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offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-01 05:13 [#01411544]
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what's your opinion on him/his films?


 

offline mortsto-x from Trondheim/Bodø (Norway) on 2004-12-01 05:19 [#01411551]
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I have no opinion in general. I like some, and some are just
plain boring. Favourites: Deconstructing Harry and Mighty
Aphrodite.


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-12-01 05:19 [#01411552]
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i love them, especially for slow acxtion. brilliant dialogs
and scenes, sort of normal ones but filled with irony and
absurd. my favourite is "all you would like to know about
sex..." , the orgasm/ejaculation theory is just awesome !

hes kinda old now, i wonder how long he will make the
films...


 

offline hobbes from age on 2004-12-01 05:55 [#01411571]
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"just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean they're not
after you!"
or something..


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2004-12-01 06:02 [#01411574]
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He's kind of an annoying character, if he's anything like
the characters he plays in his movies then i would love for
him to get hit by a bus. Didn’t he marry his adopted Asian
daughter or something? What a pervert. Other than that my
favorite movie of his is "Small Time Crooks" just because
Jon Lovitz makes me piss myself.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-01 06:05 [#01411575]
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his movies are nice, but like with David Lynch, they're all
laid out in the same way.. I'd like to see both of them
doing something new...


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-12-01 06:14 [#01411576]
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aaah corticalism - what a track !!! shame he doesnt like me.


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-12-01 06:14 [#01411577]
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abd paul f. savage ! piano master !


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-12-01 06:16 [#01411578]
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that vibes is outstanding - such ambiental and classical at
the same time :) and the electronic vibe in it !! i love it,
the best vibes so far :)


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-12-01 06:17 [#01411579]
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oh shit, thats the wrong thread !!!!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-01 06:17 [#01411580]
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not at all!


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2004-12-01 06:19 [#01411582]
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What a peculiar post.


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2004-12-01 06:20 [#01411583]
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god, tolstoyed will hate me ( if he doesnt yet )


 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-12-01 06:31 [#01411587]
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i can't remember any woody allen film..


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-12-01 07:14 [#01411637]
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The Woody Allen films I've seen so far have been average/OK.
Nothing special.


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2004-12-01 07:42 [#01411662]
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he's become 69 today..what a coincidince


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-12-01 07:45 [#01411663]
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I have not seen that many of his films, but those I have
seen I have liked a lot.


 

offline ISayNothing from Mt. Pus (Sweden) on 2004-12-01 08:23 [#01411699]
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i dont like him....


 

offline clint from Silencio... (United Kingdom) on 2004-12-01 13:12 [#01412011]
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I think he's one cool mofo.

I really love Annie Hall.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-01 15:39 [#01412272]
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I like his films a lot. I have a lot of them on dvd.

apparently his last one, "Melinda & Melinda", with Will
Ferell is supposed to be pretty good.

my favourites: Sleeper, Interiors, Annie Hall, Manhattan,
Hannah & her sisters, Crimes & Misdemeanours, Stardust
memories, Bullets over broadway, Manhattan murder mystery,
Mighty Aphrodite, Deconstructing Harry, Everyone says I love
you, Celebrity.

if you're starting to watch Woody Allen, you'd best start
with "Annie Hall" - it's pretty much iconic for his general
style (although not all his films are like it, a lot are
though..).


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-01 17:11 [#01412421]
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i watched annie hall for like the 20th time today :) i love
it.
woody is just highly entertaining actor...his films may be
all alike, but i never get tired of them. he's fun to watch,
and i love his sense of sarcasm. always working with real
good actors is a big bonus. i just love all the talking, you
barely get to see a scene without a speech, infact it's all
talk mostly.

i haven't seen everyone says i love you yet, but i have that
on divx so i'll give it a look one of these days.

i was really interested in your opinions on him, coz i got
the impression you either like him a lot or not at
all..looks like this impression works at xltronic as well :)


 

offline AlfredPMcLovely from the country that will end up d (Turkmenistan) on 2004-12-01 17:21 [#01412430]
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I really like his early stuff, that is pre 95 or 90 or so,
but his newer stuff is weak.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-01 17:27 [#01412438]
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deconstructing harry, the curse of the jade scorpion and
even small time crooks were very good imo.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-01 18:04 [#01412475]
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I thought "curse of the jade scorpion" was pretty awful,
"small time crooks" just marginally better, but
"deconstructing harry" is just excellent.

I love the cutting in that film, the repeating of shots.
that film has a nice, darker side to it. all the little
stories inside the story also work very well.

did you see "radio days"? that one is also filled with
smaller stories, but it kind of loses momentum down the
way.

