On February 25, Woody Allen's "A Rainy Day in New York" was released nationwide, becoming the most unmissable film of the week.
You may not be familiar with the name Woody Allen, but you must have heard of classic literary romance films such as "Midnight barcelona", "Midnight Paris", "Blue Jasmine", these movies are from the legendary director Woody Allen.
Woody Allen is a legendary film director, screenwriter, actor, comedian, writer, musician and playwright. In 1977, he won four Academy Awards for "Annie Hall", and has since become internationally famous, and since then, "Cairo Purple Rose" and "Hannah Sisters" have won numerous awards.
"The most outstanding comedic genius after Chaplin" and "the only intellectual in the American film industry" are the reputations given to him by audiences around the world.
His films often use a unique style and witty lines to explore the ultimate problems of life such as morality, death, and freedom, and are considered to be one of the most important directors of our time.
A Rainy Day in New York is Woody Allen's first work to be released on the mainland's big screen. This time, he will return to the familiar and beloved New York City, with New York landmark scenes such as Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to vividly show the romantic atmosphere of the city to the world.
In this issue, Xiaobian has also carefully selected six classic movies with Woody Allen's personal characteristics, all of which are above Douban 7.0, let's have a romantic trip with Woody Allen's style
#1
"A Rainy Day in New York"
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Timothy Challemet / Ellie Fanning
Douban score: 7.3 points
"If it's the right person, you know it at a glance."
"A Rainy Day in New York" tells the story of a young couple, Gatsby Wells and Ashley Nright, who come to New York for the weekend and experience a series of hilarious events.
Gatsby and Ashley are a young couple, Gatsby exudes a literary atmosphere, has unlimited yearning and fantasy for romance, and Ashley is ambitious and wants to fight for her own world in the film and television industry.
One weekend, the two went on a vacation to Manhattan, where Ashley accidentally met her beloved director Roland and screenwriter Ted, and was given the opportunity to be alone with big star Francisco.
On the other hand, Gatsby meets a girl named Akane while acting as a mass actor, and a half-truth, half-false French kiss ignites the flame of passion in Gatsby's heart.
A Rainy Day in New York exudes unprecedented freshness and vibrancy from Woody Allen's work.
Under the dim lighting, the time and space of New York flow softly and slowly like jazz, and together with the felt jacket on sweet tea, create a retro romance that does not belong to this era.
#2
Midnight in Paris
Starring: Owen Wilson / Marion Cordia
Douban score: 8.3 points
"If you stay here, it becomes your present, and it won't be long before you start imagining another era that is the Golden Age." That's where you are, and you're not happy with it, because life isn't inherently satisfying. ”
In 2012, Woody Allen won Best Original Screenplay at the 84th Academy Awards for Midnight in Paris.
The film tells the story of Gill and his fiancée Inez accompanying his father-in-law and mother-in-law on a vacation in Paris, hoping to stay in Paris to complete his first novel, but Inez and his parents are adamantly opposed.
During a meal, Inez met his former classmate Paul and his wife, and they traveled together. Paul was playing around and chatting with the tour guide, much to Jill's disgust. At midnight, he was walking alone on the streets of Paris, but was attracted by a passing carriage.
He came to a celebrity party with the carriage, and by mistake he met Hemingway, Picasso, Fitzgerald, Dalí, Stein, etc., and he became infatuated with Picasso and Modinari's lover Adriana.
He enjoyed it tirelessly, and everything that happened from it made him hopelessly fall in love with the city of Paris...
The themes of nostalgia, modernism and existentialism tell the story of a young man's love of Paris, but also illustrate the illusion that other people's lives are always better than their own, and the contradictions and insecurities of life caused by this illusion.
#3
Midnight in Barcelona
Starring: Rebecca Hauer / Scarlett Johansson
Douban score: 7.8 points
"The city is so romantic and the night is warm and pleasant. We all live well, which doesn't make sense enough? ”
The story takes place in beautiful Barcelona, where American girls Vicki and Christina meet Juan, an artist with a bad reputation and not so much.
