Crimes And Misdemeanors Analysis

Woody Allen’s “Crimes and Misdemeanors” intertwines two stories. The first involves a man named Judah. Judah is a wealthy ophthalmologist and family man who has had created a wonderful normal family life. Until later on he gets a letter from Dolores, a women he had a affair with several-years. Dolores threatens Judah that she will go public regarding the affair. Judah’s also has shady financial dealings which Dolores will also reveal unless Judah leaves his wife. Judah calls on his mobster of a brother to murder Dolores, which later on he does. The second storyline involves Cliff. Cliff is a nerdy and unsuccessful documentary filmmaker, who is in a very unhappy marriage. While working on a documentary about a TV personality named Lester, …show more content…
When Cliff finally gets divorced from wife, Halley has become engaged to Lester. Throughout both storylines discussions arise about God’s role in establishing ethical values, and whether the world would be valueless if God didn’t exist, which connects to Watts theories. Judah and Cliff meet up at the end of the film.Judah is presents as a anonymous version of the murder – as though it might be a plot for a movie. It becomes clear that Judah got away with the murder, and suffered no long-term guilt. The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including best screenplay and best director.The two storylines are connected by both men are living lives that they don’t want and are hiding something much bigger. Cliff falling in love with Halley and Judah living a double life with his wife and Dolores. This Woody Allen film takes a serious and entertaining look at ethics and morality. This film focuses on the lives of two very different men, Judah Rosenthal and Cliff Stern. As the audience watches the characters lives intersect one another in many different ways. These two characters also take some different approaches in life and their choices based on their moral and ethical