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Josh Radnor: The new Woody Allen?

posted 11 years ago by i-deep28
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First of all, all Woody Allen fans, dont jump at my throat. I mean no disrespect & of course, Allen has made, & continues to make, some of the best movies ever & Radnor's films are not of the same caliber as, say, Annie Hall or Deconstructing Harry.
But what I mean is, there seems to be many similarities in Radnor's two films & Allens work. Things that struck me were: the artsy, intellectual type protagonist, the obvious tributes to New York, the fact that both films are romantic comedies and so on.
There are differences too: Radnor comes of as much more optimistic than Allen.
Thoughts?

[–] dabooneman81 11 years ago

Yeah..i can see it..this had elements of woody's film "manhattan".. Happythankyouplease had complex relationships like woodys films..new york as a backdrop

[–] zenithon 11 years ago

Please don't insult Josh like that. No disrespect to the Woody fans, but hard as I try, I can't make it through most of his films. I wish I could, I'm sure I'm missing out on something, but I just don't connect to it. Same goes for Monte Python.

[–] AdvanceIstheMan 10 years ago

You saying not to insult him with comparisons to Woody Allen is one of the worst posts I've ever seen on here.

[–] 10 years ago

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[–] ilykyu 10 years ago

I see more Ed Burns or Eric Schaeffer, though they are two others who are kinda trying to follow in the footsteps of Allen, stories with a more inward focused and self reflective if not outright narcissistic endeavor.

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[–] fluffset 10 years ago

Radnor just did 2 movie now and its not really good to compared with Allen which is I love his movies so much. Yeah, there is an Allen's feel in his movie but just noticed after you post this.

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[–] Howlin Wolf 9 years ago

It seemed like he was self-consciously going for that, with the opening credits...

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Yes! I haven't seen Radnor's other movie, but after watching Liberal Arts, I immediately made a comparison to Woody Allen's films in my head.
The intellectual approach to relationships, the deep, moral insights mixed with oddball humor...I think it is clear that Radnor is a fan of Woody Allen's films.