the purple rise of cairo ( 1985 ) represent mia farrow and jeff daniel and danny aiello and stephanie farrow and irving metzman and david kieserman and victoria zussin and elaine grollman and mark hammond and wade barnes and peter castelloti and tom degidon and edward hermann and john wood and deborah rush and van johnson and eugene j. anthony and ebb miller and karen akers and annie joe edward and milo oshea and peter mcrobbie and camille saviola and dianne west and tom kubiak and james lynch and sydney a. blake . director woody allen . screenplay woody allen . among woody allen best film be those in which he do not star in . his strong talent be comedy and this film and release in 1985 and be a romantic comedy with some thought provoking and witty writing . woody allen wife at the time and mia farrow and appear in several of his film in the mid to late 80 and this one find her in terrific act shape . the time be the 30 and the great depression in new jersey . cecilia ( farrow ) work a a waitress and be marry to an abusive and domineering and alcoholic mess ( danny aiello ) . to escape the depressing reality of her situation and that of america and she watch hollywood movie . after repeatedly watch the purple rise of cairo an adventure comedy and the character of the film ( not the actor but the fictional character they portray ) come to life and the dash minor character tom baxter ( jeff daniel ) come off the big screen to tell cecilia he have fall in love with her . this provide cecilia with a romantic dilemma . tom be perfect but not real . her husband be a monster but she can not seem to break free from him . then along come gil sheperd ( also play by daniel ) the actor who portray tom baxter who and flatter by cecilia admiration of his work and fall in love with her . will she choose a perfect but fictional character who live in perpetual celluloid fantasy over reality . ultimately and her decision cost her a lot and the end and one which many critic and audience do not expect or care for and be one that seem to indicate we can not be happy living in fantasy or reality . this writing be the real winner here . jeff daniel have terrific line and but especially a gil shepherd the actor who aspire to a great career in hollywood and not play minor part . the cast of character who be in the film bicker with the fussy audience in the theater and this be a most hilarious scene . in order for you to love this film and enjoy it and you have to suspend disbelief and forget about the absurdity of the plot . this film appear to be satirize hollywood and if you can laugh at that and then youre very appreciative of good subjective comedy . rather than take it seriously and enjoy the great writing and comedy style . here and woody allen give enough room for mia farrow to do her thing and jeff daniel and and they do have fine chemistry together . plenty of hilarious moment . the scene in which the character or cast on screen be argue over the minor character desertion ruin the rest of the movie momentum be really good . this be also a movie about the magic of hollywood and the glamour and romanticism or escapism of it . at the same time and it seem to be a sad social commentary on the fact we can not be happy with either too much reality or too much fantasy . but it a light hearted movie and not nearly as deep or psychological a they say other woody allen movie be . this film doesn not explore human relationship . it be more about escapism and the allure of old hollywood on audience at that time . i really enjoy this movie for the script and for mia farrow who be a fine actress . and again and woody allen writing and direction be also superb .