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This 5 page paper discusses Woody Allen's movie, The Purple Rose of Cairo and the theme of reality versus fantasy. Examples are given from the movie. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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distinctive films. The Purple Rose Of Cairo, made late in his career, seems to be a film which sums up his feelings about the power of movies to lift audiences
out of their troubles for a while. And, yet, on the other hand, he seems to be dealing with the urge to explain that life that is portrayed in the
movies, isnt reality. In the end, he seems to be urging audiences to remember to believe the reality rather than the fantasy. The Purple Rose of Cairo is a movie
which combines that Woody Allen trait of humor with bittersweet irony(Nusair, 2001). Cecilia, the main character, is living in a go-nowhere life. The movie takes place during the Depression Era
and it is clear that the depression is not all economic in nature. This is her reality. Her reality also includes a go-nowhere husband who takes what money they
do manage to have and gambles it away. Her one gift to herself every week is to attend the local cinema for a movie. Most times she goes alone. She
imagines herself as one of the characters and for the span of a few hours she becomes immersed in the stories. The movie that she chooses to see has
her favorite actor in it, Tom Baxter. After the movie is over she finds herself unable to go home to face the reality of a man who doesnt love her
and a life that is unbearable. She decides to stay and watch the next showing, and the next. She ends up watching the movie many times. However, in the middle
of the last showing something different happens. Tom Baxter, instead of saying his lines, halts the action, and to Cecilias shock, steps off of the screen and into the
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