A comedy full of twists and satire. Such as the title "Bullets Flying Over Broadway", the plot begins with David, a playwright who no one cares about, accepting investment from the Mafia. It is not difficult to understand the humiliation of the independent playwright David, "I want to betray myself, when a gangster wants to invest in my script." "This is a deal with the devil, and the punishment is that his girlfriend will play in it." In fact, not only that, David also had to accept the mafia girlfriend's bodyguard Qiqi (mafia thugs) to supervise the whole rehearsal scene. "This is the tragic reality of the commercial society." In order to make up for the negative energy brought by the gangster girlfriend without acting skills to the show, the other actors and actresses were carefully selected by David.
However, the reversal of the film begins with the rehearsal. Of course, the mafia girlfriend Oliver's acting skills are terrible, and other "strength" actors are also smoky. The crew is in love, the actress is not in harmony, the pet is in the group, the heroine is drunk, the hero is gluttonous... The most terrible thing is that everyone is in the script. Unreasonable dialogue and plot full of doubts. Qiqi, who has been overseeing the work in the audience, can't help but give creative suggestions for changes, which makes David deeply angry that his authority has been overstepped, but wins the approval of everyone else. David changed the script according to Chichi's ideas, and sure enough, the whole crew was in harmony. Next, David consulted Chichi every time he changed the script, and then Chichi took over David's work as a screenwriter. Of course, this was a secret between the two of them.
The plot shines brightly in the hidden genius playwright and mafia thug Qiqi. And David is more and more comfortable accepting the compliments of his screenwriting talent after the successful preview, and these are obviously the credit of Bai Qiqi. I can't help but want to sneer at David, what about the arrogance and self-esteem of your independent screenwriter and independent filmmaker? At this moment, David has already fallen into the emotional trap of Helen, the heroine of the crew. The only one who really cares about the dramatic effect is the script "mother" Qiqi. Can't stand Oliver's bad voice, ruining his work, Kiki shoots Oliver in the name of art. And David, who was initially unacceptable to Oliver's involvement, found out that Oliver was shot and found Chick to accuse him of being morally corrupt. And Chick countered that David, who fooled around with the heroine Helen, was no better than himself, at least in the face of art.
Oliver's death still makes the mob boss suspect Chichi, the killers kill Chichi backstage at the premiere, and Chichi is still telling David to give the play a perfect ending on his deathbed. At the premiere, bullets flew across Broadway, Chichi became an artistic martyr, and David became the best screenwriter and director in theater for a decade. If it ends here, this work that satirizes the bad situation of the film industry, the difficult environment of independent filmmakers, the actors' lost style, and the gathering of pseudo-artists in the art circle can be considered OK. But the genius Woody Allen gave this farce a perfect ending: David saw his artistic limitations and the happiness he wanted. He decided to give up being an artist who was not enough for a man, and went to By becoming the man who was not artistic enough, David, who found his ex-girlfriend, also found himself. This is probably Woody Allen's sincere persuasion to those pseudo-artists. The first half of the movie was mediocre, and the second half was gorgeous, and Woody Allen never let me down.
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Woody Allen's satire is too advanced:
What's the difference between those who do shitty things under the guise of art and scumbags who satisfy their sexual desires in the name of love?
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