You could always phone him up and ask him. He'll be at 0472 558976 until 8'O clock,and then at 0472 552436 for the rest of the evening.
I love Play It Again Sam. I've actually kind of forgotten about it because it never seems to shown in Woody retrospectives since he didn't direct it. I think it's one of his most charming best written films.
A bit out of the chronology, but a British interview from shortly after the release of "Bananas". Reveals the little know fact that Woody's first film was "Potemkin", miraculously completed before his birth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=24&v=8dEjc5B4kOo
I love everything about 'Play It Again, Sam'. It may be my favorite Woody film and that's slightly ironic since he didn't direct it.
I love the scene in his flat [Play it again,Sam] when he tries to act cool in front of his latest date...........and ends up wrecking the place. I wonder how many takes it took to get everything right?
Did anyone yet mention the fun fact that Jerry Lacy, who plays Bogart, also played the villainous Reverend Trask on the original Dark Shadows TV show?
I imagine younger folks watching the movie today might not get the joke there. "Why is it funny that he needs to be connected every waking moment of his life?"
Next up, one of my absolute favorites. I saw this film long before I got hooked on 19th century Russian literature, perhaps Woody is to blame. I smell herring. Does anyone else smell herring?
Love and Death is a definite top-fiver for me. Anton: Grushenko? Isn't he the young coward all St. Petersburg is talking about? Boris: I'm not so young. I'm thirty-five.
It reallly sucks that one has to overpay for Twilight Time or Import Blue Rays ,I just looked at my DVD of Bullets over Broadway and its not even 16x9
Woody pays homage to the guy over here on the left. Novels: (1846) The Double (novella) (1861) Humiliated and Insulted - aka "Insulted and Injured" (1866) Crime and Punishment - the story of "that nice boy next door Roskolnikov" (1867) The Gambler (novella) (1869) The Idiot (1872) Demons - aka "The Possessed" (1875) The Adolescent - aka "The Raw Youth" (1880) The Brothers Karamazov Short Story: (1873) "Bobok"
At the risk of sidelining the thread, Ricky Gervais also mined Dostoevsky for comedy in The Office: http://dostoyevsky.tumblr.com/post/378684428/the-office-uk-david-brent-knows-everything-about
I'm a big fan of "The Office". Love how David spits out the year of birth and death that he plucked off of Wikipedia 5 minutes before.
So little love for "Love and Death"? I realize that enjoyment of a film is subjective, and subjectivity is objective ... but, come on, you love Mother Russia, don't you ... so why not discuss your love of this film?
"Love And Death" has been one I've never seen. Doesn't look like I'd be into the time period, but I've heard it's good. So I have to rectify this, as a Woody Allen fan.
