The Seventh Art

February 16, 2010

5 Responses to “Woody Allen Turns Critic”

1. Stephen Says:

   
   February 16, 2010 at 8:32 pm

   Hahaha!

   For me it’s a timely and largely sympathetic portrayal of the lonely and peripatetic existence of a career soldier.

   Thanks for this, JAFB.

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   1. Just Another Film Buff Says:

      
      February 16, 2010 at 9:03 pm

      Haha. Stephen, you might have just triggered an internet meme here.

      It is also one of theater’s greatest melodramas, with a dark subtext about the inseparability of pain and pleasure, nevertheless brimming with humanism and a hope of escape and happiness.

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      1. Stephen Says:

         
         February 16, 2010 at 9:08 pm

         You took the words right out of my mouth!

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2. Sam Juliano Says:

   
   February 20, 2010 at 7:39 pm

   My own favorite scene is the one in BANANAS where he comes off the plane wearing a fake beard paroting every line from the “interpretor.”

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   1. Just Another Film Buff Says:

      
      February 20, 2010 at 8:01 pm

      Ya, that was one hilarious scene. In fact, give me any scene from his “early, funny films” and I’ll be laughing out loud all day.

      “Two Wongs don’t make a white!”, Ha.

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