To Rome with Love (2012)

Woody Allen does not base his movies on true stories. Much that is worth knowing about life does not present itself as a story. Besides, one does not need to deal in facts when one's ambition is to inspire the audience to depart from the received life stories.

Realism convinces by deception. Allenism seeks consenting audience. It then speaks to one in seven, as good poetry does, appearing foreign to the remaining six, but never insincere.

Not to be intense is not to be. One can be more if offset by an appropriate hue of red.