Crimes and Misdemeanors is an existential comedy-drama film. The directions were given by Woody Allen. Its origin is Australia and its original release to the common public was on 15th of February 1990. The movie helps in exploring the different procedures through which the human mind can get influenced by ethics. The medical field is completely involved in it. The central character of the movie is Judah Rosenthal who was shown to be a successful ophthalmologist. He is shown to be living a perfect life. His belief is that the world is cruel. Due to the analysis of his actions by himself with respect to morals and ethics leads him to find himself in anxiety and guilt. Ben (The rabbi) had not a significant character in the movie but was shown in very important detailed scenes where the story was on its turning points. His belief is that the world is a lawful to place with beautiful and loving people. The main aim of the paper is to discuss the movie, its characters, and the role of love in the movie.
The movie Crimes and Misdemeanors were composed due to the influence of the 1980s time period when for the first time the medical world have grown to such advancements that the doctors were rarely able to practice morals and ethics rather, they tries to adjust the community in this modernism for getting as much profit as they can. Woody Allen worked very efficiently with the known actors, Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston, and Joanna Gleason. Most of them were core actors and performed very well which resulted in the development of the scenes with keen detail and embellishment. Love is the most highlighted component and in a comedy movie, it played an important role in creating twists and energy in the movie.
The movie started with a charity party dinner in the honor of Judah. The back in time is also shown. Cliff is engaged in a loveless marriage. It is discussed in the movie that the crimes done in the movie by the characters were ideological intoxication. The man had an affair with a mistress. Since the film is the elaboration of the book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, ‘Crime and Punishment. Love is the most discussed theme and due to this the character Judah Rosenthal is not able to defend his affair and performs sinful actions which resulted in his life being completely influenced by guilt, anxiety, and mental stress. The film is shoot in New York and most of its scenes are showing the classical culture of the late 20th century (Klepper, Nagin & Tierney, 1983). The figure of God is also shown to be an influence to give only regret after crimes. When cliff is unable to maintain his personal life, for the sake of his reputation, he goes to get involved more deeply in the media industry. Here it is shown that Judah gets engaged with the self-centered producers and controls of the camera under great pressure.
The two characters, Judah and Cliff meet each other at a party. One is shown to be religious and the other quite creative. After their interaction, both people get a positive influence on their life. The movie also included the concept that the people who wear glasses put their faith in a higher power. Halley gets involved in the cliff but cliff finds her not wearing glasses and reconsidered the faith concept (Klepper, Nagin & Tierney, 1983). Love is considered a prominent concept and a necessity of life and it helps in the improvement of an individual’s personal life.
The role of love is highlighted in the movie. There are many examples shown in the movie where the people are highly engaged in love troubles, confessions, successes, and a number of other complicated situations. In the start, Judah is shown to be living with his wife and having love with a mistress. After the tragedy, he regrets himself more than anything and leaves the world to religion and rabbis. Cliff finds a loving and beautiful life which continues to the very end of the movie. Close to the end of the movie Cliff finds another love and enjoys his life but gets blind without any light which would be highly his ways of life. The movie is very keenly attached to religion, God, love, women, villain, and the life tragedies. Most people are unable to get satisfied by love because of a number of social and reputational reasons (Bachman, 2013). Some people were highly introverted and were unable to find their love after even a long life of experiences.
In a nutshell, the conclusion of the paper is that the characters very keenly helped to develop the most beautiful and highly understandable scenes. The movies also depicted the 1980s lifestyle including the American community’s way of spending their time throughout their lifetime. Death, love, and problems with mental illness are considered the main reasons for life disturbances. One of the most prominent characters whose life is highly disturbed, Judah moved to his childhood home, where his parents were living. He entered the home and heard his father teaching about God and explaining different facts about it. The movie was highly serious and love-based but there was a beautiful discussion about love and humor which resulted in it in the development of the normalized plot.
References
Klepper, S., Nagin, D., & Tierney, L. J. (1983). Discrimination in the criminal justice system: A critical appraisal of the literature. Research on sentencing: The search for reform, 2, 55-128.
Bachman, G. (2013). Crimes and Misdemeanors. A Companion to Woody Allen, 170-187.
