudí. Antonio was an equally talented artist and fell into a tangled love affair with him. From now on, whether you are like Cristina, who just gave up a dewy love that can evaporate in twelve minutes, and decides to throw yourself into the red fire of love for this new adventure, or like Vicky, sigh "It's better to plan than change." ", from the 100% marriage, escaped from danger and went straight to the wolf's den, you are doomed - because Gaudi or Antonio, it is not you who love, but "you".
Vicky and Cristina aren't Woody Allen's version of Empress Dowager, even if they don't mind serving together. In fact, for Antonio, he is not enjoying the blessings of the whole people, but just "putting away" his love - if Vicky and Cristina are combined into a perfect lover, it will be a disaster - about On this point, he already had a lesson from his ex-wife Elena.
However, Elena is just an unfamiliar name that appeared in the scandal in the circle to the two heroines, while the fresh Antonio is standing in front of him and telling irresistible love words. For Vicky, he is as much a Catalan as Gaudí, an artist, a Catalan man whose theory of Catalan culturology cannot explain it. He inherited the Catalan melancholy and conceit from his father. He guided Vicky and Gaudi to get in touch, let her run away from the cold library and boring theory, and use a soulful kiss to make that rational and pragmatic Vicky ashes. The reborn Vicky can no longer analyze Antonio's failed marriage as calmly as in the past, accusing him of empty sex, and protecting the impulsive and restless Cristina - because she has been disturbed by her "hitting marriage". She also began to yearn for hearty sex without meaning, and she also had a sensual woman in her own heart to protect. She's been elevated to another woman - Vicky, who was mournful listening to the Spanish guitar, confessed before winning Antonio's kiss: "I look like Mary Elena."
Cristina doesn't need to be Elena right away, in fact, shortly after Antonio fears Vicky's transformation and automatically falls into Cristina's arms, she is fortunate enough to see Elena in person - irritable, impulsive, hysterical, and prone to self-destruction. This is even better than Cristina. But Elena's rational side is no less than Vicky's - even Antonio, who is selfish, has to admit that his art works are deeply influenced by Elena's artistic concept. (He did not forget to take Elena's love motto as the truth.) Cristina, who lamented that he had no artistic talent and could only "take pictures" with a digital camera, began to use Leica under Elena's technical and theoretical guidance. M6 played a real "photography". Cristina at this time is not a tragic figure living between two old lovers. Quite the contrary, as Elena suggests, Cristina's imperfections are becoming the mediator for Antonio's acceptance of her perfection. But when Cristina, who used to be ashamed to show her photography work, began to really show her artistic talent, she also began to be upgraded to another Elena. The Elena she saw in the camera seemed to be looking at herself, she and Elena were kissing in the fiery red darkroom, as if kissing herself, - she was no longer the clumsy 12-minute short film No more second-rate actor and director to explore the empty proposition of "why love is elusive"; she is no longer the adventurer in the love desert; she is no longer the "don't know what to want, only know Don't want anything" confused woman - now Cristina not only knows what she wants, but can even speak to Vicky's fiancé Doug about the rationality and naturalness of her involvement in bisexuality - since she is love Linna, isn't that the essence of the triangular love is to love your lover and yourself? What's so strange about this? ——This is what she disdains talking to ordinary people like Doug.
"Love is only romantic if it's not perfect." After learning this truth from Elena, Cristina gradually realized her embarrassing situation, and she chose to give up everything rationally and go to France, intending to be in that romantic place return to self. Compared with Cristina and Antonio living together, Vicky and his lingering only a short weekend, but this has made her doomed. A rational woman who always knew what she wanted and acted according to plan was now at a loss. Her marriage, love and life are out of her control, at the mercy of her fiancé, Spanish teacher and landlord Judy. When she gave up everything and only wanted to be the lover of a "painter who was entangled with her ex-wife", her remaining reason was so vulnerable to the impulse of love - at this time, only the real Elena could Save this guy who looks like Elena. In this sense, Elena's unintentional shot can be seen as a vaccine she gave Vicky, allowing her to regain her senses instantly and be immune to the long-term pain in her soul.
All the women in this film (Elena, Vicky, Cristina, Judy) are vulnerable in front of men (Antonio, Doug, Ben, Mark), and one kiss, one handshake, one unplanned romance Enough to make them feel helpless. The male voice narration throughout the film is objective and direct, but the tone is slightly ridiculed and sarcastic, as if explaining and commenting on second- and third-rate works of art. This has made many viewers, especially female viewers, criticize the patriarchal ideology of the film-a woman who is restless on love issues strives for perfection but is just being smart in front of men. However, in the author's opinion, Woody Allen's does not resist women's self-improvement, but it is dangerous to lose yourself in the process of self-improvement for men and love - the pawn on the chess board who is promoted to queen , in the end, it is just a heavy weapon for the emperor to protect the charge. The real queen, perhaps as fascinated as Spanish itself—she is by no means Elena's incoherent hysterical babble, she lives in the never-published poems of Antonio's old father, independent and noble, unspeakable, unprofane . This is far from what Vicky can understand in his Spanish short course.
No matter how perfect Gaudí's architecture is, it can't surpass Gaudí itself. Elena, who failed to understand this point, is just a "stunner" for men to enjoy, and becomes Gaudí's tragic lover - the real Gaudí never married. Vicky and Cristina narrowly escaped the romance after returning to themselves.
Woody Allen still shows a high standard in portraying the evolution of characters and relationships, and this film deserves to win him the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical Comedy. But in terms of its implied theme, I'd rather see it as a "light tragedy." Javier Baldan won an Oscar for playing the killer in No Country For Old Men. This time, he became a love killer who hesitated between two women. But Juan Antonio wasn't a Don Juan figure of ease. He was shoved innocently by three women who looked alike. Therefore, Javier restrains the arrogance of the artist, and it is quite skillful to show the helplessness and depression of inferiority under the cover of conceit. Penelope Cruz was also nominated for at least five Satellite Awards for Best Supporting Actress for the film, and undisputedly took home the statuette. Since her debut, there have been constant scandals. After experiencing a love calamity, she played Mary Elena as if she was playing herself. (Her current boyfriend is the protagonist of the film!) In contrast, Scarlett Johansson, known as the "sexiest and most popular actress", is really a bit underwhelming. During the filming of this film, she was still preparing for her wedding, which Ben hopes will give her a deeper understanding of marriage and love. But her performance in this film is a little dull. The sensual Cristina looks more like a slightly silly easy girl. She doesn't have the aura of the noble lady in "Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest" at all. Now married Scarlett Johansson's new prelude in life and love is far more perfect than Cristina's ending in the film, and I hope her acting career can be the same.
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