CAL3 said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

To me, Another Woman and perhaps also maybe The Purple Rose of Cairo are his only 100% flawless films. Every scene is essential and dripping with emotion.

He integrated those trademark Bergman-esque devices of reflection before and since, but never more masterfully and tinged with longing than in Another Woman:

https://www.youtube.com/w...BRiwouSG2c

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Wow, maybe I need to give Another Woman another shot. Couldn't get into it.

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My personal fave: Broadway Danny Rose.

So good, right? I love the way he had all those old comedians reminiscing about the fictional Danny Rose and then they flashback to the story. And making the film in B&W added to the overall feel of New York in 50s-60s

DiminutiveRocker said:

CAL3 said:

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Wow, maybe I need to give Another Woman another shot. Couldn't get into it.

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My personal fave: Broadway Danny Rose.

So good, right? I love the way he had all those old comedians reminiscing about the fictional Danny Rose and then they flashback to the story. And making the film in B&W added to the overall feel of New York in 50s-60s

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Yeah, it really is a beautifully crafted film. And Mia Farrow is so great, so different from her usual style.

CAL3 said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

So good, right? I love the way he had all those old comedians reminiscing about the fictional Danny Rose and then they flashback to the story. And making the film in B&W added to the overall feel of New York in 50s-60s

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Yeah, it really is a beautifully crafted film. And Mia Farrow is so great, so different from her usual style.

Agreed. I think this was her best role in a Woody movie.

DiminutiveRocker said:

CAL3 said:

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Yeah, it really is a beautifully crafted film. And Mia Farrow is so great, so different from her usual style.

Agreed. I think this was her best role in a Woody movie.

Interesting comment, as she is Broadway royalty.

I give Mia A+ props for the attempt and an E for effort, but I think I'm one of the few who just couldn't buy what she was selling as that character. Close but no ceegar... there's a reason that character is completely out of her wheelhouse. It's like if Woody himself played the Javier Bardem role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona...

Honestly in general I find her acting pretty tepid, but I do absolutely love her in Husbands & Wives and especially absolutely in Alice.... Broadway Danny Rose is still a very very solid film, though.

RJOrion said:

Ace said:

DR!

I think Ronan's obsession with trying to take down Woody is just one long, "LOVE ME, DADDY!!! "

woody allen is not even his "daddy", and he knows that

Ronan wishes. I subscribe to the theory that he shows up to his bi-annual appointment to his plastic surgeon with a picture of Frank in his prime, "Make people think I'm related to this guy."

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rdhull said:

Ace said:

Obviously, I agree, rd!

2 great films of his that are rarely mentioned are Zelig and Broadway Danny Rose. Forrest Gump owes a LOT to Zelig and BDR is funny as shit. Mia is amazing in it.

LOVE both of those. And agree re: 'Gump' (which, incidentally, I've never seen ).

DiminutiveRocker said:

rdhull said:

2 great films of his that are rarely mentioned are Zelig and Broadway Danny Rose. Forrest Gump owes a LOT to Zelig and BDR is funny as shit. Mia is amazing in it.

OMG YASSS! Broadway Danny Rose was brilliant! As is... Purple Rose of Cairo, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bullets Over Broadway, Alice, Husbands and Wives , Manhattan Murder Mystery, Manhattan


His body of work really *is* impressive.

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Woody's not still in Spain shooting Rifkin's Festival, is he? I hope he's staying under lockdown right now. We need the Woodster, I'm still having withdrawls from that extra year off due to the fallout from A Rainy Day in New York.

WhisperingDandelions said:

Woody's not still in Spain shooting Rifkin's Festival, is he? I hope he's staying under lockdown right now. We need the Woodster, I'm still having withdrawls from that extra year off due to the fallout from A Rainy Day in New York.

How can I watch that.

rdhull said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

Woody's not still in Spain shooting Rifkin's Festival, is he? I hope he's staying under lockdown right now. We need the Woodster, I'm still having withdrawls from that extra year off due to the fallout from A Rainy Day in New York.

How can I watch that.

I think it had a limited release in Europe... not sure. I'd like to see it too.

Ace?

RJOrion said:

imagine if Spike Lee wouldve molested a 7 year old daughter of a girlfriend, and then had sex with and later MARRIED that same girlfriend's OTHER daughter, after having a sexual relationship with the girlfriend's other daughter for SEVERAL years...the outrage from "mainstream America" would be deafening... but not for guys like Woody Allen and Roman Polanski...they must have some sort of pass, or get some kind of privilege

yeah.. kinda like Harvey Weinstein and R. Kelly, huh?

