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Monday, April 23, 2007

My small review of Annie Hall ( 1975) movie


One day, I saw one thread in a film forum citing
the best movie from Woody Allen is Annie Hall.
I liked his recent movie like Match point, Any thing else etc. So I brought Annie Hall DVD. Woody acted & wrote & directed this movie. Now coming to movie, it start with Woody talking to audience the following

There's an old joke.
Two elderly women are at a Catskills mountain resort, and one of them says: "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible."
The other one says, "Yeah, I know, and such... small portions."

Well, that's essentially how I feel about life.
Full of loneliness and misery and suffering and unhappiness,
and it's all over much too quickly.


Again another joke. Movie slowly shift to his latest girl friend Annie
& to his earlier girl friends in nonlinear way. Woody used lot of new techniques too.
In particular split screen technique concept was too good. He & Annie both talking to psychiatrist about sexual problems at the same time, (His family & ann’s family dinner scenes were very funny. Woody & Annie introduction scene dialogs were simply effective & natural & full of realism. Movie ends with following joke.

You know, this- this-this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says,
"Doc, my brother's crazy. He thinks he's a chicken."
And,the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?"
And the guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs."

Well, I guess that's pretty much how how I feel about relationships.
You know, they are totally irrational and crazy and absurd and...
but I guess we keep going through it because, most of us need the eggs.

Woody & Diane Keaton (Annie hall) performance was very good.
Watched same movie twice in two successive days. A must match movie.
I will put more quotes later.

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