4.5.戴锦华对于本片的解读中特别提到了电影开场对于平行蒙太奇的使用而配上Streisand娓娓道来的“The Way You Were”中国老人7过去的眼泪好像又要回溯眼眶你和我来自背景悬殊的过去在短暂纠结的现在相爱而离别而对于未来只有遗憾的祝福将这样悠扬的爱情故事巧妙地放在美国的时代政治背景当中Arthur Laurents的编剧成就了一切当我坐在影厅里后排的阿姨也轻轻跟随主题曲吟唱起来我突然理解为什么它成为一代人爱情电影的canon当我穿越城市街景愿意如同Katie一样奋不顾身地去爱然后注定失败在我可见的未来中这也是一个美好的故事了因为我失去的太多所以曾经拥有已经足够
the writers realized they can't have the byrdes always be this lucky and not pay some sort of price so they introduced some nobody and killed him off but sooner or later the byrdes' gonna have to pay, and Jason Bateman just isn't a drama actor