Woody Allen's Angst : Philosophical Commentaries on His Serious Films

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Sander H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allen, Woody--Criticism and interpretation.

Local Subjects:

Allen, Woody--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While Woody Allen is generally considered to be a master of the comic genre he created, his serious films are very important in understanding his role as one of this generation's more influential filmmakers. In this work such Allen films as Annie Hall (1977), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Mighty Aphrodite (1995) are analyzed for the common philosophical themes they share. Gender issues, Allen's love-hate relationship with God, narcissism and moral relativism, and the use of the so-called existential dilemma are among the topics discussed. The extensive research

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Study Woody Allen?; 1. "A Thin Story to Hang the Comedy Sequences On": The Early Comedies; What's New, Pussycat? (1965); What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966); Don't Drink the Water (1969); Take the Money and Run (1969); Bananas (1971); Play It Again, Sam (1972); Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*but were afraid to ask) (1972); Sleeper (1973); Love and Death 1975); The Front (1976); 2. A Therapeutic Autobiography: Annie Hall (1977); 3. "Everybody Understood What Was Important": Interiors (1978)

4. Themes of Redemption: Manhattan (1979)5. Magic, Fantasy, and Inauthenticity: Stardust Memories (1980); 6. The Dangers of Hedonism: A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982); 7. Sickness and Salvation: Zelig (1983); 8. The Importance of Memory: Broadway Danny Rose (1984); 9. Betrayal and Despair: The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985); 10. "We All Had a Terrific Time": Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); 11. "Beware Evildoers Wherever You Are": Radio Days (1987); 12. "Haphazard and Unimaginably Violent": September (1987); 13. "Just Allow Yourself to Feel": Another Woman (1988)

14. Tradition: New York Stories, "Oedipus Wrecks" (1989)15. "If Necessary, I Will Always Choose God Over Truth!": Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); 16. Through the Looking Glass: Alice (1990); 17. "It's True, Everyone Loves His Illusions!": Shadows and Fog (1991); 18. Love's Labor's Lost: Husbands and Wives (1992); 19. Hitchcockian Influences: Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993); 20. "Don't Speak!": Bullets Over Broadway (1994); 21. "When You're Smiling": Mighty Aphrodite (1995); 22. Conclusion: The Dialectic of Hope and Despair; Appendix: Questions and Answers with Woody Allen; Filmography

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4766-0596-3