It’s no tall order to write a tragedy set during the Great Depression, but I imagine it takes some restraint to write one where the era’s circumstances aren’t the immediate sources of distress.
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ReviewProbably the most famous thing about Woody Allen’s 1980 film Stardust Memories is the self-referential recurring joke of fans telling a filmmaker that they prefer his “earlier, funnier movies” to his more artistic efforts.
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ReviewMany describe Manhattan as more of a love story between a man and his city than a traditional love story between a man and a woman. I disagree with that, as I feel the plot of Isaac and Mary and Tracy really is the story being told. However, I do interpret the film itself, and the way it was made, not as Isaac’s relationship with Manhattan, but the director’s.
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ReviewAhh, the Spain of my dreams: passionate artists, tragic poets, beautiful countryside homes, and couples fighting in the streets. I can’t tell you whether or not this is an accurate depiction, but it’s nevertheless where we find ourselves as Vicky Cristina Barcelona opens, emphasizing a couple of young, smiling, wide-eyed American girls hopping off a plane and into a cab.
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