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A Love Letter Full of Literary Character to Barcelona --A Movie Review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona By 许陶涛 Xu Taotao Tracy I have always been fond of European movies for their slow pace, beautiful scenes and romantic love. Different from Hollywood films, European movies do not attach much importance to the spectacular scenes, great heroes and satisfactory endings. Woody Allen, an American writer and director, has been devoting to making pure European films and even did a better job, especially in his famous work, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I do think this movie is like a love letter full of literary character to Barcelona which also contains philosophy of love and life. This reflects on the following aspects. What the most obvious feature of the movie is that Woody Allen designed large quantities of details. Details and dialogues are the soul of his movies. Without these elaborately orchestrated details, the chattering and whispering dialogues would never exist meaningfully. For instance, the actor blocking of the beginning contrasts that of the ending.The big engagement ring circling Vickey’s finger flashed on the dark night. Juan’s ex-wife, María Elena, wearing a white dress, was sitting beside the pool in the shadow of trees and skimmed over the water with one foot. These details mix with the huomorous dialogues harmoniously, making many emotions which could only be understood through much more lively words. Without the almost perfect details, the charm between the “lines” could not be expressed precisely and the intended blank could not be successful. Secondly, the unique voiceover is the highlight of the movie. As is known to all, a good novel, especially a good script, needs to present a story through details instead of pouring out what they think. However, this voiceover deliberately goes against the rule. In the movie, the mental world of Vickey and Cristina is shown through voiceover to a large degree. Such voiceover is not weary because of abund