After the two sisters with very different personalities met Juan for the second time, the enthusiastic Christina immediately agreed to Juan's invitation to go to Ovie for more weekends, while Vicki, who was about to get married, felt deeply uneasy.
Something unexpected happens to Oviedo, Christina, who was supposed to have a spring supper with Juan, lies in bed due to illness, while the sane and realistic Vicki has a night with Juan.
When the three return to Barcelona, Vicki's fiancé, Doug, comes to accompany her, and Vicki's life seems to be at peace. When Christina begins a life of love and cohabitation with Juan, Juan's ex-wife suddenly appears, and the three of them form a strange relationship.
So in the romantic European city of midsummer, a witty and profound story about love begins.
#4
Blue Jasmine
Starring: Kate Blanchett / Sally Hawkins
Douban score: 8.0 points
"The pain that a person can bear is extremely limited, and one day they will be forced to be helpless and rush to the street and shout."
The film tells the story of a lonely celebrity who has gone through bankruptcy, committed suicide by her husband, and run away from her stepson, and moves to her already strange sister's San Francisco home to start a new life.
Jasmine's husband, Hal, was arrested and imprisoned for business fraud and ended his life in prison, leaving New York for San Francisco to join her sister Jin Jie.
Returning from a life of spending money to the world of ordinary people, Jasmine has a nervous breakdown, she often talks to herself, and is immersed in the memories of the past, and is incompatible with the personalities around her.
Jasmine got a job at a dentist's clinic and returned to school, but her life was still a mess. It wasn't until at a party that she met a civil servant who was funny, handsome and wealthy, and soon won the hearts of Dwight Westerlet.
Jasmine's life seems to be back on track, just as they are preparing to buy a wedding ring, the appearance of her sister Jin Jie's ex-husband makes her world dark...
#5
Coffee Commune
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg / Kristen Stewart
Douban score: 7.2 points
"Spend every day as if it were the last day of your life, and one day you'll find you're doing it right."
Set in the United States in 1930, the film tells the story of a young man who comes to Hollywood to pursue his film dreams, falls in love and indulges in the famous coffee commune of that era.
The ignorant young Bob travels to Hollywood to join his uncle Phil, who has made a lot of trouble there, and at Phil's recommendation, Bob meets a cute girl named Wani. The lively and talkative Vannie soon falls in love with Bob, and unfortunately, Vannie tells Bob that she already has a boyfriend.
One day, a heartbroken Vannie finds Bob, who turns out to be a husband with a wife, who decides to break up with his wife because he can't make up his mind to divorce his wife.
Bob gently and patiently accompanies the lovelorn Vannie, and as time goes by, the two slowly come together. What Bob did not expect was that Vannie's ex-boyfriend turned out to be Phil, and when Phil made up his mind to marry Vannie, Vani did not hesitate to leave Bob.
Frustrated, Bob returns home, works at a club run by his brother Ben, where he meets Veronica, who marries and has children.
Everything seemed so beautiful, until one day, Vannie and Phil reappeared next to Bob...
#6
《Scoop》
Starring: Scarlett Johansson / Hugh Jackman
Douban score: 7.3
"If you put our heads together, you'll hear an echo of a valley."
The film tells the story of Sandra, a journalism student, who joins forces with magician Sid to infiltrate London's high society in order to investigate the truth behind a scoop.
An American college student, Sandra, in order to find exclusive news for the school newspaper, came to London, England to interview a film director.
During the course of her investigation and interviews, she attended a magic trick by magician Sid, and in a closed box she met the ghost of a deceased veteran journalist.
A journalist was a man who used everything in his tracks to get exclusive news. He learns from a murdered former secretary on a ship to Hades that the "Tarot Killer" turned out to be the handsome and gold-rich nobleman Peter. He didn't want the explosive news to be buried, so he approached Sandra and asked her to help him fulfill his wish.
Faced with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Sandra decides to go deep into the Tiger's Den and pull the magician Sid into high society disguised as a father and daughter to get close to Peter. Things went surprisingly well, and Sandra and Peter became a sweet couple.
However, the Tarot Killer continues to act...
Well, this issue of the movie sharing ends here~
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