Crimes And Misdemeanors Film Analysis
Woody Allen’s film, Crimes and Misdemeanors, explores the different ways that philosophy play
in the inner workings of the human mind. Throughout the film, the audience witnesses the roles that
ethics play in the lives of five different men: Judah Rosenthal, a successful ophthalmologist; Clifford
Stern, a struggling documentary filmographer; Lester, a famous producer; Ben, a rabbi whose sense
of sight is beginning to fail; and Louis Levy, a philosophical theorist. By the end of the film, each
character demonstrates, through his words and actions, how his own system of philosophy affects
the choices he makes in life. It is really important to realize the order of things happens in the movie
that all characters only comes together …show more content…
Allen plays on this topic a few times in the
motion picture. Upon arriving back a Delores’ apartment, Judah and Delores have the following
exchange:
Delores: My mother said that I should go to the doctor because I was, you know, my
eyes weren’t so good. You’re an ophthalmologist. Do you agree: the eyes are the
windows of the soul?
Judah: Well, I believe that they are windows. I’m not so sure it’s a soul I see.
Delores: My mother taught me that I have a soul, and I will [have it even after] I am
gone. And if you look deeply enough in my eyes you can see it.
If we look from philosophy point of view, every person has a chance to choose what to act or
not. And I believe that we can’t create anything because we are only discovering what the god (creator)
created for us. For example, I have been raised as a Muslim and we always would talk how beautiful
things god created for us to live with and we should discover more in order to be more knowledgeable.
In my opinion, God exists and we have to pray only to him in order to be safe in life. God may make you
suffer of you wrongs doings, so you will not do the same mistake over and over. For example,
in the inner workings of the human mind. Throughout the film, the audience witnesses the roles that
ethics play in the lives of five different men: Judah Rosenthal, a successful ophthalmologist; Clifford
Stern, a struggling documentary filmographer; Lester, a famous producer; Ben, a rabbi whose sense
of sight is beginning to fail; and Louis Levy, a philosophical theorist. By the end of the film, each
character demonstrates, through his words and actions, how his own system of philosophy affects
the choices he makes in life. It is really important to realize the order of things happens in the movie
that all characters only comes together …show more content…
Allen plays on this topic a few times in the
motion picture. Upon arriving back a Delores’ apartment, Judah and Delores have the following
exchange:
Delores: My mother said that I should go to the doctor because I was, you know, my
eyes weren’t so good. You’re an ophthalmologist. Do you agree: the eyes are the
windows of the soul?
Judah: Well, I believe that they are windows. I’m not so sure it’s a soul I see.
Delores: My mother taught me that I have a soul, and I will [have it even after] I am
gone. And if you look deeply enough in my eyes you can see it.
If we look from philosophy point of view, every person has a chance to choose what to act or
not. And I believe that we can’t create anything because we are only discovering what the god (creator)
created for us. For example, I have been raised as a Muslim and we always would talk how beautiful
things god created for us to live with and we should discover more in order to be more knowledgeable.
In my opinion, God exists and we have to pray only to him in order to be safe in life. God may make you
suffer of you wrongs doings, so you will not do the same mistake over and over. For example,