the existential angst that woody's character endures in the narrative is quite valid....searching for some kind of truth....and many Jews have sought Christ and what Christ stood for as a comforter. but when woody thinks that a bag of wonder bread and a jar of mayonaise is the answer, he cancels out his credibility as an artist to explore human problems.
he's a 50's gag writer who made a few ha ha films.
an eternal teenager.
True, Woody Allen is no Chekov but he probably believes he is either an American Chekov or an American Ingmar Bergmann. Some of his movies are painfully prententious but he has his loyal entourage who praise everything he does. Still, I think that this is perhaps his most accessible and accomplished movie. My other Allen favorites are "Purple Rose of Cairo" and "Annie Hall", although it took several viewings for AH to grow on me. Some of his earlier stuff, like "Play It Again Sam" and "Sleepr" are amusing in a different way, back in the days he did not think of himself as an "autuer".
shareYou people are nuts. The white bread and mayo was a great sight gag and very appropriate considering the thinking of Woody's character. Woody has been creatively impotent for a good fifteen years but he was at his best with this brilliant valentine to New York City and the neurotic people who inhabit it.
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That isn't drama, it's idle pontification.
I'm guessing you're more than a little familiar with that.
As a comedian, I think Woody has a lot of fun poking pins into the pretentious gasbags of the world. He probably doesn't have the slightest interest in being an American Chekov or some other such nonsense. Just my opinion, obviously.
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no
But than, Anton Chekhov did write a play named 'Three Sisters', watched it Americanised version which is really fine but still awaiting to have a British film based on the play.
sharehis early stuff is the best.
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Allen is no Chechov, which he would be the first to admit. He satirizes the genre of existential angst, and does it quite well.
shareI think that was called a joke. I realize humor's been outlawed in the 21st century, so it's tough to spot good jokes these days.
shareThe OP is a fool.
Saying 'Woody Allen's no Chekov' is as vacuous a statement as saying "Stephen Hawking was no Einstein."
I don't know that looking for Chekhov in a Woody Allen movie is a good idea to begin with. I've always found Chekhov to be rather depressing. Woody's best work laughs at life's most troubling issues.
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