Cory's Top 10 Woody Allen Movies
Sep. 9th, 2008 03:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
csberry10. Deconstructing Harry - The segment with Robin Williams, where his character is literally out of focus, features witty special effects that perfectly fit with the joke. Judy Davis and Julia Louis-Dreyfus have great performances.
9. What's Up, Tiger Lily? - Mystery Science Theater 3000 decades before the show. This hilarious mash up of martial arts movie and Woody Allen comedy would work well in a double-feature with Airplane! or Zoolander.
8. Bullets Over Broadway - John Cusack in the "Woody" role. Diane Weist is BEYOND over-the-top as this showbiz vamping queen. Jennifer Tilly is perfectly cast!
7. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - Intelligent humor mixed with romance and folly.
6. Sleeper - Is the future going to be as bleak and lacking in human connection as it is depicted here...or is the future only emotionally bleak because this is a Woody Allen movie? This early comedy is probably the most "complete" of his early films; the plot comes together nicely into a central story and theme without an abundance of side gags and random twists.
5. Crimes & Misdemeanors - I did a paper on this movie in college focusing on the issue of justice. I could have written an analysis on many other aspects of this story with characters in various shades of gray. I think Angelica Huston's character had what was coming to her, though. ;)
4. Love and Death - More evidence that there is intelligence behind the comedian's silly goofs and one-liners.
3. Manhattan - It is one of the highest of cinematic sins to not ALWAYS watch this movie in widescreen. This movie is a beautifully shot film. I love the story. Besides, what guy doesn't desire to grope Mariel Hemingway?
2. Hannah and Her Sisters - This is probably closer to being tied with first as opposed to placing second. This was probably the first Woody Allen movie I saw. I completely became a fan of Diane Weist from this movie and was thrilled that she made it into more of Woody's movies. What a fantastic ensemble piece.
1. Annie Hall - It's really damn hard not to pick this as my favorite. Iconic scenes, superb chemistry, and a fascinating cast elevate an earnest love story that I lurve. Because of this movie, I will never let Christopher Walken drive me anywhere at night.
9. What's Up, Tiger Lily? - Mystery Science Theater 3000 decades before the show. This hilarious mash up of martial arts movie and Woody Allen comedy would work well in a double-feature with Airplane! or Zoolander.
8. Bullets Over Broadway - John Cusack in the "Woody" role. Diane Weist is BEYOND over-the-top as this showbiz vamping queen. Jennifer Tilly is perfectly cast!
7. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - Intelligent humor mixed with romance and folly.
6. Sleeper - Is the future going to be as bleak and lacking in human connection as it is depicted here...or is the future only emotionally bleak because this is a Woody Allen movie? This early comedy is probably the most "complete" of his early films; the plot comes together nicely into a central story and theme without an abundance of side gags and random twists.
5. Crimes & Misdemeanors - I did a paper on this movie in college focusing on the issue of justice. I could have written an analysis on many other aspects of this story with characters in various shades of gray. I think Angelica Huston's character had what was coming to her, though. ;)
4. Love and Death - More evidence that there is intelligence behind the comedian's silly goofs and one-liners.
3. Manhattan - It is one of the highest of cinematic sins to not ALWAYS watch this movie in widescreen. This movie is a beautifully shot film. I love the story. Besides, what guy doesn't desire to grope Mariel Hemingway?
2. Hannah and Her Sisters - This is probably closer to being tied with first as opposed to placing second. This was probably the first Woody Allen movie I saw. I completely became a fan of Diane Weist from this movie and was thrilled that she made it into more of Woody's movies. What a fantastic ensemble piece.
1. Annie Hall - It's really damn hard not to pick this as my favorite. Iconic scenes, superb chemistry, and a fascinating cast elevate an earnest love story that I lurve. Because of this movie, I will never let Christopher Walken drive me anywhere at night.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2008-09-09 10:53 pm (UTC)3. Stardust Memories. There is this one scene where Woody Allen is on the beach with his starlet girlfriend played by the sensuous Charlotte Rampling. It's a medium shot and Rampling gives Allen a gift, he gets really excited about it and as he's going on and on about it, he walks out of the frame. When he comes back into the frame it's not the adult Woody Allen, but a 13 or 14 year old version of him, still going on about the gift. Ingenious!
2. Banana's. The opening scene with Howard Kosell commentating on a political assasination as if it were a sporting event.
1. Take the Money and Run. If for no other reason, the T-shirt scene in the prison laundry. If it doesn't ring a bell, Woody's role in the big prison break is to steal a bunch of T-shirts. They go down the line, each man giving the signal to the next man until they finally come to Woody who has hidden the T-shirts under his prison issue shirt. He looks like Lou Ferigno!
2. Banana's. The opening scene with Howard Kosell commentating on a political assasination as if it were a sporting event.
no subject
Date: 2008-09-10 08:50 pm (UTC)This coming from a person who loves "The Wedding Singer". Yes. The shame.