Tag: Woody Allen
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Match Point.
Woody Allen has stated that Match Point is his personal favourite of all the films he has made. It is by no means my favourite of Allen’s works of art but it is easy to see what it is about this film that the director would cherish and be proud of. Most commonly associated with comedy, Allen constantly…
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Personal Collections.
Today I got round to organising the mountain of films that dominate my bedroom shelves. Sorting out my DVD collection turned out to be as enjoyable as it was frustrating. The mammoth task, that was filtering and reordering my films, has lead to me contemplating about how it is that we present our passion for…
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The Front.
It is no secret that I am a loyal Woody Allen fan. I am fascinated by the man and I suspect that if I were to rate my top 100 films then 50 of them would be his. I admire his use of script and his talent as a visual and verbal comedian. A man…
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The Women, The Words, His World & His Work.
Yesterday I sat in my favourite Picture House and watched a documentary about my favourite film maker and writer. Robert B. Weide’s highly anticipated documentary, Woody Allen: A Documentary rolled in front of me and I drifted away for two hours into my favourite world. Now, it is hard to review a documentary that was never going to…
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An Update on Allen.
Only days ago I posted a list of my favourite Woody Allen films. This afternoon I have finally watched Midnight in Paris. I adored it. It is a film that has left me, and two of my dearest friends, beaming from ear to ear. It is worthy of a position in my top ten favourite…
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Woody Allen: My King of Comedy
This entry is overdue. It should have been my first. I would like to talk about Woody Allen. My favourite writer and one of my favourite directors. A man with such a mountain of work behind him and a comedy career spanning over half a century. Beginning as a stand-up comedian, Allen has never strayed…
Hannah McHaffie 