The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen
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The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen

  1. 426 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen

About this book

For five decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolific—or as paradoxical—as Woody Allen. From Play It Again, Sam (1972) to Midnight in Paris (2011) and Blue Jasmine (2013), Allen has produced an average of one film a year; yet in many of these movies Allen reveals a progressively skeptical attitude toward both the value of art and the cultural contributions of artists.

In this second edition Peter J. Bailey extends his classic study to consider Allen's work during the twenty-first century. He illuminates how the director's decision to leave New York to shoot in European cities such as London, Paris, Rome, and Barcelona has affected his craft. He also explores Allen's shift toward younger actors and interprets the evolving critical reaction to his films—authoritatively demonstrating why the director's lifelong project of moviemaking remains endlessly deserving of careful attention.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1. That Old Black Magic: Woody Allen’s Ambivalent Artistry
  9. 2. Strictly the Movies: Play It Again, Sam
  10. 3. Getting Serious: The Antimimetic Emblems of Annie Hall
  11. 4. Art and Idealization: I’ll Fake Manhattan
  12. 5. Strictly the Movies II: How Radio Days Generated Nights at the Movies
  13. 6. Life Stand Still Here: Interiors Dialogue
  14. 7. In the Stardust of a Song: Stardust Memories
  15. 8. Woody’s Mild Jewish Rose: Broadway Danny Rose
  16. 9. The Fine Art of Living Well: Hannah and Her Sisters
  17. 10. If You Want a Hollywood Ending: Crimes and Misdemeanors
  18. 11. Everyone Loves Her/His Illusions: The Purple Rose of Cairo and Shadows and Fog
  19. 12. Poetic License, Bullshit: Bullets Over Broadway
  20. 13. Let’s Just Live It: Woody Allen in the 1990s
  21. 14. Because It’s Real Difficult in Life: Husbands and Wives
  22. 15. Rear Condo: Manhattan Murder Mystery
  23. 16. That Voodoo That You Do So Well: Mighty Aphrodite
  24. 17. And What a Perfect Plot: Everyone Says I Love You and Zelig
  25. 18. How We Choose to Distort It: Deconstructing Harry
  26. 19. From the Neck Up: Another Woman and Celebrity
  27. 20. Allen and His Audience: Sweet and Lowdown
  28. 21. Confrontation and Escape: Allen’s Twenty-First-Century Meditations on Comedy and Tragedy
  29. 22. The Magic of Luck: Scoop, Magic in the Moonlight, and Match Point
  30. 23. The Heart Still Wants What It Wants: Vicky Cristina Barcelona and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
  31. 24. “People Reinvent Themselves, Don’t They?”: Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine
  32. Epilogue
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. Notes
  35. Bibliography
  36. Index