What are currently your 3 personal favorite Woody Allen films and why?
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Balthazar Bee — 17 years ago(August 29, 2008 08:32 PM)
The present top 3 would have to be
3. Deconstructing Harry
2. Manhattan- Hannah and her Sisters
These three strike me as being the most profound films of his career. I can't articulate why, exactly, though I've often tried.
Love and Death, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bananas, Husbands and Wives, and Annie Hall are all clamouring to break onto the list. Play it Again, Sam, and The Front, likewise, bearing in mind the non-directing handicap clause.
- Hannah and her Sisters
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coldwind9 — 16 years ago(June 13, 2009 01:48 AM)
Can't keep it to three, not even five:
- Love and Death Too many jokes for one Napoleonic Invasion to contain.
- Crimes and Misdemeanors Martin, Jerry, Anjelica. How do you make murder a reasonable choice? Woody nails it.
- Radio Days I re-ran Gina DeAngeles' scene 20 times. Literally. Still the funniest scene not in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
- Stardust Memories Love the white space. And thirty years later, I still don't know how it ends.
- Manhattan Great music, great city, great movie.
- Broadway Danny Rose Terribly underrated movie. Great performance by Farrow, wonderful story about loyalty, betrayal, perseverance.
Honorable Mention: Annie Hall, September, Sleeper, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Take the Money and Run.
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artihcus022 — 16 years ago(August 30, 2009 11:54 AM)
Five Favourites would be
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Broadway Danny Rose
Annie Hall
Cassandra's Dream
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(as of now)
I think these films represent singularly the different kinds of style Woody Allen has worked in over the yers and certainly represent his worldview and philosophy quite astutely and formally they're all quite different and interesting. And the acting is just fantastic.
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CK_Dexter_Haven — 16 years ago(August 30, 2009 07:55 PM)
Need to check out
Broadway Danny Rose
and
Cassandra's Dream
My favourites as of now -
Annie Hall
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Manhattan
I watched
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
recently and was disappointed. Do those characters exist? I know Allen has always been an atheist liberal with an unconventional take on marriage and relationships. But the infatuation with Europe and an aversion towards hardworking "conventional" Americans is sometimes hard to take.
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artihcus022 — 16 years ago(August 30, 2009 09:10 PM)
I know Allen has always been an atheist liberal with an unconventional take on marriage and relationships.
What does him being an "atheist" have to do with his liberalism and unconventionality. His most recent film
Whatever Works
is his most direct attack on monogamy and it features Bible thumpers as beneficiaries.
But the infatuation with Europe and an aversion towards conservative Americans is sometimes hard to take.
Well watch
Cassandra's Dream
or
Match Point
, London has never looked bleaker or colder than in those two movies.
Woody looks at continental Europe always from a romanticized American's perspective. In the case of
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
two American students and he is honest and self-critical about that.
"a va by me, madamea va by me!"The Red Shoes
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Katz5 — 15 years ago(April 06, 2010 04:17 AM)
- Manhattan.beautifully directed, hilarious, and the most honest film about relationships I've seen
- The Purple Rose of Cairo.something so light and whimsical on the surface is really so deep and profound, and that ending is killer
- Mighty Aphrodite.always manages to put a smile on my face. "When you're smiling."
This list could change next week. Annie Hall, Sleeper, Hannah & Her Sisters, Deconstructing Harry, Another Woman and Celebrity usually creep into my top five as well.
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jaspar0308 — 15 years ago(July 11, 2010 05:44 PM)
I know it might be an unpopular choice, but "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" is one of my favorites. It's just a fun film with a really strong cast. It was also the first Woody Allen movie I ever saw, so that might have something to do with it.
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KnowTheScore — 15 years ago(September 02, 2010 01:07 PM)
In no particular order, really..
Alice
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Hannah and Her Sisters
Manhattan
Everyone Says I Love You
Granted, other than these, the only Woody Allen films I've watched are
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
and
Bananas
. Have a lot of catching up to do. Everyone has
Annie Hall
and
Match Point
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brothersk — 14 years ago(April 14, 2011 09:23 PM)
- Stardust Memories no question! A seamless multi-layering of comedy, pathos and music. I finally realized that whether you are talking about a scene from the film or from the film within the film or from the film within the other film, it is all the same.
- Radio Days A reminder that a now diminishing medium can bring us together. Wistful and poignant.
- Love and Death still has me laughing out loud when I am alone, 35+years later.
Honorable Mentions: - Manhattan especially the end scene. Has me running to Chaplin's City Lights to compare how they handle the subtlety of this scene. Superb! And Gershwin, Gershwin, Gershwin!
- Annie Hall My introduction to Allen cinema. Still holds up. I still love Diane Keaton. The brief cameo with a young Christopher Walken is priceless!
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Leopoldo89 — 14 years ago(August 26, 2011 03:38 PM)
- Match Point - Not the first Allen's movie I watched, but the one that made me wanna go for more and discover all the other Allen's movies. I find its cleansiness? amusing. Everything looks so aseptic, I love it. Plus, I find the chemistry between the beautiful Scarlett and the sexy Rhys Meyers mesmerizing.
- Whatever works - I didn't like it that much the first time, but afterwards its become a personal favorite. I absolutely love the message this movie delivers.
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - Maybe it's more of an easy watch, but I think it's very funny, original, and love the relationship between Helen Hunt and Woody Allen.
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ClarenceRockyHorror — 14 years ago(September 03, 2011 10:21 PM)
- The Purple Rose of Cairomelancholy at moments, gut-burstingly funny at othersa tender, warm homage to Woody's love of films via his scribe, Mia Farrow, and the perfectly cast Jeff Daniels.
- Crimes and MisdemeanoursDark and heavy in subject matterkudos to Allen in his ability to make such an entertaining, thought provoking flick out of such sensitive material.
- Broadway Danny Rose'nuff said; Woody's best performance, catchy tunes, and his best ending ever.
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grinderVegan765 — 14 years ago(October 23, 2011 08:11 AM)
I haven't seen a lot of his films, and while my top three are masterpieces (IMO), most of his other films have been duds
I love these three though.- The Purple Rose of Cairo
- Husbands and Wives
- Manhattan
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pfr_77 — 14 years ago(January 26, 2012 10:03 PM)
Well, I've only seen four of his films - Annie Hall, Manhattan, Whatever Works, and this one - and in that order. My enjoyment of each has been better than the last, too: what? - okay, that was a bit better but i'm not sold on this guy - that was surprisingly pretty good! - loved it