Good god, someone finally did Annie Hall. You don't understand, this was literally the single most preeminent film with zero reactions on UA-cam until twenty minutes ago. You're officially a reactosphere trailblazer.
absolutely agree! ps Casual Nerd Reactions is doing Aniie Hall in the next month or so, so there will be a second soon. Hopefully we will get WAY more Woody reactions in the future. So many classics!
Woody Allen deserves to be respected for his body of work by a new generation of fans, but alas, we're in a time where the kangaroo court of the internet overrides logic, taste and common sense.
Diane Keaton started new fashion trends and is considered somewhat of a trailblazer in how women dress, live or build a career. This film shows off her comic skills (and she is hilarious in Woody Allen’s “Sleepers”) and in Warren Beatty’s film “Reds,” she shows her serious drama skills.
@@yournamehere6002 Obviously not, since she just reacted to it, and Casual Nerd Reactions is doing it later this month as well. Great art always triumphs, haven't you learned that yet? Ask Lewis Carrol. Ask Wagner. Wagner, Max. :D
Oh my God, yes ! He is a very prolific master. I feel that " Zelig " is perhaps his most important work, but everything he's done is worth watching at least once. One common aspect among them is a psychic or spiritual element for the story to pivot around. The afterlife, in " Scoop ", hypnosis, in " Jade Scorpion ", future shock, in " Sleeper " See them all ! You won't be sorry !!
That is absolutely crazy that not a single movie reactor has reacted to this movie before now. All these reaction channels just follow each other around in a circle jerk reacting to the same movies. I said to someone else, these movie reactors must think Predator is one of the most important and culturally significant movies of the 20th century. LOL Meanwhile genuine classics, hell an Oscar winning best picture! That goes untouched forever by all these channels. I wish more movie reaction channels would dare to show such courage and branch out beyond the circle jerk of only reacting to what other channels react to.
@Mr. Fancy Pants thats not the reason. Reacting is a delicate business. You don't know what movie reactions will incur repercussions from the studios for copyright nonsense or get UA-cam to take action. So most reactors follow other reactors. They can tell what movies are safe and also what movies get a lot of likes. Getting likes helps the channel and ultimately its a numbers game. If viewers love Predator then it makes sense to give them what they want. The reactor might not care about sci-fi but their viewers love Star Wars so therefore a Star Wars reaction is coming soon. It's also why most reactors do polls. What do people want to watch is another safe way to check how many will view the video after its uploaded. I think Dawn does what she wants and I stan for that. It's rare to find a reaction that hasn't been done by everyone else. The particular talents of Woody Allen have been lost on the last 2 generations
@@stephenniehaus8635 I think we’re pretty much on the same page except I think you’re giving a bit too much credit to some of these movie reactors. I have literally heard multiple reactors express they won’t bother with certain movies or certain types of movies because they don’t get clicks. They’ll just straight out say they won’t do black and white movies because they don’t get clicks. Has nothing to do with copyrights or videos being blocked. What’s the one black and white classic all the reaction channels do if they should decided to do an older movie? “12 Angry Men” Why? Is this the only worthwhile movie made from that era and nothing else even begins to compare to it. No, it’s because they’ve seen other channels react to it and get a decent number of clicks. Hence the circle jerk is very real. So if all they’re doing then is chasing clicks, then they are indeed in a circle jerk, just doing reactions to movies they know will get clicks. Why every channel treats it as though mandatory to do reactions to “The Shawshank Redemption” LOL The world of movies is vast and long. And there are a few channels that will do random movies other channels aren’t doing. Off the top of my head, Shan Watches Movies is one. So the motivation isn’t completely about copyright and videos being blocked. Why is it that all the reaction channels think there have only ever been two westerns made in the history of cinema. Tombstone and Unforgiven. Because those are the safe westerns they can do they know will get clicks. I will amend however that the fault doesn’t completely lie with the reactors but also with the viewers and commenters themselves. Commenters will literally only ask for movies they’ve seen other channels react to and never get behind anything in significant numbers for any movie that hasn’t already been reacted to over a dozen times on other channels.
