I like the stuffy Woody Allen talking about stuffy intellectuals

Kathleen 2022-01-26 08:03:06

1. In "Annie Hall," there is such a very interesting passage. Allen and Hall, who missed the beginning of the movie Bergman's "Face to Face" (also about psychological problems), lined up to watch another film, and there was a professor behind him. Talk to a girl, from Fellini's "laissez-faire" personality to communication scientist McLuhan and his communication theory. Woody looked terribly unhappy. He said to the camera: "Can you stand to meet someone like this when you are in line? He misread McLuhan completely", the professor stepped forward: "This is America, I can be free To express my opinion, I took a class on "Media and Communication" at Columbia University this semester, and I think I know McLuhan exactly right." The most hilarious scene came when Woody actually pulled McLuhan himself from behind the scenes. Come educate this Columbia professor. "
I think intellectuals or knowers will especially like Woody Allen, and he scratches the itch in their hearts.
I like the boring Woody Allen talking about boring intellectuals.

Second, two more excerpts from the film:
1 "Two minutes ago, the Knicks had a 14-point lead, and now they're two. "
Alvey, what's so appealing about a bunch of pituitary-mutated freaks busy stuffing a ball into an iron circle?" "
The appeal is that it's physical work. And when it comes to intelligence, it's often that intellectuals look brilliant, but they're not. And the body is never duplicitous. "

2." That bastard teach "Western men's contemporary crisis", this is what ah rubbish course, incredible! "
"Is it "The Existential Theme in Russian Literature"? You say it's reliable! "
"Is there any difference?" It's some kind of spiritual blasphemy anyway. "
Cough, don't belittle yourself!" It was sex with someone I love. "

Yeah, (liberal arts) college professors are really inferior to suicidal people, who at least have sex with people they love...

3. The members of the Mensa Club are proud of their high IQs. In Woody's "The Whore of Mensa", the whore of Mensa only comforts you spiritually. The bill for its services is as follows: For

$50, you can make a "non-deep presentation." For
$100, a girl can lend you her Bartok records, eat together, and then have you watch her have an anxiety attack. ; for
150 yuan, you can listen to FM radio with a pair of twin sisters; for
300 yuan, you can get a full service - a light-skinned girl will pretend to meet you in the Museum of Modern Art and let you watch her Master's thesis that lets you squabble with her in Eileen's restaurant over Freud's concept of women, and then she'll pretend to kill herself in whatever way you choose.

Call girl-client conversation

"Honey, what do you want to talk about?" ?"
"I want to talk about Melville."
"Moby-Dick or a shorter novel?"
"What's the difference?"
"That's the price. It costs extra to talk about symbolism."
"How much?"
"$50, maybe $100 to talk about Moby Dick. Do you want a comparison discussion, comparing Melville to Hawthorne? $100 can do it."

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Annie Hall quotes

  • Annie Hall: Hey, listen, what - what do you think? Do you think we should, uh, go to that - that party in Southampton tonight?

    Alvy Singer: No, don't be silly. What - what do we need other people for? You know, we should - we should just turn out the lights, you know, and play hide the salam or something.

  • Alvy Singer: Hey, what is this? You got black soap?

    Annie Hall: It's for my complexion.

    Alvy Singer: Whatta - whatta you joining a minstrel show?