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DiminutiveRocker said:

RJOrion said:

imagine if Spike Lee wouldve molested a 7 year old daughter of a girlfriend, and then had sex with and later MARRIED that same girlfriend's OTHER daughter, after having a sexual relationship with the girlfriend's other daughter for SEVERAL years...the outrage from "mainstream America" would be deafening... but not for guys like Woody Allen and Roman Polanski...they must have some sort of pass, or get some kind of privilege

Except he didnt molest anybody. And imagine being a fan of an artist and posting on the website of the guy who groomed an underage girl and married her and had sex with her right about when she became legal age.

rdhull said:

RJOrion said:

imagine if Spike Lee wouldve molested a 7 year old daughter of a girlfriend, and then had sex with and later MARRIED that same girlfriend's OTHER daughter, after having a sexual relationship with the girlfriend's other daughter for SEVERAL years...the outrage from "mainstream America" would be deafening... but not for guys like Woody Allen and Roman Polanski...they must have some sort of pass, or get some kind of privilege

Except he didnt molest anybody. And imagine being a fan of an artist and posting on the website of the guy who groomed an underage girl and married her and had sex with her right about when she became legal age.

should the art be considered separate from the person?

^^ Yes. I've had this conversation many times. Bad people can make good Art and vice versa.

RJOrion said:

Ace said:

Due to walkout by virtue-signalling, know-nothing sub-mentals. You can read the truth about the allegation re: Dylan here:

https://ronanfarrowletter...en-part-i/

maybe Aunt Jemima aka Oprah Winfrey will do a documentary about this incestuous child molesting, pedophile... i doubt it though

The bolded part really makes you sound like a totally uninformed idiot.

jfenster said:

should the art be considered separate from the person?

Every situation should be on its own basis, findings, and facts, however, to balatantly lie about some shit because you're uninformed, ignorant, or both, is some bullshit.

RJOrion said:

woody allen sexually abused dylan farrow...or i guess the victim is lying again, huh?...or how about the court cases for Mr. Allen regarding his inappropriate behavior towards Dylan Farrow...but i guess thats what they call uninformed, these days...i could go and on about woody allen, but its already well documented...in court...but go ahead yall, forgive and forget, right?...or should i just copy and paste all of the information from the case presided over by the Honorable Judge Wilk: In his 33-page decision, Judge Wilk found that Mr. Allen’s behavior toward Dylan was “grossly inappropriate and that measures must be taken to protect her.” The judge also recounts Farrow’s misgivings regarding Allen’s behavior toward Dylan from the time she was between two and three years old. According to the judge’s decision, Farrow told Allen, “You look at her [Dylan] in a sexual way. You fondled her . . . You don’t give her any breathing room. You look at her when she’s naked.” etc,. etc., etc., that aint even half of it...but ill let yall finish the love fest.. NOW...BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING

Did you like Match Point or not?

rdhull said:

rdhull said:

RJOrion said:

rdhull said:

Except he didnt molest anybody. And imagine being a fan of an artist and posting on the website of the guy who groomed an underage girl and married her and had sex with her right about when she became legal age.

Prince was a nasty child molester IF he was touching on Mayte while she was illegal...only one problem home boy... NO ONE has EVER officially alleged Prince to have done ANY sexual hijinks with ANY underage girls..Mayte was 16...Dylan was between 2 and 7...Woody Allen was accused by not only the victim, but the victims mother, the victim's brother, the victim...and The Honorable Judge Wilk...now, who are these Prince Rogers Nelson underage sexual abuse accusers, other than your own imagination?...what judge presided over this case in your mind?...who is the accuser mother and brother?...did they see what Mia and Ronan saw?...you said i was uninformed....please inform me [Edited 3/12/20 17:13pm]

Wait till you get a load of Manhattan.

RJOrion said:

i might watch it...just for you

RJOrion said:

Lots of people commit crimes they are never charged with. I am mystified why anyone would say they know definitively one way or another. We just don't know.

The Prince thing is way creepier if people take off their fanboy goggles for ten seconds.... And I thought Mayte was much younger than 16 when they actually met. Sitting back, lusting away, counting the days until she's 18 like we used to count the days until Christmas as kids. Premeditated action is usually considered a little bit more sinister than one of passion in every other life circumstance... unless, you know, you wrote "Pink Cashmere". Hey now, exhibit B, because grooming just ain't real grooming until you break out the expensive gift exchange... wonder what he got in return.

But classifying Annie Hall as "unrelatable" is the most offensive thing written in this thread thus far, bar none... Have you no soul, sir?

And I'm still the only other to comment on Moses Farrow's blog, just for the record.

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