The films of Woody Allen / Sam B. Girgus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girgus, Sam B., 1941-

Series:

Cambridge film classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allen, Woody, 1935---Criticism and interpretation.

Allen, Woody.

Allen, Woody, 1935-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Summary:

The Films of Woody Allen is the first full-length work to examine the director as a serious filmmaker and artist. Sam Girgus argues that Allen has consistently been on the cutting edge of contemporary critical and cultural consciousness, challenging our notions of authorship, narrative, perspective, character, theme, ideology, gender, and sexuality. This revised and updated edition includes two new chapters that examine Allen's work since 1992. Girgus argues that the scandal surrounding Allen's personal life in the early 1990s has altered his image in ways that reposition moral consciousness in his work. The union between Allen's public and private selves that created a special aura about him remains intact despite the director's concerted efforts to separate his private life from his screen image. Allen now assumes a postmodern moral relativism and sensual realism that differ profoundly from the moral sensibility of his earlier work.

Contents:

Introduction to the Second Edition

The Prisoner of Aura: The Lost World of Woody Allen 1

1 Reconstruction and Revision in Woody Allen's Films 20

2 Desire and Narrativity in Annie Hall 44

3 Manhattan 62

4 The Purple Rose of Cairo

Poststructural Anxiety Comes to New Jersey 89

5 Hannah and Her Sisters 108

6 The Eyes of God 129

Conclusion to the Second Edition

Allen's Fall: Mind, Morals, and Meaning in Deconstructing Harry 148.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.

ISBN:

0521810914

0521009294

OCLC:

49403653

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