@Mr. Fancy Pants that's how it is. Many young people don't watch movies made in the 20th century. It's also hard to do. A lot of streaming services don't carry many movies older than several years. Unless it's ballyhooed still, you're likely going to have to rent it on Amazon and no one's going to pay money for one movie they know nothing about. And most people stream today. Cable is dwindling. It's just the nature of technological 'progress'. I don't fault reactors for not taking risks. It's easy to criticize them objectively but they put a lot of work into making these videos. Having to edit it just right, putting enough new content into it to avoid copyright issues, etc. Hours of work that might be disappointing if few watch it. Everyone wants their channel to be successful and sometimes you have to make concessions. Reactors want more people to patreon them and they won't do it if the channel doesn't interest them. It's a tightrope
@@stephenniehaus8635 Criticizing is easy, fun too. I absolutely can criticize anyone for not taking risks and only ever playing it safe. Because ultimately it is a cowardly path. The reactor who straight up said he wouldn’t do black and white movies because they don’t get clicks said so in response to his viewers asking him to watch some Marx Brothers movies. He never even bothered seeing any Marx Brothers movies at all. You know who did take a risk and watch some Marx Brothers movies. Our sweet, beloved Dawn. I was a patron of Dawn’s and even saw that there were people signed up for her Patreon because of The Marx Borthers reactions. The only reason this interaction is happening at all is because Dawn is watching a classic Oscar winning best picture that no other channel has ever touched. The viewers of these reaction videos aren’t just kids born in this century. There’s many older people who enjoy seeing younger people experiencing their favorite classic films for the first time. 12 Angry Men has taken off as a safe pick for reaction channels. It’s an older movie, but it’s a safe choice, because of the circle jerk. Yeah, I can criticize cowardly reactors for this.
Thanks for reacting to this gem of a movie. When it was first released my girlfriend and I saw something of ourselves in it, though I was probably more like Annie. I hope you'll try "Hannah and Her Sisters."
When "Hannah & Her Sisters" came out, it was IMMEDIATELY called his best since "Annie Hall". I'd LOVE her to do "Hannah & Her Sisters".....if not only because it includes Marx Brothers footage in it! Ooooo, this is GREAT! I've been DYING for a reactor to discover Woody!
As others, I can't believe someone reacted to a Woody Allen movie. Thank you. Woody has created some real gems over the years, with Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters being at the top for me. Very highly regarded (and controversial) filmmaker and personality. Loved and hated by many.
"Radio Days" is my favorite Allen film, followed by "Annie Hall". He was always a jerk and a pervert, but made good movies (in which he played a jerk and a pervert).
I feel that Woody is far too introspective to behave in a perverse manner. Like a Taoist, he is aware of his dark side, expressing it in openly blatant humor, rather than letting it get the better of him in any shameful context. We should all strive to follow this well disciplined Taoist example.
I'm so glad you watched this! Woody Allen has directed and starred in many films, mostly his own, but this is his first masterpiece in its unique style although not all of his films are like Annie Hall. My favorites include MANHATTAN, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, ANOTHER WOMAN (which is a drama), HUSBANDS AND WIVES and MIDNIGHT IN PARIS. Hoping you'll react to more of his work. Cheers.
"Play It Again, Sam" (1972) is another good Woody Allen movie, which also stars Diane Keaton! They did a lot of collaborations. The whole movie is a reference to to Casablanca, and considering you already watched that on the channel and really enjoyed it, I think "Play It Again, Sam" is worth checking out if you want another Woody Allen-Diane Keaton romance.
Ah, that's right, she's seen "Casablanca"! Yeah, she'd get all the references in that one. Woody didn't direct that one, but it's based on his play and the cast (including Woody) are in the film so it's close enough. I LOVE Woody & Keaton. Love Woody & Mia too! A string of great ones with her! (Louise Lasser was another great ex-girlfriend/co-star!)
@@matthewstroud4294 Hey look, it's Matt again! lol. Play It Again Sam was directed by Herbert Ross. Woody wrote the play, but he just acted in the movie and doesn't consider it one of "his" films.
@@TTM9691 Hey look, it's the Dunning- Kruger Effect again. Neither I or the original commenter said he directed it. If I said "The Untouchables is my favourite Sean Connery movie" would you jump in and say "that's not a Connery film - he didn't direct it - nahnah na nah nah.". Grow up.
Diane Keaton is a big star and the little guy who offered to get her a music contract was Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel fame. A top singer and songwriter
“That’s okay, we can walk to the curb from here.” My favorite quotable line from this movie. 😂 Annie Hall started an entire fashion trend for a while there in the 80’s … literally called “the Annie Hall look”.
When I was at university, the Annie Hall look was the uniform of all the female humanities professors, ironic, since the look was designed to show Annie's neuroticism.
