uggworek@sunybcs.UUCP (Donald Gworek) (04/01/85)
SEE "The Purple Rose Of Cairo" !!!! EXCELLENT film! I had no idea what this picture was about, and went to the show on blind faith that Woody Allen would not let me down. He did not!!! "Purple Rose" is one of the most entertaining films in a long time. It's great to have Woody Allen back in his 'keep them laughing' prime form! At first, I didn't like the ending. And then I realized it IS correct. It's the way things are -- real and cruel -- and not like the movies. I give "Purple Rose" Five Stars, or "I MUST see this again and again" -- Don Gworek
goodrum@unc.UUCP (Cloyd Goodrum) (04/14/85)
In article <sunybcs.1432> uggworek@sunybcs.UUCP (Donald Gworek) writes: >At first, I didn't like the ending. And then I realized it IS correct. >It's the way things are -- real and cruel -- and not like the movies. But in a movie where characters in a film step off the screen and into the theatre how can you use a phrase like "It's the way things are" to justify a depressing ending? Cloyd Goodrum
reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (04/18/85)
In article <20@unc.UUCP> goodrum@unc.UUCP (Cloyd Goodrum) writes: >In article <sunybcs.1432> uggworek@sunybcs.UUCP (Donald Gworek) writes: >>At first, I didn't like the ending. And then I realized it IS correct. >>It's the way things are -- real and cruel -- and not like the movies. > > But in a movie where characters in a film step off the screen and >into the theatre how can you use a phrase like "It's the way things are" >to justify a depressing ending? In a recent interview, Woody Allen said that the point he was trying to make is that everyone has to choose between fantasy and reality, and you really have to choose reality. Unfortunately, real people can hurt you. Even so, you've got to go with reality. Given this, I'd say that the biggest problem with the film is that Allen didn't make clear how impossible it would be for Farrow to choose the movie character over the actor. -- Peter Reiher reiher@ucla-cs.arpa {...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher
uggworek@sunybcs.UUCP (Donald Gworek) (04/26/85)
> In article <sunybcs.1432> uggworek@sunybcs.UUCP (Donald Gworek) writes: > >At first, I didn't like the ending. And then I realized it IS correct. > >It's the way things are -- real and cruel -- and not like the movies. > > But in a movie where characters in a film step off the screen and > into the theatre how can you use a phrase like "It's the way things are" > to justify a depressing ending? Good point. What I mean is that in general, people disappoint. People say they will do something, and then they are insincere. -- -- Don Gworek "Thought can not know itself, because it can not step outside itself. Nor is it an activity that can be understood by what it produces (art, science, dreams)."