Woody Allen films

I like Annie Hall perhaps the best. Purple Rose of Cairo was good too. And there's a "Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy". Compliments of the Internet data base. Woody Allen Filmography as Director: What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) Take the Money and Run (1969) Bananas (1971) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972) Sleeper (1973) Love and Death (1975) Annie Hall (1977) (AA) (GGN) Interiors (1978) (AAN) (GGN) Manhattan (1979) Stardust Memories (1980) Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, A (1982) Zelig (1983) Broadway Danny Rose (1984) (AAN) Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) (AAN) (GGN) Radio Days (1987) September (1987) Another Woman (1988) New York Stories (1989) (segment 3) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) (AAN) Alice (1990) Shadows and Fog (1992) Husbands and Wives (1992) Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (there are a few more that I'll dig up)

The Allen films consist of three "eras". The first era starts with Tiger Lily up until Love & Death, and is pretty mucxh oddball comedies. Then, from Annie to Zelig, there are more "serious" films (including Annie and Manhattan even) The latter third seems to be a more serious Allen, looking at childhood (radio Days), adultery, murder, and "Big Important Themes Other Than Love But Not So Bergmanesque" as one critic put it.

Woody is truly one of my favorite filmmakers. I prefer his older stuff to the new. My favorites are The Purple Rose of Cairo and Sleeper. I've seen Bananas, Annie Hall, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Don't drink the water (tv), and a part of Mighty Aphrodite. I'm planning to see Deconstructing Harry. It's unfortunate that his movies don't make money anymore.

How was Sleeper? Haven't seen it.

("sleeper" was outstanding...) yeah, it's hard to beat "annie hall", probably one of the best films, of any kind, ever made... (and among select "best picture" winners that really deserved the honor)... "play it again sam" really ought to be included among his filmography (even though it was, ostensibly, directed by herbert ross)... woody starred in it, and scripted it from his own play, and it feels every bit a "woody allen film"...(and it's quite good, one of his best)... saw "mighty aphrodite" (twice) this weekend (liked it a lot, and mira was great)...

SLEEPER is a lot of fun. One of my favorite scenes is when Woody and Diane K reanact a scene from A Streetcar Named Desire and Woody plays Blanche while Diane plays Stanley Kowalski. It's hilarious.

Important piece about Woody Allen in Salon: http://www.salonmagazine.com/ent/movies/1998/01/cov_16woody.html

that was fascinating, terry, thanks for posting it... what do you think? do you agree with that guy's premise about woody? (seemed to me that maybe he was wound just a little tight, at least where woody's concerned... projecting a lot into/onto his work that was never intended- by woody- and then waxing shrill upon discovering the truth, that woody's just as imperfect as anyone else, and just as uncomfortable with/confused by the truth as anyone else, too... also somewhat leery of those overusing words like "intellectual" and "art", because they are usually neither intellectual, nor capable of recognizing genuine art on it's own merit (must pass some b.s. standard of exclusion... god, how i detest "art" snobs)... also- and this is pertinent to the question (somehow)- how could ANYONE prefer "tender is the night" to "gatsby"? and should such a person be permitted to criticize anything?)

Wow, that last statement really calls his credentials into question, Nick.

yeah... he should have his license revoked (or something)...

Isn't there some association that bestowed his accreditation upon him? Or can just anyone call themselves a critic?

think the chief criterion is flunking out of film school...

[1~Autumn... everyone's a critic"everyone's a critic" (add 'har hars' at will)