I imagine you have seen Woody Allen's Annie Hall. I saw it again a few months back and was reminded why it's such a fun movie to watch. There are actually a lot of specific reasons why I love this movie. Here they are in no particular order:
1) It's two films in one. It's a very funny comedy but also an unsentimental, non-soppy investigation into love and relationships.
2) It's 24 years old but has aged like a very fine wine. Some films look very creaky after 10 years let alone 24.
3) Woody Allen's occasional direct to camera narration. It feels like an out of body experience when he turns to you and lets you in on what was really going through his mind.
4) Quotes like these:
"The... the other important joke, for me, is one that's usually attributed to Groucho Marx; but, I think it appears originally in Freud's "Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious," and it goes like this - I'm paraphrasing - um, "I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member." That's the key joke of my adult life, in terms of my relationships with women."
5) Diane Keaton is gorgeous as Annie Hall. She's a cute, effervescent, gangly brunette who is possibly the polar opposite of Woody Allen's New York neurotic worrywart Alvy Singer.
6) Annie Hall's wardrobe! What an iconic look that is! Sort of Greta Garbo meets Harpo Marx.
7) Christopher Walken. He has a small but significantly terrific part as Annie's brother Duane.
8) Jeff Goldblum's even tinier cameo at a fancy LA/ Hollywood soirée talking to his guru on the phone: "I forgot my mantra".
9) Split screen mayhem, sight gags, slap stick and sub-titles!
10) It's set in New York. *sigh*
Wonderful post and such a favorite of mine also Sam! I remember watching it as a 20something year old for the first time and thinking Annie's clothes were awful... now I love of course!
Posted by: Gabbi | October 11, 2011 at 08:18 AM
whah Sam!
you're quite right,Greta Garbo meets Harpo Marx?!! The men's shirt+tie & vest~ such an iconic look!
xo*
Posted by: lenore*nevermore | October 11, 2011 at 08:30 AM
Annie Hall is one of my favorite movies...it has aged well and many youth could benefit by watching it I think, in the relationship dept, lol. I also love Sleeper! His one liners are life stories in a nutshell...I often use the 'club member' line, too. And...'most of us... need the eggs.'. Here's a fun link to more...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686/quotes
Posted by: Teri and the cats of Curlz and Swirlz | October 11, 2011 at 08:59 AM
Gabbi - I'm totally with you there! I think I didn't really appreciate this movie until I was a little more mature. I remember thinking it was OK in my 20s but now I think it's wonderful!
Lenore - thank you! XO
Teri - Sleeper! Oh yes! I saw that when I was a wee thing and I thought it was the most hilarious movie in the world - I think it was all the slap stick! Thank you for reminding me of it - I must watch it again! ...and thank you for that link!
Posted by: Sam | October 13, 2011 at 10:19 PM