So he's bored at a party, barges into the kitchen, shows off to the two catering partners and charms them. Sets off a little rivalry that of course blows up when he dates both of them, effectively killing what seems to be a promising catering business. Jerk. Oh, well. Looks like Holly will be even more successful as a writer than she was as a caterer.
shareThe architect was definitely a jerk, but Holly's insecurities and tacit competitiveness with April was ultimately going to break them up at some point in the future. The architect was merely the catalyst.
I think there's been a rape up there!
Good point. I suppose the architect did them a favor by breaking them up before they became entrenched in their business.
shareYeah, that's what I'm thinking. It's just great storytelling on Woody's part. We learn so much about, well, all three characters because of their interactions. We see how aloof this architect is, how pretentious April is, and how desperate and diffident Holly is. So good.
I think there's been a rape up there!
April got the better end of the deal though. Because at the end of the day, Holly has to sleep with, and even gets impregnated by, a guy that looks like Woody Allen.
shareThe architect's character isn't fleshed out enough to make a judgment on his integrity. He's only in three scenes, the third as a spectator at an opera. All I gathered was he's a successful architect, recently divorced, interested in opera and casual dating. It's Holly who perceives the one date as the beginning of a long relationship, and then is disappointed and vengeful toward April, when he chooses to continue dating April, and not her. So the architect himself has little to do with it. It's Holly's unrealistic expectations, that results in her falling out with April.
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