Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!reiher From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: The Purple Rose Of Cairo Message-ID: <4880@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 13:24:17 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.4880 Posted: Thu Apr 18 13:24:17 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Apr-85 04:31:59 EST References: <20@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (Peter Reiher) Distribution: na Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 20 Summary: In article <20@unc.UUCP> goodrum@unc.UUCP (Cloyd Goodrum) writes: >In article 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