Not so keen on Woody Allen but Sleeper had me in stitches and brings back some great memories...
Zelig is worth watching as well.
Not so keen on Woody Allen but Sleeper had me in stitches and brings back some great memories...
Zelig is worth watching as well.
Woody acts the part of a neurotic Jew, it's New York Jewish humour.
No shit, Sherlock?
Fuck me, I never knew that.
You surely have to be the dumbest mofo posting.
^ Good morning, Mr Happy...Have another sausage, old bean...
Fuck off and stalk someone else you mofo cvunt.
Is that a Swedish twat, cvunt, you potty-mouthed wee dinkweed?...Heh...
Haven't you got prostate cancer or something?
Well, fuck off and die, you paralysed streak of creepy, stalking, putrid piss.
Woody has made some great films over the years, despite whatever is happening in his private life.
Good that someone is getting decent films into the mainstream apart from the usual turgid Hollywood shite. (The Coen brothers deserve a nod, too).
Woody's personal life (especially in the puritannical, sex-obsessed US) has overshadowed his movie output, but so fucking what? - I still listen to Gary Glitter's music.
Thegent, you have deeply offended me with your streaking...Didn't that die out in the early seventies?...
I have to say that never in my entire cineaste history have I ever taken into account the personal life, or lives, of any of those who were responsible for bringing the film to the screen.
Was one's appreciation of Polanski's The Pianist affected by his alleged assault on some underage Californian slapper?
Was the great Alastair Sim's work diminished because he fancied younger meat?
Woody Allen is one of the great American film makers and should be remembered accordingly.
Well, you'll be happy (maybe) to know that you're not judged solely on your travails with sausages...
Fuck off spunkbag.
It comes from a Radio 4 BBC half hour radio documentary on Jewish New York humour, and only Jewish folks contributed to the program. I never knew this until Jewish artists pointed this out.
Because of bigots like you, I cannot repeat what Jews say, it's sacred , only a Jew is allowed to talk about Jewish life.
Amazing how SA commented that everybody knew this, did you read that.
You're even thicker than I thought. So you listened to a half hour show on Jewish New York humour and all you managed to glean from it which you considered worth posting on a thread about Woody Allen is that he is a neurotic Jewish New Yorker. Christ almighty. How do people like you make it to adulthood?It comes from a Radio 4 BBC half hour radio documentary on Jewish New York humour,
Anyway, surprised that Manhattan hasn't been mentioned. Love and Death is also one of my favourites.
The one in Rome was terrible, his worst film ever. I like Radio days, full of nostalgia that captures the 30's very nicely, Manhattan of course is his best work. Not interested in his personal life or unsubstantiated rumors, he married a young woman who was adopted by a nutty woman, big deal.
Watched a couple more WA films I have not seen before this week.
Magic In The Moonlight
Funny and clever story about an intellectual stage magician (Colin Firth) and an aspiring medium dancing the tango round each other.
Nice parallels/contrasts between the irrationality of the spirit world and the irrationality of human emotions.
Raises questions about whether happy illusion or sober clarity is the better perspective to have in life.
Good value.
7.7/10
To Rome with Love
It is entertaining in the way you expect WA films to be.
Cleverly constructed and could have been a great movie and a classic WA.
However, the script is unpolished and lacks the usual subtly and nuance and the scenes feel rushed and the humour forced.
Strange since you would think Allen would slow down with age. His performance (he acts as well as directs) is certainly showing his age.
The end product is Woody-Allen-Extra-Lite
6.3/10
The maestro of the movies may be slowly losing it.
When Jason Alexander went to audition for the part of George Costanza on Seinfield, Larry David told him, "Just do your best Woody Allen impersonation."
"And that's what I've been doing ever since," claims Alexander.
...Woody Allen quote: Human existence is precarious, terrifying and pointless...
^Is that from his new biography book TC?
I have downloaded it but not read it yet.
I started rewatchnig all of his films again about 6 months ago.
The guy is a cinematic genius. My OP from 4 years ago was hopelessly understated now that I re-read it.
His observations on human nature are brilliantly sharp, hilarious, timeless and profoundly insightful.
I watched Allen's latest creation 'Rifkins Festival' last week, and while the criticism levelled at it (53%) was mostly fair, I still enjoyed it a lot, but maybe my enjoyment was partly sentimental 7/10
I then approached his previous film 'A Rainy Day in New York' tonight with some trepidation since it fared even worse (47%). This was the one that got delayed and then dumped by Amazon in the hullabaloo around the #metoo fandango
But the critical beating it copped was a beat-up in my opinion. This was Woody Allen classic stuff and laugh out loud funny with the usual wonderful mixture of relationship rollercoaster comedy and existential angst - 8/10
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