1977 ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BEST PICTURE BEST ACTRESS - Diane Keaton BEST DIRECTOR - Woody Allen BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman
Radio Days is one of my favourites, its a sort of fond look back to the days before TV when the whole family used to sit round the radio its celebrities and dramatic stories. Manhattan is another one worth watching, simple story, beautifully filmed in black and white and similar in a lot of ways to Annie Hall.
fantastic reaction!!! I KNEW you'd like this movie, i can't believe people thought you wouldn't! Woody made LOTS of great movies, including more with Diane Keaton (Sleeper is one with the two of them you'd love!!) Other fantastic Woody movies: Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, Hannah And Her Sisters, Radio Days, Crimes And Misdeameanors, Love And Death, Stardust Memories, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex, Manhattan, Bananas, A Midsummer's Night Sex Comedy, The Purple Rose Of Cairo, Manhattan Murder Mystery,Huzbands And Wives...and more!!! And they are all short!!! between an hour and twenty minutes, or an hour and a half!! PLEASE do more Woody! And Diane Keaton is a QUEEN! Hilarious in interviews! You'd love her!!!!!
Good list, but I'd add "Midnight in Paris", "Blue Jasmine", "The Front", "Take the Money and Run" (if you can find it), and "Sleeper". The Front was not directed by Allen, but it starred him. And it isn't exactly comedy, but I still love it. BTW, Bananas was my very first 'R' rated movie (technically, I believe it was rated "M", which later became "R"). I was only 11 years old, but my parents thought it was ok for me to see it.
@@Haldurson I like The Front but it's not a Woody Allen movie at all, it's just one he acted in (as you said). I'm talking Woody as a director/actor. "Sleeper" was the first one I suggested in my comment, I definitely did not forget to mention it. "Take The Money & Run" is easy to find, and there's already one reaction to it, and yeah, definitely "Take The Money & Run". I said there were many others. I don't care for "Blue Jasmine" or "Midnight In Paris" although they're on the upper ranks of 99% of his post-Mia work. I don't want there to be a difference in his post-Mia career, but there definitely was, no getting around it. Woody doesn't do rewrites anymore, he got lazy, he writes a draft, looks it over once and then shoots it. And it shows, and has for a long time. But man oh man, that run of movies between Take The Money & Run and Husbands & WIves (with Manhattan Murder Mystery a nice albeit flawed throwback to end it all). Every year, a new Woody movie, most of them classic.
Woody's films cover a huge range of styles. But if it's comedy you want, it's hard to beat "Love and Death" - a parody of the Napoleonic war novel "War and Peace." Woody loved the Marx Brothers and there's a lot of "Marxian" humor in Love and Death.
Actually, Woody claims Love & Death was his salute to cowardly-wisecracking 40's Bob Hope of the "Road" pictures, and he does a pretty dead-on imitation of Hope's one-liner timing. Also, Diane Keaton gets to show her silly side in this one and "Sleeper", keeping up with Woody.
I'm old, I saw this movie in the theater on a first date at age... 22? Diane Keaton is her stage name. Her real name is Hall, Diane (Annie) Hall, and yes she did date Woody Allen.
I actually went on a date with Charles Grodin's daughter, when we were in high school, to this movie. She told me she had met Woody at a party with her Dad. Old days.
Well done for reviewing this classic movie Many people don’t get Woodys snappy New York Jewish humour I think he’s brilliant but to a lot of people he’s like marmite. They either love him or they just don’t get him at all
So true. The real top notch Jewish jokes are the ones that only Jews understand, like "My mother locked herself in the bathroom, and took an overdose of Mahjongg tiles".
Wow! I'm so thrilled to see someone do Woody Allen movies. I haven't seen this one in a long time. I can't believe I got a joke I'd never gotten before -- when Woody says something about waiting around with people like the cast The Godfather -- Diane Keaton played Kay in that movie.
OMG I’v seen both films multiple times but I never got that joke before that when he says “I’m standing with the cast of the Godfather” about the rough looking guys, he is saying it to someone who actually was a major cast member in the Godfather.
...also... may I just say, a big thank you for checking out this wee gem. Even if yer not any kind of fan of Woody Allen, I'd still recommend his Radio Days if you ever need to sit back and have a big ole warm smile on your face the whole time. I really hope you try it :)
Nice 👍 If you want to do a Woody Allen movie with a lot of crazy humour, you should do "Take the Money and Run". If you want to do a Woody Allen movie about men and women and relationships but still with comic elements, you should do "Hannah and Her Sisters". Both movies are great - you'll love them both.
This movie was huge when it first came out. It effected women's fasihion for years. But given your penchant for silliness, ou may be more in tune with his earlier work, BANANAS, LOVE AND DEATH and SLEEPER are maybe his funniest. But since you have also enjoyed CASABLANCA, you should definitely see his homage to that movie in PLAY IT AGAIN SAM.
