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When I was a kid, I saw "Sleeper", "Take the Money and Run", and "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" on TV several times and thought they were hilarious.
I saw most of his films from "Annie Hall" through "Hannah and Her Sisters" back in their days, but didn't follow his work in the 1990's-on. I can't really remember much about them and haven't given much thought to them, although I know I usually liked what I watched.
I recently saw "Blue Jasmine" and was really impressed with Cate Blanchett's acting.
I like Allen's movies because they are grown-up movies, not the typical escapist fare of superheros, explosions, chases, shooting, etc. I'm a fan of other auteurs like the Coens and Jarmusch, as well.
I never saw "Shadows and Fog" but out of ones I haven't seen, I think I should find it to watch.
Now, pertaining to the latest accusations: with some people lumping Allen in with Roman Polanski (while also getting a lot of the known details wrong), guess who is friends with Polanski, who didn't object to his Academy Award, who even testified for him in a libel suit after he fled the country? Mia Farrow!
Now, pertaining to the latest accusations: with some people lumping Allen in with Roman Polanski (while also getting a lot of the known details wrong), guess who is friends with Polanski, who didn't object to his Academy Award, who even testified for him in a libel suit after he fled the country? Mia Farrow!
Not surprised about Mia Farrow that supported him - others in the industry still did and still do.
Those who do probably would sing a different tune if something like that happened to their
daughters.
I try not to think about his private life. I think that if the accusations are true then it is horrible that it happened. If they are not true, then it'd be awful to be wrongly accused. However, I don't think any of us will ever truly know the truth.
As for the movies:
Annie Hall
To Rome With Love
and Midnight in Paris. I can watch Midnight in Paris a million times over and not get sick of it.
I want to see Blue Jasmine, haven't gotten around to it yet.
I try not to think about his private life. ...I don't think any of us will ever truly know the truth.
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Here's what we do know about his private life, even if people choose not to believe Dylan: he has a proclivity for young women, and had an affair with a 17-year old when he was decades older. Oh, and he took nekkid pics of his son's sister (or are we always supposed to say "adopted" now...adoptees just can't catch a break, can they?) going back to when the kid was 13 and 14.
I wouldn't want to think about that, either, while I was adding to his coffers.
Really, you only need to see two or three movies, because they're all the same, especially the characters. It doesn't matter if he casts Owen Wilson in the 2010's; you can rest assured that he'll talk just like Woody Allen in the 1960's, and they'll discuss the same vintage upper-class Manhattan topics anyway.
Interesting asking this in light of recent events....
But at any rate... Of the "earlier funnier" movies my favorite is Love and Death. F***in' hilarious that one. Annie Hall gets honorable mention of course. Of his more serious movies my favorite is Crimes and Misdemeanors. I think that one eclipses pretty much everything else he's ever made. It echoes my feelings about the human race's position in the universe. That is that it's a godless universe and that we're all just a bunch of "absurd animals running around without rhyme or reason", at the same time that we pretend to ourselves that there is "rhyme and reason" or some kind of meaning to our existence. A sentiment Allen has expressed many times that I happen to agree with. Hannah and Her Sisters gets honorable mention.
Some films are bewildering and yet are considered classics, though not popular favorites with mass appeal. Eraserhead, anyone?
That Lynch film is interesting. I think in each of his films you can see his imagination just running wild through the frames. Some guys are just creative geniuses. Which leads me to Mr. Allen. I do enjoy film and its stuidy but for some reason I never ever warmed to him and his work not one. Like Eraserhead, it's a 'strange' situation. I mean he gets written up lavishly as an auteur up with the greats. And also everyone's dying to get a part in his films..even Mr. Spacey who wonders why he never got picked yet. There must be something I'm not picking up!
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...adoptees just can't catch a break, can they?) going back to when the kid was 13 and 14.
