INT. DOCTOR'S OFFICE-DAY

Alvy as young boy sits on a sofa with his mother in an old-fashioned,
cluttered doctor's office. The doctor stands near the sofa, holding a
cigarette and listening.

MOTHER
(To the doctor)
He's been depressed. All off a sudden,
he can't do anything.

DOCTOR
(Nodding)
Why are you depressed, Alvy?

MOTHER
(Nudging Alvy)
Tell Dr. Flicker.
(Young Alvy sits, his head down. His
mother answers for him)
It's something he read.

DOCTOR
(Puffing on his cigarette and
nodding)
Something he read, huh?

ALVY
(His head still down)
The universe is expanding.

DOCTOR
The universe is expanding?

ALVY
(Looking up at the doctor)
Well, the universe is everything, and if
it's expanding, someday it will break apart
and that would be the end of everything!

Disgusted, his mother looks at him.

MOTHER
(shouting)
What is that your business?
(she turns back to the doctor)
He stopped doing his homework.

ALVY
What's the point?

MOTHER
(Excited, gesturing with her hands)
What has the universe got to do with it?
You're here in Brooklyn! Brooklyn is not
expanding!

DOCTOR
(Heartily, looking down at Alvy)
It won't be expanding for billions of years
yet, Alvy. And we've gotta try to enjoy
ourselves while we're here. Uh?

eh?

IceNine, have you lost the plot???

Since when do existentialists need a specific reason to be depressed?

Aerogram said:

There need be no reason for profound suffering.

Perspective...perspective...

What the hell are you going on about?

Good god, man... Am I the only one who has seen "Annie Hall" and finds that exchange funny?

IceNine said:

I agree.

IceNine said:

Woody Allen? You ARE depressed...

teller said:

Good lord, man... Woody Allen is one of my heroes!

here we go


round 2

..
MOTHER
(shouting)
What is that your business?



..

stepinrazor said:

That was my favorite part of that exchange!!!

:LOL:

IceNine said:

Face it... Buster's the original existentialist comedian.

My favorite Woody Allen film!
(in fact one of my favorite films ever)

I love that bit!

My analyst says I exaggerate my childhood
memories, but I swear I was brought up
underneath the rollercoaster in the Coney
Island section of Brooklyn. Maybe that
accounts for my personality, which is a
little nervous, I think.


The bit in the cinema queue is great too!

Brilliant!

Together with "Manhattan", "Annie Hall" is my favourite film by Woody Allen. A perfect film and the best to ever win an oscar for best film, hehe.

Unfortunately, nowadays Woody is not nearly as good as he used to be, imho.

garganta said:

I actually LOVE almost all of his work... my favorite movies are his dramas though... he is brilliant!

Play It Again Sam has me constantly in stitches.

"Tell her to wear heels. What am I, Toulose LeTrec?!?!"

ConsciousContact said:

Another classic!

Woody Allen is the best...

I just got the "Play it Again Sam" DVD recently.

I love his short in 'New York Stories' it has me rolling every time.

applekisses said:

"Oedipus Wrecks" was a classic piece of humor!