I think Crimes and Misdemeanors is his best film but Annie Hall is a close second. It edges out When Harry Met Sally for best romantic comedy of all time because of the bittersweet ending.
Fun fact: this movie originally had an entire subplot about a murder or something. Woody cut it all out and later reworked that stuff into Manhattan Murder Mystery
Woody Allen made loads of great films, not all of them laugh-out-loud comedies, but "Sleeper" is one, and I think you'll enjoy it. Diane Keaton co-stars in that one, too.
Yes! I’d recommend “Zelig” (1983) also. It has an original concept and my favorite Woody Allen performance. I don’t think anyone has done a reaction to it yet so it would be an exclusive for a while.
What a wonderful young lady you are. Woody Allen movies (I say him by name because he writes and directs all his movies), all require multiple viewings. Diane Keaton was woody's leading lady in several films. Manhattan is one of his best for you to consider.
He went from pure pythonesque to profound. For the Pythonesque try "What's Up Tiger Lily" which is a Japanese James Bond thriller to which he added a soundtrack that has nothing to do with what's on the screen. For the more profound there's "Purple Rose Of Cairo". "Husbands & Wives" is also a very powerful drama. "Zelig" is a mockumentary which is both funny and technically amazing.
This was his best movie and won an Academy award. He made lots of great films. I like the "and" movies - Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Husbands and Wives. But his second most critically acclaimed film is Manhattan, which will quickly clue you into the controversy surrounding him in recent years. And more recently, Midnight in Paris is a must see - starring Owen Wilson (as Woody stopped playing the leading role in his later films).
Yep that's Woody and yep that's Diane singing (and you know her from THE GODFATHER among dozens of other movies). I recommend MANHATTAN next (and it's in b&w). Also Woody was a HUGE Marx Bros. fan :D
Fact: Elvis Presley and Groucho Marx died in the same week. And Woody Allen wrote a letter to Time magazine (at the time the US's top weekly news magazine) to complain that they had so much coverage of Elvis' death and so little of Groucho's.
Woody Allen is still a controversial figure to many but the man was funny as hell. Also, he got his start writing for Sid Caesar. His writing partners were Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Neil Simon,
I'm dying at the "does Woody Allen have more movies?" question! (I'm sure you've looked him up by now and will get the joke). I think Annie Hall and Manhattan go hand in hand, but if I had to pick one, Manhattan is the masterpiece with the black and white cinematography and Gershwin score. Absolutely fantastic. After that, Bullets Over Broadway is my next favorite. Not only is the script tight and entertaining, but the cast pulls it off perfectly.
If you consider more Woody, some of my favs are "broadway danny rose", "Hannah and her sisters" "bullets over broadway" and if you just want gags and laughs, "take the money and run:"
I think you'd like his earlier films; maybe Sleeper about a man who goes for a simple operation and wakes up 200 years later. A lot of slapstick comedy, also starring Woody and Diane Keaton. And yes, Woody is famous; started out as a comedy writer, became a stand up comic, and started making movies. He's been making one a year for about 50 years, though I think Annie Hall is his best.
You did a wondeful job, and very few people ever get all of the references (and I mean at the time this came out. To take a cross-cultural look, fron nearly half a century away, and get anything at all is quite remarkable. You are truly a wonder.) In my opinion, the best way to enjoy Woody Allen movies is not to seek to understand more of the references, but rather, to just see more Woody Allen movies. You may struggle a bit at first, but like Shakespeare, You will either develop an ear for it, or you will not, and you have such a delightful sense of humor, I suspect that you will.
Yes, you are completely correct, this is something she should totally understand: NO ONE EVER got all the references. I think "Annie Hall" taught half the Earth's population the word "pontificate"! Excellent point.
Woody Allen throws out cultural , political and intellectual references by the bushel. Many were obscure even to moviegoers at the time. A lot of them come from the NY intellectual environment he comes from. In the scene where he's dating the woman writer having a party for her friends from that intellectual circle, such as New Yorker magazine editors, she makes a reference to Paul Goodman. He was a famous 60s "New Left" writer. His famous book from that time "Growing up Absurd" had a big influence on Left wing criticism of American society. In the bedroom Woody Allen is riffing off all the pretentious Left wingers that are at her party. He mentions Dissent, that was a socialist journal out of NY. Then he mentions Commentary, another journal influential to the New Left, published by the American Jewish Committee. They eventually moved all the way over to the Right. He combines those two into an imaginary journal, Dysentery, named after the illness that hits you with diarrhea. He also mentions in that scene, the New York Review of Books, another magazine that was very "New Left" . Woody Allen is presenting himself as bored silly by these pretentious types as he only wants to watch the NY Knicks basketball game on TV and/or have sex with his girlfriend.
the "Annie Hall look" with the hat, tie & vest totally took over fashion when this came out. you could date a video or photo by spotting someone in that outfit in it.
