I knew I would never see an old fashioned "Early Funny" Woody Allen comedy again when Woody wore turn-of-the-century glasses in this film.
In the first segment of "EVERYTHING ABOUT SEX" he wore 1972 glasses in 16th century England and in "LOVE & DEATH" he wore 1975 glasses in 1812 Russia. "MIDSUMMER" was the start of the filmmaker taking himself and his work much to seriously.
Haha I noticed his old fashioned glasses right away in this movie but didn't think much of it besides the fact that he looked good but after reading your comments I must say your completely right and I couldn't have said it better myself.
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Yeah. He never made a good movie after the appearance of Midsummer. "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Broadway Danny Rose," "Hannah And Her Sisters," "Radio Days," "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "Husbands And Wives," "Manhatten Murder Mystery," "Bullets of Broadway," "Everyone Says I Love You," "Deconstructing Harry," "Sweet And Lowdown," and "Match Point" were all horrible and self-indulgent. :rolleyes:
Some people...
It's not that he never made a good movie after this one. He never made an early funny movie after this movie. But I doubt this was a turning point, it's just an example of how he changed (maybe not for the better) after Annie Hall.
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Yeah, but Tony Roberts has regular Tony Roberts hair and beard in this. It's not very period.
sharehilarious that a poster says 'he never made an early funny film after this one' - hilarious because it's so silly to say, and yet we know exactly what it means and have to agree...
i think what we all should be saying is that the collections of oneliners got more hammered out into continuous strip stories, while the slapstick silent-comedy-inspired gags disappeared almost entirely...
and he changed his glasses.
If only this film (and Zelig from the next year) could have been as hilarious as Interiors
This story has never ended
Actually, he wore 1957 glasses in 16th century England and 1812 Russia.
shareI know what you mean by "early funny" -that ludicrous (I mean that in a good way) jokey slapstick style he used in the seventies.
But I think Bullets Over Broadway is one of his funniest movies, and that was over a decade later. It wasn't the early funny style, but its a very very funny movie.
My guess about the glasses would be that here, he wasn't trying to mock a period, as he did in "Love and Death", but to use it. So, along with some pretty authentic, turn-of-the-century clothing and customs, he ditched the Buddy Holly glasses. Why this time period?
Well, the film is about the new ideas and practices in sex and relationships,in the early 1900's, with which educated people were experimenting then, such as the idea that a woman had a right to enjoy sex or that a man might care if she did or not, ideas that were totally lacking during the Victorian era.
Luckily, instead of making a somber treatise about this (if you want a good one, watch Warren Beatty's "Reds"--the sexuality goes with revolution), he turns it into a classic face, which is brilliant because, let's face it, sex IS pretty damned awkward, bumbling and funny. Especially with corsets, pantaloons and long underwear!
She deserves her revenge, and we deserve to die.
Maybe you mean, "classic farce!" but we forgive you.
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler!" - Merkin Muffley
Thanks for the absolution! But, not being Christian, it won't do me any good in the afterlife. suppose I could quote Roy Batty here and say, "Nothing that the god of bio-mechanics wouldn't let you into heaven for" (or something to that effect).
I do medical editing as a way to make money when not critiquing films and other things, and your quick pick-up of that typo would be something appreciated in that line of work! To quote another unsung hero, Huell (sp?) in "Breaking Bad", "All's ahm sayin'..."! :D
Don't get me wrong...
It might be unbelievable,
But let's not say so long
Just watched it again and I am surprised there are not more posts here about it.
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler!" - Merkin Muffley
Actually Stardust Memories which I love was a hint. The 70's were the 70's and the 80's and 90's were both different decades but good movies maybe not the hey day in the 70's those are classics hands down. After 2000 Woody just does movies for the sake of doing movies.
shareI thought "Blue Jasmine was very good, just not a flat-out silly comedy.
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