woody allen movie be often original or so unoriginal that they become original ( manhattan murder mystery come to mind ) . the purple rise of cairo and a title that say nothing about the real content of the movie and belongs to the first category . it be about a woman cecilia ( mia farrow ) who enjoy watch movie and on one day she visit the movie the purple rise of cairo and tom baxter ( jeff daniel ) suddenly step off the screen into the theater and into the life of cecilia . the problem be that tom baxter be the character of purple rise and know only thing his character be suppose to know for that role . more problem occur when other tom baxters in other theater want to step out of the movie as well . of course there be also the actor who play tom baxter who be name gil shepherd . both tom and gil fall in love with cecilia . like i say the movie be pretty original . the way allen play with the possibility of this fiction be do in a terrific way . there be a part where tom end up in a whorehouse and he have no idea what the woman be talk about because his character do not need to know these kind of thing . it be one of the funny part of the movie and a perfect example of how allen use the situation for funny moment . it be also the problem with the movie . near the end we grow a little tired with the same kind of joke over and over again . every time we see how tom baxter be incapable of do or understanding thing and or the opposite and because his character have no idea of real life . allen be a great filmmaker and therefore the movie do not get bore . when we be not entertain with the joke anymore at least we can be entertain with originality of the story . the closing scene be pretty standard and predictable but the ride up to that point be so interesting i be willing to forgive him that . there be probably no other way to end this entertaining and original piece of cinema .