I've got a suggestion for comedies right up your alley: The Pink Panther series. The first one is not quite the same style of humor as the others, but from the 2nd one on, Peter Sellers just shines. Start with "A Shot in the Dark" Then go to Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, and then Revenge of the Pink Panther.
Woody Allen has some absolutely brilliant films to check out: "Hannah and Her Sisters," "Sleeper," "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "The Purple Rose Of Cairo" (A BRILLIANT film that actually doesn't star Woody, but he created), "Love and Death," "Shadows and Fog," "Manhattan," "Zelig" (a wonderful film where he folds in historical footage in a very creative way)... the list goes on. Worth checking out, for sure!
in spite of all his personal issues,woody allen is one of the greatest comedy film writer/directors of all time. i think you would like "radio days" and you should also check out his first film "what's up tiger lily?". he doesn't act in his first film,though. what he did was take a japanese spy movie, rewrote the plot, and dubbed in a story that had nothing to do with the original film. it was a very creative effort on his part,and is quite funny.
Diane Keaton started a fashion trend and her style in this film is considered iconic. Her style which continues even now in her appearances or films, incorporates signature fashion looks that are traditionally more masculine, along with frequent and unique hats, scarves and simple but memorable accessories, layers that go against whatever is the current trend, comfort and practicality being important (like Katharine Hepburn did) use of classic fabrics and avoiding the look of trying to be a sex symbol. In this film and in Allen’s early film titled “Sleepers”, she shows her comedic skills and in Warren Beatty’s film “Reds,” she shows her serious dramatic skills.
@@orangewarm1 probably not-that term usually refers to a much younger, often sillier (or sometimes even disturbed) person whose character is not as well developed in the script and who is not aspiring to grow, or mature and change, which Annie is trying to do, even if she is a quirkier person. Annie was not written merely as a symbolic figure for the men in the film to use, which is what those manic pixie dream girls are, but she represents a more real, complex person, who has idiosyncrasies, but is becoming an independent woman and not remaining a young girl.
Diane is cute and Woody is a New York intellectual. He made many movies. All of the latter ones were like this one. He married Diane, as he often did with his leading ladies. Dawn said she would not understand the movie, but did laugh all the way through. Thumbs up!
He an Diane Keaton were never married. He was in a romantic relationship with her that actually ended before she starred in any of his movies. They've remained remained good friends all these years. She's one of the few who has actually stood up for him during his recent troubles. He did marry Louise Lasser, who was in Bananas and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. I think she's also one of the voices in What's Up Tiger Lily?.
@@richardb6260 He did not" have Loiuse as a leading lady and then marry her " He was married to her and divorced from her BEFORE the 2:films you mentioned.And I do not think he married Mia
@@Eric-ms1ry funny how you have that line in quotes when it's nowhere in my comment. I said Lasser was in his films and that they were married. Not that the two things necessarily coincided. Allen never married Farrow. They never even lived together.
Enjoyed this reaction, Dawn! A few facts... -Woody Allen is probably the most prolific film maker of the last sixty years. Since 1969, he’s directed (or written and directed) approximately fifty films - roughly one a year. I believe that, among other things, he relies on his work to keep himself relatively balanced, and his life meaningful. ‘-Annie Hall’ came out the same year as Star Wars (which we now call: Star Wars - A New Hope) - 1977. Annie Hall swept the Academy Awards in 1977, beating out Star Wars for Best motion picture, Best director, and a number of other categories. -to my knowledge, there had never been a comedy structured like this film - which is why it’s so different, and is now regarded as a classic. It changed the way people thought about film and about comedies. -the film has a number of very early appearances of people who later became big name stars: Duane who confessed to having the oncoming car lights death fantasy - is Christopher Walken (among other film characters, he’s the main villain in the 1985 James Bond film ‘A View To A Kill.’) ‘Allison Portchnik’ is Carol Kane (the wife of Miracle Max in ‘The Princess Bride’); Jeff Goldblum has a cameo as a man at a party, who claims to have misplaced his ‘aura.’ Sigoruney Weaver plays a tall woman in a long shot near the film’s end, underneath the entrance of a theater showing ‘The Sorrow And The Pity.’ -my personal favorite of his films, is ‘Sleeper’ (1973) - a comedy occurring 200 years in the future (as this was exactly 50 years ago, we’re now somewhat closer - only 150 years, now.) -The 2012 film ‘Woody Allen: A Documentary’ is not a bad place to start learning about him. But, the film was made before the eruption of the ‘#Me Too’ movement starting in 2017. When #Me Too began, the Hollywood Establishment rendered him even more of an outcast than he already was, this time based on the early-to-mid 1990s allegations regarding his then-prepubescent adopted daughter. (Nothing about the circumstances of the case had changed, only the energy directed at real or perceived sexual criminals by activists outraged at the Weinstein, Cosby and other (more certain, verified) scandals.) (I do not believe that Allen did the things he was accused of - but I acknowledge that neither side can establish an objective truth with anything close to certainty.) -Diane Keaton, who plays Annie Hall, appeared in many of Allen’s movies, and has made films not connected with him. She is a noteworthy actress and celebrity.
