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| Nelson_Mandela 06/27/19 1:10:20 PM #74: | #45. Annie Hall https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Anniehallposter.jpg Dir: Woody Allen Genre: Comedy, Romance Year: 1977 This is what everyone thinks of when they think of Woody Allen movies. And for good reason--Annie Hall is one of the smartest, sharpest, funniest, and deepest romantic comedies ever made. Annie Hall has a more experimental narrative than one might realize. It jumps around in chronology, breaks the fourth wall, and is structured almost as sketches rather than scenes in a movie. There's a point in Annie Hall shortly after they visit California when you sort of ask yourself "okay, where are they going with all of this?" But then it all comes together brilliantly in the end. You realize the sketches that outline the structure of the film are made that way because they function as memories--short little snippets of a relationship that often stick with you longer than anything else. All of these coalesce as Alvy reminisces about Annie and it finally sinks in how much the little moments can matter in life. And it all closes with my favorite ending monologue, recapitulating an "old" joke about the absurdity of love itself. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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