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Eighteen Woody Allen films analyzed : anguish, God and existentialism / by Sander H. Lee.
LIBRA - Special PN1998.3.A45 L44 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Sander H.
- Standardized Title:
- Woody Allen's angst
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Allen, Woody, 1935---Criticism and interpretation.
- Allen, Woody.
- Allen, Woody, 1935-.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 235 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- 18 Woody Allen films analyzed
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., 2002.
- Summary:
- Five main topics are explored: the desire of many of Woody Allen's characters to ground their lives in traditional ethical values despite realizing such values may no longer be certain; the opposition between his more optimistic and his more pessimistic films; gender issues relating to romantic love, sexual desire and changes in our cultural expectations for both men and women; Allen's contention that American society is descending into barbarism because of its failure to maintain individual moral responsibility; and the use of the techniques of psychoanalysis to understand human behavior.--Publisher description.
- Contents:
- "A thin story to hang the comedy sequences on": the early comedies
- A therapeutic autobiography: Annie Hall (1977)
- Themes of redemption: Manhattan (1979)
- Betrayal and despair: The purple rose of Cairo (1985)
- "We all had a terrific time": Hannah and her sisters (1986)
- "Just allow yourself to feel": Another woman (1988)
- Tradition: New York stories, "Oedipus wrecks" (1989)
- "If necessary, I will always choose God over truth!": Crimes and misdemeanors (1989)
- Love's labor's lost: Husbands and wives (1992)
- "Don't speak!": Bullets over Broadway (1994)
- "When you're smiling": Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
- Distorted lives: deconstructing Harry (1997)
- Conclusion: the dialectic of hope and despair
- Questions and answers with Woody Allen.
- Notes:
- Abridged ed. of: Woody Allen's angst.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lee, Sander H. Woody Allen's angst. Eighteen Woody Allen films analyzed.
- ISBN:
- 0786413190
- 9780786413195
- OCLC:
- 48754827
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