@@rl12345 I think it’s one of the basic principles of logic that, you can’t •• prove •• a negative. (I do agree that there’s way not enough evidence to support the charge of any crime. I also agree that it’s the opposite of the pattern of genuine pedophiles - no one does that sort of crime one time only, with one victim, then never again, no other accusations. Innocent until proven guilty.) Unfortunately, we have many examples of ‘every expert and investigator’ agreeing on X, and X turns out to be wrong: Every nation’s intelligence service agreeing there were WMDs in Iraq. Apple and thousands of other businesses betting billions of dollars that China was a safe place to do business. Israel betting that Egypt and Syria wouldn’t attack in ’73. Egypt and Syria betting that Israel wouldn’t do a first strike in ’67. Professional film critics universally panning John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ in ’82 - now recognized as a spectacularly well-done film. Dem strategists wanting Reagan and Trump to be the GOP nominee in 1980 and 2016, thinking that these men would be buffoons and easy to defeat. Finally, experts and investigators tend to be linked (or to work for) big organizations - which can’t be trusted. That doesn’t mean the experts are wrong. It only means that their organizations aren’t credible. FBI, IRS, DOJ, CDC, MSM news. U.S. Military elites (Afghanistan pullout execution), Netflix thinking airing ‘Cuties’ was a good idea…
More people went to the theatre to watch " Star Wars " than other other movie in my lifetime......and I am old..( I am counting as 2 for anyone who went to see it twice) I am a Woody Allen fan , but mostly liked his( " earlier funny ones " ---Take the money and run,Bananas ,Sleeper,Tiger Lily) which came before this one.How can the Most attended movie in my lifetime not win the Oscar for best movie.People did not watch Star Wars because of advertising.They went to the theatre in droves because of word of mouth and bacause people watched it and then decided to go back to the theatre to see it again- sometimes over and over.The lines in Hollywood were a block or two long for about 6 months after the movie came out.There virtually was no newspaper or TV advertising until the long lines for EVERY performance dwindled a bit. It would be hard for any of you to convince me that Annie Hall gave more pleasure to more people than Stars. I am not even bringing the concept of sequels into my reasoning. Did I enjoy Star Wars? I could not watch more than 20 minutes without being bored to death...but I am only one person and I am discussing how much pleasure it seemed to give to how many people. The Academy screwed up royally in their" Best Picture " voting that year
Woody Allen emerged first as a stand-up comedian, did some humorous short writing which has been collected in books like Without Feathers, and stormed into film success starting in the late 1960s. A lot of the earliest films are more slapstick, and a collaborator was a funny writer named Marshall Brickman. I like his dystopian SF comedy Sleeper from this period. It heartens to my favourite film of all time, Brazil, and the two would make a cool double-Bill. Annie Hall is probably still one of his best-loved films for its creative inventiveness, and unique approach to the Romantic Comedy, at least as far as North American movies had done up to that time. It beat Star Wars for Best Picture, at the Oscars. This was a point of much discussion at the time - Star Wars had already garnered a legion of fans even by that time. Annie Hall is not my favourite movie, though I do love seeing it every now and then. My favourite Woody Allen movie has some similarities to Anne Hall. I love the one called Broadway Danny Rose, from a few years later - also some inventiveness to its structure, a great leading woman role performed by an actress who knocks it out of the park, and a lot of laughs mixed with the bittersweet.Plus…it’s in Black and White! I have stayed away from commenting on Woody Allen’s personal history and just commented here on some films. That stuff’s out there if you want to learn about it and watch or not watch a lot of his films based on it.
