Key Genres:
Comedy, Urban Comedy, Comedy Drama,
Ensemble Film, Satire,
Comedy of Manners,
Comedy of Errors, Sophisticated Comedy, Psychological Drama, Romantic Comedy, Fantasy Comedy, Drama, Showbiz Comedy, Sex Comedy, Parody/Spoof,
Mockumentary, Romance
Key
Collaborators: Susan
E. Morse (Editor), Santo Loquasto
(Production Designer), Robert Greenhut (Producer), Mia Farrow (Leading
Player), Carlo Di Palma (Cinematographer), Gordon Willis
(Cinematographer), Diane Keaton (Leading Character Player), Alisa
Lepselter (Editor), Mel Bourne (Production Designer), Dick Hyman (Composer)
Highly
Recommended: Annie
Hall (1977), Manhattan
(1979), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989), Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Recommended:
Bananas (1971), Sleeper (1973), Love and
Death (1975), Stardust Memories (1980), Zelig (1983), Broadway Danny
Rose (1984), Radio Days (1987), Husbands and Wives (1992), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Everyone Says I
Love You (1996), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Sweet and Lowdown (1999),
Small Time Crooks (2000), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), Match
Point (2005)
1,000
Greatest Films: Love and
Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan
(1979), Zelig (1983),
Broadway Danny Rose (1984), The Purple Rose of
Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her
Sisters (1986), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
"While
most other recent screen comics have aimed their lamebrain,
slapdash spoofery at teenage audiences, Allen Stewart Konigsberg,
as he was born, has alone been consistent in catering to more
adult tastes. His is a comedy increasingly defined by character:
notably, his own." - Geoff
Andrew (The Film Handbook, 1989)
"Great
comedians almost always portray little men attempting to cope
with the trappings of a civilization that is a bit too much for
them, and Woody Allen is no exception. His insecurities -
physical, sexual and emotional - are truly of monumental
proportions." - (The
Movie Makers, 1974)