Last Movie You Watched

[mc ukrneal]

Wife & I have been Woody Allen fans from the start - my favorites are quoted below which I own - don't care to watch his earliest films anymore and have not enjoyed most of his more recent ones.  Dave

P.S. the ones w/ an * on BD - BTW, the B&W in Manhattan is just stunning!

Zelig is probably my favorite and the one I will watch again when it is on. Annie Hall and Manhattan are really good though.

[Sergeant Rock]

About the only one I enjoyed was The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion.

Not a fan of Play It Again, Sam? Tell me it ain't so, Bogey! 

Sarge

[Brian]

Since we're all comparing notes, the only Woody movies that I enjoy fully & without reservations are Annie Hall and Bullets Over Broadway. I've heard great things about Hannah and Her Sisters.

[Sergeant Rock]

Wife & I have been Woody Allen fans from the start

Same here...and still a fan although I'm behind a few years now. Favorites below (Top 5 in bold).

Midnight in Paris (2011)
Whatever Works (2009)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Match Point (2005)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Radio Days (1987)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Zelig (1983)
Stardust Memories  (1980)
Manhattan (1979)
Annie Hall (1977)
Love and Death (1975)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)


Sarge

[Cato]

Not a fan of Play It Again, Sam? Tell me it ain't so, Bogey! 

Sarge

Since we are going so faaaaar back...

Look for Burt Reynolds and Tony Randall...and a host of others... 0:)


https://www.youtube.com/v/djQ7WZlb140
(I have never been able to watch the entire thing...) 

[Sergeant Rock]

https://www.youtube.com/v/djQ7WZlb140
(I have never been able to watch the entire thing...) 

That is the best part 

Sarge

[Cato]

That is the best part 

Sarge

Which is what I have always suspected!   

[SimonNZ]

His "serious" films - Interiors, Another Woman, September - have held up and aged well.

Interiors remains a top five Woody favorite for me. At some point I might come right out and decide that its my absolute favorite of his.

...speaking of being in a minority

[bhodges]

His "serious" films - Interiors, Another Woman, September - have held up and aged well.

Interiors remains a top five Woody favorite for me. At some point I might come right out and decide that its my absolute favorite of his.

...speaking of being in a minority

Haven't seen the latter two, but I forgot about Interiors, and I liked it a lot when I saw it (another one with photography by Gordon Willis).

--Bruce

[SimonNZ]

Husbands and Wives, Sweet and Lowdown, Manhattan and Crimes and Misdemeanors would probably fill out the rest of my top five, fwiw

Sweet and Lowdown in particular is a film that I feel deserves way more attention than its had.

[James]

I suspect Blue Jasmine will age well, it was a pleasant surprise .. I'll have to look into some of the other ones that may interest me, a common criticism of his work that I have heard from other esteemed directors (i.e. De Palma, Altman etc.) is that his work is very samey, or variations. Similar locations, characters, themes etc.

[Karl Henning]

Which is what I have always suspected!   

I didn't hit "play," and I've just realized what the scene and movie are.  I've watched the whole thing, but I am not sure just why 

[Karl Henning]

Wife & I have been Woody Allen fans from the start

P.S. the ones w/ an * on BD - BTW, the B&W in Manhattan is just stunning!

Same here...and still a fan although I'm behind a few years now. Favorites below (Top 5 in bold).

Midnight in Paris (2011)
Whatever Works (2009)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Match Point (2005)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Radio Days (1987)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Zelig (1983)
Stardust Memories  (1980)
Manhattan (1979)
Annie Hall (1977)
Love and Death (1975)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)


Sarge

I had not really meant to slap a gauntlet against the cheeks of Woody Allen fans, gents    Dave, Manhattan was one of the first Blu-ray titles I fetched in; simply, gorgeous viewing.  Sarge, I'll take your top 5 under advisement;  I am gratified that you also rate Manhattan above Zelig and Annie Hall (which I am not saying are at all bad, just not my own revisitation fare).  I have meant to try Stardust Memories again, which I don't think I've seen since it opened back when.  And the library copy I borrowed of Love & Death was unplayable . . . should search afresh.

[Drasko]

[André]

One of my favourite De Sica movies. Totally different from his neo-realist films, and quite surprising coming from this director. Splendid creation of atmosphere, superb characterizations from the young actors (Sanda, Berger, Testi).

Based on a novel chronicling the friendships of young jewish italian bourgois in Mussolini's Italy. A movie that gently makes its way and stays in the memory.

[Drasko]

One of my favourite De Sica movies. Totally different from his neo-realist films, and quite surprising coming from this director. Splendid creation of atmosphere, superb characterizations from the young actors (Sanda, Berger, Testi).

Based on a novel chronicling the friendships of young jewish italian bourgois in Mussolini's Italy. A movie that gently makes its way and stays in the memory.

Mine as well. This is, I think, third time I've seen it. That elegiac atmosphere is what keeps me coming back to it, he captures it magnificently; soft lenses, autumnal colors, melancholy of Dominique Sanda. It always felt more like a Visconti film to me.

[James]

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper (Marisa Tomei), and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood). But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

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[Karl Henning]

Frenzy, for the very first time. A classic, of course.

[SonicMan46]

I had not really meant to slap a gauntlet against the cheeks of Woody Allen fans, gents    Dave, Manhattan was one of the first Blu-ray titles I fetched in; simply, gorgeous viewing.  Sarge, I'll take your top 5 under advisement;  I am gratified that you also rate Manhattan above Zelig and Annie Hall (which I am not saying are at all bad, just not my own revisitation fare).  I have meant to try Stardust Memories again, which I don't think I've seen since it opened back when.  And the library copy I borrowed of Love & Death was unplayable . . . should search afresh.

Hi Karl - Allen seems to evoke many emotional responses as to 'likes & dislikes' but that is the beauty of film, I guess.  As to Annie Hall, Susan & I have a mixed Jewish & Catholic marriage (never concerned us at all), so when we first saw Annie Hall on release, we literally LOAO and have enjoyed the film to this day - the scene w/ the Easter Dinner we found hilarious when Woody all of a sudden looked like an orthodox Jew - well, I won't go on - each of Allen's movies likely produces different responses, as is evident from these recent posts!  Dave

https://youtu.be/z8TSvMx2wPI

[kishnevi]

I had not really meant to slap a gauntlet against the cheeks of Woody Allen fans, gents    Dave, Manhattan was one of the first Blu-ray titles I fetched in; simply, gorgeous viewing.  Sarge, I'll take your top 5 under advisement;  I am gratified that you also rate Manhattan above Zelig and Annie Hall (which I am not saying are at all bad, just not my own revisitation fare).  I have meant to try Stardust Memories again, which I don't think I've seen since it opened back when.  And the library copy I borrowed of Love & Death was unplayable . . . should search afresh.

Love and Death is one you would certainly appreciate, given the subject matter.  You need to watch it at least once.

I have let a lot of Woody slip me by:  if I want to know how neurotic Jews might act, I need only ask myself, with no need of anyone's advice.  But of the ones I have,  Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets over Broadway stand out for me, even over Annie Hall and Manhattan..  . My intro to Woody was Take the Money and Run.  It was the first half of a double bill, the second part being a definite contrast:  Mary Queen of Scots, with Glenda Jackson.