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Woody Allen appreciation thread Ok who likes Woody Allen? I love his movies! I know he gets on alot of people's nerves but I don't know his movies to me are hilarious.  | |
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Krystal666 said: Ok who likes Woody Allen?
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It's too bad he boned Soon-Yi, 'cause there is so much of value in his work (especially the stuff he did during the Mia years, ironically enough) and people will kinda dismiss him out of hand now. He's been pandering quite a bit since the scandal, though. | |
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Deconstructing Harry is an amazing film. All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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I enjoy about half of them. He's very Prince-like in his output ,averaging about 1 movie a year for 3 decades. "...all you need ...is justa touch...of mojo hand....." | |
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Outside of his movies, the documentary...
...Wild Man Blues was a nice view of his musical pursuits. tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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I don't think I could stand Woody Allen in real life, but I love some of his movies. His classic neurotic persona was cool when it was emblematic of the quirky individualism so celebrated in the late sixties and throughout the seventies, as well as of the new "sensitive" man that emerged during that time. Alas, as in real life, neurosis can only be interesting for so long before it starts looking pathologically self-involved. This was all too clear in the documentary they made about his jazz ensemble going to Europe -- there you can see for yourself that the neurosis and the phobias are no act, and they are far less entertaining when they are not part of a motion picture. | |
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i am a huge fan.
my two faves: annie hall and bullets over broadway Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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2freaky4church1 said: Deconstructing Harry is an amazing film.
Yes, one of the few from the post-Mia era that I would rank up there with his best. | |
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Ace said: 2freaky4church1 said: Deconstructing Harry is an amazing film.
Yes, one of the few from the post-Mia era that I would rank up there with his best. you guys caught the "cameo" by a mia look-alike at the end of 'deconstructing harry', right? it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot, but at the end, when he's confronted with the room full of all his characters at the university honors function, there's a really super quick cutaway shot to a mia look-alike surrounded by asian children. kinda creepy, but i thought it was an interesting comment... | |
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Anxiety said: Ace said: Yes, one of the few from the post-Mia era that I would rank up there with his best. you guys caught the "cameo" by a mia look-alike at the end of 'deconstructing harry', right? it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot, but at the end, when he's confronted with the room full of all his characters at the university honors function, there's a really super quick cutaway shot to a mia look-alike surrounded by asian children. kinda creepy, but i thought it was an interesting comment... No, I missed that! Will have to rent and have a look. | |
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