"hollywood ending" is pretty far-fetched, but it's still
pretty entertaining.

"anything else" is kind of weird.. Jason Biggs playing Woody
Allen. but it has Christina Ricci doing a pretty good job,
Stockard Channing is also good in it.

the ones I have re-watched and re-watched again are Annie
Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Hannah and her
sisters. those are just perfect. I must've seen all of those
at least 20 times, too. :)


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-01 18:12 [#01412487]
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i only saw curse of the scorp..once so far, so maybe it
wasn't all that good for woody's class (same goes for small
time crooks - perhaps one of his 'lightest' films, but it's
good fun anyway - i always enjoy watching him so that may be
the reason), but compared to most films it was still well
above average imo :)

i watched 'radio days' and 'hannah and her sisters' over the
weekend again, and i love them both. i prefer the sisters a
bit more...michael caine and max von sydow are both very
respected actors on my list :)

i haven't seen that ricci&biggs one yet...but i'll get to
see it eventually..


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-01 18:19 [#01412502]
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"hannah and her sisters" is one of his very best. such a
great film. Michael Cane is fantastic in it.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2004-12-01 18:28 [#01412521]
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his movies are O.K. but he's a pedophile.

!!


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-01 18:29 [#01412524]
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may i ask what your avatar is?


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2004-12-01 18:29 [#01412526]
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I don't like him or his movies.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-01 18:35 [#01412533]
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gentlemen, you can't fight in here! this is the war room!



 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-01 18:35 [#01412535]
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btw, the scene i laughed the most to in annie hall, was the
one where he goes to visit her in l.a., and tony roberts
gets him out of jail...when they sit in the car and tony
puts some sort of mask/helmet on - and then that look that
woody gives him; "are we going to drive through
radiation..".


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2004-12-01 18:51 [#01412563]
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i don't know what it is. it was reflected in a mirror in a
screen capture from a movie that i was using as my wallpaper
and i noticed it there and cut it out and made it into an
avatar!


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2004-12-01 18:53 [#01412565]
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Now that's more like it!


 

offline Komakino from Tan-giers USSR (Russia) on 2004-12-01 19:19 [#01412590]
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best woody allen film is Love & Death, bye.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-04 08:06 [#01415262]
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oh god no.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-04 18:13 [#01415707]
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i watched deconstructing harry today again; that story with
robbin williams out of focus is awesome. "go home and try to
sharp your self..".


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-04 18:15 [#01415710]
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just watched "hannah and her sisters" again.

the bit where Allen finds out he doesn't have a braintumour
and then dances on the street made me laugh a lot.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-04 18:20 [#01415716]
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hehe, not only he has good sense of humour but he appears
fuuny.

did he ever act in a film directed by someon else?


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-04 18:21 [#01415718]
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a few. haven't seen any of them.



 

offline clint from Silencio... (United Kingdom) on 2004-12-04 18:21 [#01415719]
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Has anyone got the Woody Allen collection thingy? The one
with 6 DVDs up to Manhatten era?

I might put it on the old list de xmas.


 

offline clint from Silencio... (United Kingdom) on 2004-12-04 18:22 [#01415720]
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LAZY_TITLE


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-04 18:23 [#01415725]
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yeah, im checking the imdb..i don't remember seeing any of
those either. apperantly he was in godard's 'king lear'..


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-04 18:24 [#01415726]
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I only like three out of those six, so I wouldn't buy it.


 

offline happy cycling from berlin on 2004-12-04 18:24 [#01415727]
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i really love manhatten


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-04 18:24 [#01415728]
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he was in "scenes from a mall", with Bette Midler of all
people.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-04 18:25 [#01415729]
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hehe, i can watch mrs. midler..

he was in casino royal with peter seller too :)


 

offline clint from Silencio... (United Kingdom) on 2004-12-04 18:26 [#01415731]
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I wish there was one for the post Annie Hall period.

Didn't he do the a voice for a character in Antz or
something. Does that count as an appearance?


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-04 18:28 [#01415734]
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he wrote "what's new, pussycat" and played a small part in
it.

also with Peter Sellers.

I think he (Allen) hates that film, they screwed around with
his script or something.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-04 18:29 [#01415735]
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yes, he voiced the lead in "Antz".


 

offline Komakino from Tan-giers USSR (Russia) on 2004-12-05 06:28 [#01416286]
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he was in "Play it Again Sam", didn't direct it, but wrote
the play.

best film is Love & Death, shits on everything else


 


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