Your hero from Alien and Aliens, Sigourney Weaver, made her very first film appearance in Annie Hall. She had no lines but played someone he dated . She appears standing with him at a movie ticket counter. She had another short walk on in another scene as well.
Okay it's time, Greatest (or favorite) List: 1) September (1987) 2) Manhattan (1979) 3) Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008) 4) Interiors (1978) 5) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) 6) Match Point (2005) 7) Midnight in Paris (2011) 8) Deconstructing Harry (1997) 9) Whatever Works (2009) 10) Wonder Wheel (2017) ....but really, how you have a top 10 Woody Allen list without 'Hannah and Her Sisters,' 'Sleeper,' 'The Purple Rose of Cairo,' 'Alice,' 'To Rome with Love,' sheesh -- and god so many more great ones.
Woody Allen started out as a stand up comic in the 1960's and became famous as an actor, screenwriter, and film maker although his marriage to the adopted daughter of his long time lover Mia Farrow made him somewhat infamous even by Hollywood moral standards. His best film was his semi-autobiographical film "Radio Days" which he doesn't appear in except as an off camera narrator. My personal favorite film role of his was as a Bond villain in the 1967 Bond film parody "Casino Royale" Another film of his I liked was "Sleeper" a science fiction film about somebody who awakens in the far future after being in suspended animation with the classic Woody Allen line "How can all my friends be dead? They all ate organic rice!" He did several films with Diane Keaton including this one. She's the daughter of silent film comedian Buster Keaton. Never seen this film before oddly enough although it was probably his most successful film.
Well done, Dawn. You probably got at least 90% of the movie and jokes. There's a lot of movies that are fun to watch a second or third time to pick up things we miss. Allen started out as a standup comic. There's a couple of more Allen movies you might like: Sleeper Play it Again Sam
Woody Allen was originally a stand-up comic. He moved on from that to writing comedy, then starred in various movies, some of which he did some writing on. Then he moved on and started directing movies he wrote. He's a marginally prolific move director, but he doesn't act in all of them.
(adding 2 cents) … Woody was in the writing room with some Legendary Writers … Mel Brooks, is an example. He also did Stand-Up next to some Historical Comedians … Lenny Bruce & Joan Rivers
Woody was a writer with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (like the movie My Favorite Year,he did great standup and has made about 30 movies
One of the greatest movies of all time. You got to put this movie in perspective. Woody Allen started as a comedian, but not a normal comedian. His rise to fame was something lije we never saw. He started writing at 14 years old, when he was 18, he was already one of the best writers in America. At some point he wanted to start doing his own show, as a stand up comic. In 6 months he was already the biggest comic in América. Something that never, ever, ever, happen in comedy. A stand up comic needs years to built a name, he made it in months. Then he started making movies, and in a few years cimented his name as the number one name in comedy. At the time, he was not only the biggest comic, he was regarded as the biggest star of all time, along Charlie Chaplin. And it was at this point that he wanted to make movies beside comedy. There's Annie Hall, his first atempt at a non-comedy movie. But... He don't have the guts to put comedy completly aside. So he make his serious movie, but put a lot of jokes there. And so born one of the greatest masterpieces in movie history... There's still another fun story about the movie. This was not the movie he shot. It got another plot, it was a murder story. But the editor, seeing the raw footage, said to Woody "you got here a amazing rom-com, just cut all the murder plot out". Seeing the movie that the editor put together, Woody loved it so much, that he never worked with another editor. And after this, Woody become the greatest american movie director for decades and decades. The most renowed and most respected director in America. Win a few Oscars, but only went to the Oscars one time. And only stayed there 30 minutes. But was one of the highlights of Oscar history. And showed that he was still a amazing stand up comic!!
A brilliant movie that made everybody want to live in New York in the 1970's, the "Tony Lacey" character 17.36 mins is the great Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel, great cameo
Woody was a standup comedian. He also plays the clarinet. He then became a writer/director of many movies. He acts in a lot of them. Most of them are like this one. One of them may have been Scarlett Johannson's first movie. He was married to an actress name Mia Farrow. However, he later divorced her in favor of a relationship with their adopted daughter.
Woody Allen and Mia Farrow never married. Soon-li was adopted by Mia Farrow and Andre Previn, her name was Soon-Li Previn. Woody and Mia did have a relationship, not marriage.
@@ASchwa29 I accept that my memory is faulty. However, if Woody was in no way related to Soon-li, what was the big controversy? Was it simply that she was so much younger?
