(Martin Bergmann as Professor Levy in Crimes and Misdemeanors, 1989)
“You will notice that what we are aiming at when we fall in love is a very strange paradox. The paradox consists of the fact that, when we fall in love, we are seeking to re-find all or some of the people to whom we were attached as children. On the other hand, we ask our beloved to correct all of the wrongs that these early parents or siblings inflicted upon us. So that love contains in it the contradiction: the attempt to return to the past and the attempt to undo the past.”
“But we must always remember that when we are born we need a great deal of love to persuade us to stay in life. Once we get that love, it usually lasts us. But the universe is a pretty cold place. It’s we who invest it with our feelings. And under certain conditions, we feel that the thing isn’t worth it anymore.”
“We’re all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions, moral choices. Some are on a grand scale, most of these choices are on lesser points. But we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, Human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. it is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things, like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more. ”
我们一生中都要不断面对痛苦的抉择，道德的抉择。有的选择还意义重大，大部分都是鸡毛蒜皮的小事。但是，我们作什么样的选择，就决定了我们是什么样的人， 我们实际上是我们所做的选择的总和。世事难料，生活也有诸多不平之事，在上帝造物的时候，仿佛并没有考虑到人类幸福这件事，只有靠我们自己，每个人爱的能力不同，才会赋予这个无情的宇宙以意义。但是，大部分人都有能力继续生活下去，甚至可以从小事中寻找到快乐，比如从家人、工作，还有从对未来一代的希望中找到快乐，希望他们可以更加理解生活。
Crimes and Misdemeanors , 没有强大内心的还是别看了, WA就一个目的，就是把所有的观众都搞疯自杀。什么知识什么信仰都是扯淡，爱可以征服各种形式的悲观主义，但是这种爱的实现，部分是要靠说谎和隐瞒的。米亚法罗在WA的电影里从来就是个傻大姐形象，C&M看到70%还在纳闷为什么这部显得很“聪明”, 不出所料，结局还是个不能落俗的大姐。她是她，也是你，也是我。