Woody Allen S/D?

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Am I alone in thinking that Sweet and Lowdown is the best thing he's done since Bullets Over Broadway?

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 30 January 2004 21:19 (twenty years ago) link

Crimes and Misdemeanors and Radio Days.

Barton Fink (bartonf), Monday, 2 February 2004 09:45 (twenty years ago) link

Nobody seems to have mentioned it - and I have no idea what the consensus is - but I really liked Celebrity. Kenneth Branagh doing an absolutely outrageously obvious Woody impersonation has to be seen to be believed....

David Nolan (David N.), Monday, 2 February 2004 23:30 (twenty years ago) link

Funniest - Love & Death
Best 'serious' - Husbands & Wives (though I haven't seen it for years)
Best mix - Annie Hall

N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 00:39 (twenty years ago) link

Zelig. Stardust Memories. Annie Hall. Sleeper.

PVC (peeveecee), Thursday, 5 February 2004 23:30 (twenty years ago) link

two weeks pass...
Anything Else of his worth seeing.

quite true.

DrTwo, Friday, 20 February 2004 21:05 (twenty years ago) link

Am I alone in thinking that Sweet and Lowdown is the best thing he's done since Bullets Over Broadway?

You are not. That was a wonderful movie, and Sean Penn deserves much love for it.

Funniest - Love & Death

I dunno. As far as slapstick goes, a lot of his movies have that element. The gorilla in Stardust Memories is one of his funniest moments ever. And Sleeper has this genius sequence where he's making instant pudding, adds too much water, and ends up having to beat it back with a broom. I nearly peed the first time I saw that.

Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 21 February 2004 08:00 (twenty years ago) link

I don't think it's the slapstick in Love & Death that really makes me laugh the most. As I recall, it's the conversations with Diane Keaton.

N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 21 February 2004 14:24 (twenty years ago) link

somehow i find "crimes.." to be his best, which is strange, because woody is not that much a part of the film (compared to his others). I

I think "Everyone says..." is underrated, partially because i read a good review in Rolling Stone (suspend disbelief) that compared the movie to Evita, and how Woody was bringing back a lost intimacy and amaterism to musicals. Any fan or detractor of Woody will at least recognize the excellent cinematography in his movies, and I think "Everyone..." has some of the best. Since the movie takes place in Venice and Paris in addition to NYC...

Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:04 (twenty years ago) link

three weeks pass...
Definately recommend "Broadway Danny Rose." I think it's his funniest film.

Sean D. (Sean the guy), Thursday, 25 March 2004 23:22 (twenty years ago) link

twelve years pass...

IIRC Cusack's declaration at the end of manhattan murder mystery that he is not an artist - classic

calstars, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link

Bullets over Broadway

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 00:37 (seven years ago) link

Yes, ty

calstars, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 01:37 (seven years ago) link


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