tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post3633228540994263900..comments2023-09-15T09:07:22.719-07:00Comments on A Journal of Film: The Power and Weakness of Fiction: The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen, 1985)M. Tamminga (@oneaprilday)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10369421041119819033noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-56629708100536864932012-11-23T11:24:47.460-08:002012-11-23T11:24:47.460-08:00Or try this link, if that one doesn't work: ht...Or try this link, if that one doesn't work: http://tinypic.com/r/14jtboz/6M. Tamminga (@oneaprilday)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10369421041119819033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-17960362768551436092012-11-23T11:23:34.262-08:002012-11-23T11:23:34.262-08:00Thanks for reading! I agree, she's certainly t...Thanks for reading! I agree, she's certainly transported - cinema doesn't lose its magic for her - but its stark contrast to her real life, the fact that she can never live on the screen, is the brutal truth we viewers understand and she understands, too. <br /><br />And I'm pretty sure there are tears at the end! Here's a still: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=14jtboz&s=6M. Tamminga (@oneaprilday)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10369421041119819033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-38126830809957313892012-11-22T19:46:15.118-08:002012-11-22T19:46:15.118-08:00I just watched "The Purple Rose of Cairo"...I just watched "The Purple Rose of Cairo" again and came across this blog entry. I found it interesting that Cecelia does not weep at the end. I looked closely, expecting the streak of a tear or her eyes to well, but no. Her face softened and she was transported.Mark Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843937622990037343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-58789970555968354012011-12-10T14:58:21.594-08:002011-12-10T14:58:21.594-08:00Hmmm, well, no, her spirits aren't really rene...Hmmm, well, no, her spirits aren't really renewed; she's essentially, at the end, in the same place she started: her real life is awful and she finds solace in the cinema by escaping from her real life for a while. What I like about the film is that it doesn't give that easy, happy ending; for so many/most, I think, the meeting a soul-mate and then living "happily ever after" just doesn't apply. Life is just really difficult - money is hard to come by and relationships are unsatisfying or life is a series, maybe, of failed relationships. It's not that I don't think there are many people who are pretty comfortable and happy - but films, in their endings, often, don't show us the people who aren't comfortable and happy. This one does, and I love that. It's not a hopeless film - that's the beauty of it, too, I guess; in the last scene, Cecilia is escaping again into the cinema, but the beauty of Astaire and Rogers on screen there is, truly, a joy, a lifting of the spirit that offers something tangible.<br /><br />I don't think, really, I am a true pessimist, but I do often see the negative sides of things and I'm impatient with Pollyannas. :) (And yeah, I do worry as a mom - probably too much!)M. Tamminga (@oneaprilday)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10369421041119819033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-40010380195485735132011-12-09T22:15:37.099-08:002011-12-09T22:15:37.099-08:00I did watch Purple Rose but I guess I don't re...I did watch Purple Rose but I guess I don't remember it that well... the ending sounds considerably more bleak than the one I had in my head. Cecilia does at least come away from the whole thing with a renewed spirited at least doesn't she? I'd hate to imagine it ending without any light at the end of the tunnel, though that would be equally valid. <br /><br />You don't strike me as a pessimist btw, but you are a mom so you probably worry a lot. ;)smirnoffhttp://noffload.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-17715352080172689542011-12-09T20:42:43.094-08:002011-12-09T20:42:43.094-08:00Hi! :)
Have you seen Purple Rose? And that's ...Hi! :)<br /><br />Have you seen Purple Rose? And that's a great question - did we each respond to these respective films because of our individual personal identification with the characters? <br /><br />I rather think that instead of the films being divided along gender lines, they might be divided in terms of personal outlook; that is, Purple Rose is much darker, more pessimistic than MiP. The former ends with disillusionment, a dashing of dreams, and the same old life continuing on - the happy fantasy of film remaining firmly on the screen; the latter ends with a new, happier life for the main character, a sort of happy fantasy meeting and merging with reality. <br /><br />What do you think? Am I a pessimist and you an optimist? :)M. Tamminga (@oneaprilday)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10369421041119819033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-49158544970245001712011-12-09T19:56:12.747-08:002011-12-09T19:56:12.747-08:00Hi!
I've been thinking about Midnight in Pari...Hi!<br /><br />I've been thinking about Midnight in Paris today so I came and tracked down this post. I wanted to pin down the difference between the two films once and for all.<br /><br />I feel about MiP the way you feel about Purple Rose. I wonder, does it simply boil down to identifying with the respective characters? You say you and Cecilia are very much alike, and I would say the same of Gil and myself. <br /><br />I thought perhaps MiP was just a guys' version of the same movie, but IMDB ratings by gender doesn't really bear that theory out...smirnoffhttp://noffload.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-80148713587221011162011-11-15T07:52:14.038-08:002011-11-15T07:52:14.038-08:00So glad I finally caught up with it! :)So glad I finally caught up with it! :)M. Tamminga (@oneaprilday)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10369421041119819033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701501727227850415.post-8886762870553622002011-11-15T03:30:28.327-08:002011-11-15T03:30:28.327-08:00high five! :)high five! :)harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873495284365697659noreply@blogger.com