woody lives longer

Michel 2022-03-22 09:02:11

The biggest regret in my dvd collecting career is that woody Allen is not dead. Most of the other big directors died and retired, so they can easily collect all their classic works. But Woody is always immortal, and he continues to make a film every year. The most helpless thing is that he is still very classic. Last year, he even won a bunch of awards for Midnight Barcelona. So many times the disc dealer tempted me to buy a set of Woody Complete Works, but I refused. Because I feel that this guy can live quite a bit, and he can shoot quite well, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of high-quality products. Of course every one of his works is pretty good. The latest one is of course. Inviting Larry David, who is as neurotic as him, is definitely the best substitute. Maybe woody is indeed getting old too.

The structure of the film is very anti-Hollywood. The first set of shots directly looks at the audience, destroys the dream, and tells you that life is as boring as the movie. Or to tell you plainly, you spent 20 dollars to go to the cinema to watch this movie, which is a brain water in itself. Life is a kind of luck as long as you are alive, so don't force too much on perfection, whatever works, whatever works. You can only commit suicide in the end if you force perfection, but Larry's suicide failed in two sessions, but was accepted again by society, and the final outcome was Enough cliche, but maybe this is life, and life is cliche. Woody thinks more about life, so he is indeed old, but not as premature as Bergman, who has long considered death and the subject of death ("The Seventh Seal"). Can only continue to wait for woody to film!
In addition, the authentic translation of the title should be Love!

I just watched the new Woody Allen & Larry David movie--Whatever Works. All I want to say is that I just want Woody to live longer and keep his one-year-one-moive pace for another 10 years. It's hard to imagine this man is 73 years old now and still make those excellent movies every year.
Sure Michalengelo Antonioni is still making movies at the age of 92, but he is either the codirector or only directing the short films like Eros(2004).Plus he only shot one movei in 7-8 years. I adore Woody's energy, even though he still looks like an impotent scholar.

Woody Allen is the only shame I have in my 10 years DVD scavenging experience. It's easy to get a whole collection of Hitchcock, Bergman, Stanley Kubrick and even oliver stone. But Woody Allen with his 45 and increasing movies are not easy to collect. I refused 4 times to buy the box set of Woody Allen DVD box, for I know this old man is going to have some new surprise. Well, Whatever Works is definitely a surprise. Even though the moive is about Life-is -Cliche and the ending is unbearable cliche, it is still freshy. I don't want to ruin it by telling details to the one who haven't watched it. It's now in my top 3 Woody Allen movie list, probably better than Annie Hall, Manhatton ,The Purple Rose of Cairo and Everything You Need Know About Sex

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Whatever Works quotes

  • [first lines]

    Boris Yellnikoff: That's not what I'm saying, imbecile. You guys completely misrepresent my ideas, why would I even want to talk with those idiots.

    Boris' Friend: Just calm down.

    Boris' Friend: That's not true, Boris.

    Boris Yellnikoff: No, don't tell me to calm down, I am calm. Just stop.

    Boris' Friend: Don't jump on us just because we don't understand what you're saying.

    Boris Yellnikoff: I didn't jump on you. It's not the idea behind Christianity I'm faulting, or Judaism, or any religion. It's the professionals who've made it into corporate business. There's big money in the god racket, big money.

    Boris' Friend: Here we go...

  • Boris Yellnikoff: Don't you know you have to sing happy birthday twice to get the germs off?