Meanwhile, Vicky still pines for Juan Antonio, even when her fiancé flies out to Barcelona to spend the rest of the summer with her.Įven the average art movie lover might find these self-absorbed characters unappealing. Their romance gets complicated when his fiery ex-wife, Maria Elena, tries to commit suicide, and Juan Antonio allows Maria Elena to stay with Cristina and him to recuperate. (Later, he explains to Vicky that, since she seemed so settled on getting married, he decided not to come between her and her future spouse.) Juan Antonio and Cristina begin an affair.
This leaves Vicky alone with Juan Antonio, who shows Vicky his sensitive side, which finally seduces her into bed.īack in Barcelona, Vicky waits for Juan Antonio’s call, but it is Cristina that he calls. Eventually, however, Vicky agrees to travel with Cristina while she has her fling with Juan Antonio. Cristina is ready to go, but Vicky reminds her and Juan Antonia that she is engaged. One evening in Barcelona, they meet Juan Antonio, a divorced Spanish painter who immediately propositions them for a weekend in Oviedo with his private jet. Though she’s working on a master’s thesis on an arcane subject, she plans to get married in the fall to Doug, a Wall Street stockbroker. In fact, she has made plans for the rest of her whole life. Vicky, on the other hand, knows exactly what she wants. Cristina, who likes to take risks, is still searching for what she wants she only knows what she doesn’t want. A nod in the title to the Marxist film theories of famed Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein does not change that fact.Īs a narrator explains, Vicky and Cristina are two different people, despite their friendship. Like too many of Allen’s characters, Vicky and Cristina are pseudo-intellectual art lovers from the upper middle class. The movie focuses on the romantic misadventures of two young American women, Vicky and Cristina, who decide to take a summer vacation in Barcelona, Spain. Though directed and acted with lots of energy and general aplomb, it presents many problems for moviegoers, including lovers of film art. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA is a continued exploration of filmmaker Woody Allen’s views on romance, love, sex, lust, and the human condition. Secondly, while most of the sexual content is implied rather than depicted, the movie shows a couple shots of Cristina passionately kissing Juan Antonio’s ex-wife. For example, it confuses love and romance with sex and lust. The movie has moral and philosophical problems. Even the average art movie lover might find these self-absorbed characters unappealing. Like too many of Allen’s characters, Vicky and Cristina are two pseudo-intellectual art lovers from the upper middle class. Comical complications ensue, especially when Juan Antonio’s fiery ex-wife and Vicky’s fiancé enter the picture. One evening, they meet Juan Antonio, a divorced Spanish painter who immediately propositions them for a weekend in Oviedo with his private jet. She plans to get married in the fall to Doug, a Wall Street stockbroker. Vicky, on the other hand, has made exact plans for the rest of her life.
Cristina likes to take risks but is still searching for what she wants. As a narrator explains, Vicky and Cristina are two different people, despite their friendship. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, Woody Allen’s new movie, focuses on the romantic misadventures of two young Americans taking a summer vacation in Barcelona, Spain.
0 kommentar(er)
