Although the word "Hollywood" in the title attracts all kinds of spectators with golden light, the "Hollywood ending" actually contains many anti-system and anti-routine elements. Perhaps the most obvious thing is that although the film revolves around a Hollywood masterpiece "The City that Never Sleeps", it has nothing to do with the shooting and production of the play. We didn't even see a shot of "The City that Never Sleeps", although other people's curses about the poor acting and photography in the master tape kept beating our curiosity.

"Hollywood Ending" tells the story of an out-of-date director, Val (played by Woody Allen), who tries to make a comeback through a Hollywood commercial masterpiece, but unexpectedly loses his sight before the film starts shooting. He had to muddle through with the help of his agent, translator and his ex-wife Ellie to finish filming and editing the film. In this way, Hollywood's dream of fame and fortune instantly degenerated into a nightmare of blindness, and we also used Val's nightmare to peek at his complicated emotional entanglements with his ex-wife and son. There is no hero in this chaotic farce, only one or another little person's emotional loss and pursuit. The word "Hollywood" is just a joke played by Woody Allen under the golden signboard of the United States; After all, The Hollywood Ending is not a popcorn companion shot by rich people sunbathing in Beverly Hills, but an out-and-out lyric work by new york people in the rain. This can be regarded as an ancient proposition surrounding the existence of movies. Some people think that movies, as a category of art, should naturally maintain absolute purity and appropriate sublimity, and cannot give up their dignity as art for money. Some people think that movies, as a popular culture, are inevitable, and because the huge amount of money consumed in making movies can only be recovered by the audience, movies have to please or even fool the audience. These two views are dramatized in the film, and the theoretical conflict between them is materialized into the personality conflict between director Waal and investor Hal. Hal was portrayed as a typical successful businessman from the moment he appeared. He has successfully invested in many Hollywood blockbusters and is rich. It can even be said that he is actually a representative of Hollywood. More importantly, he took Ellie away from Val, and the two of them made an issue from then on. On the other hand, Val is still a typical unlucky Woody Allen, nagging and always nervous. He even imagined that he was suffering from "oxygen allergy" and "elm wilting". He is the representative of a fragile and sensitive artist. Who wins and who loses in the movie has become a secondary issue, and the most important thing is how we, as the audience, deal with these two completely incompatible roles. In the ending of Hollywood, it is easy to find a person's preference from this binary opposition, because Woody Allen tries to make sure that we will fully sympathize with the poor and lovely little old man and hate glib businessmen. Val's rising position in the audience's mind means that in this struggle between business and art, art has gained the upper hand for the time being. After all, in Woody Allen's eyes, movies will never and should not be just a money bowl. As a film medium, film may bear a heavier responsibility to reflect on life and society than other media.