@@acecombatter6620 Mia Farrow was putting out a lot of false information. I think that Mia wanted to get married, she had married Frank Sinatra when she was 19 and he was 49, her second husband she married, Andre Previn, she was 25 and he was 50. I don’t know what is true or not, I think it was to destroy Woody Allen’s reputation. I have heard what Soon-Yi has stated, she has adopted 2 children with Woody Allen, both girls. If you know what hoops that you have to go through to adopt any child, the investigations, this after all the stuff in the News, it seems to me the allegations were found either to be false or they couldn’t find any credible evidence.
Nice reaction. Yes lots of his films are about relationships. Manhattan is anther classic also featuring Diane Keaton. I’d also recommend. “Play it Again Sam” 1972. Allen plays a character obsessed by Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca). Wordy Allen wrote the screenplay but didn’t direct. Diane Keaton is also in that one. Nice one for doing a Woody Allen film - keep ‘em coming!
Small surprise that both Allen and Spielberg idolise the Swedish master director Ingmar Bergman (from near my neck of the woods, the movie posters in Allen's films, the death/relationship talks, the 70s serious films Allen made, religion, dark humour, psychology etc.). Steven Spielberg's films are a poutporri of Hitchcockian horror, Hawksian 'guys on adventure' action and usually a Bergmanesque moment of an elderly man quietly reminiscing his life. For more classics, anything by Fellini, Truffaut, Bergman or modern fare: Jim Jarmusch, Alex Cox or our Aki Kaurismäki.
back in the 70s and 80s, Woody Allen was revered as a comedy 'God'. 'Hannah and her Sisters' and 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' both stand the test of time as does 'Bullets Over Broadway' (Woody does not appear in this one). I might also have recommended 'Manhattan' - hailed as a work of genius at the time but in 2023 I doubt it would be seen in the same way. like the plaits.
Woody Allen has lots and lots of movies. The early ones are more farcical, and he progressed to doing some fairly deep and dark ones, so he has a considerable talent. Most of his stuff is also based on his own psychological impressions of himself, and many of them dip into the very unpleasant aspects of his life and perspectives. If you know about his real life, some things get very uncomfortable to watch. But at the same time, a lot of his movies are just .... wonderful, and a lot of them play around with camera, point of view, and what it means to "be" a movie. Among my favorites of his are "Take the Money and Run", "Sleeper" (which was my father's favorite), and "Hannah and her Sisters", which may be my personal Allen favorite. There were some familiar faces in this movie: Allison was played by Carol Kane, and I think you've seen "Princess Bride" and "Addams Family Values"? If so, she was Valerie, wife of Miracle Max in "Princess Bride" and Grandmamma in "Addams Family Values". To see her in another young, serious role, grab "Hester Street", if you can, which is about a Jewish immigrant's experience in early 20th century New York (my own great grandparents lived on Hester Street in the late 1800s and very early 1900s, so I have a special fondness for this movie). Shelley Duval was the woman Alvy slept with before running over to kill the spider. She's the wife in "The Shining". Tony was played by Paul Simon, who you probably don't know, but, when this movie came out, this was an exciting one for me: Simon is half of the singing team Simon and Garfunkel, and this team was extremely famous and influential during the 1960s-1970s. Here are a couple of their more famous numbers: ua-cam.com/video/-xhJcQEfD5s/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/9C1BCAgu2I8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/-Jj4s9I-53g/v-deo.html (a special favorite of mine). Diane Keaton played a major character in "The Godfather", and Alvy's line to her about having been stuck with the cast of "Godfather" is probably little inside joke. Tony Robers, who played Alvy's Californian friend, is one of those actors that Allen likes to use in many of his movies, and you'll see him if you decide to watch more Allen stuff. The Marx Brothers were an influence on Allen, and often it shows ("Hannah and Her Sisters"........) Annie's mother is wonderful stage actress Colleen Dewhurst. She didn't make many non-stage appearances, but when she did, she was a strong, wonderful presence: ua-cam.com/video/DMufsemAPy0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/9Ko5cHepVIo/v-deo.html (where she's following the lead of the great singer Billie Holiday: ua-cam.com/video/vvxJVk0Nw5g/v-deo.html the white gardenia in her hair was a trademark). And one more bit if data: Duane, Annie's brother, is eccentric, gifted actor Christopher Walken, and if you don't know him yet, boy, do you have a treat coming! ua-cam.com/video/H4IrfObVzJo/v-deo.html
Woody Allen and Groucho Marx were friends. Allen felt hurt when Groucho failed to respond to a letter Woody sent him in 1961. So, in 1967, when Groucho heard about Allen's hurt feelings, sent him a letter which patched things up. It began: "Goodie Ace told some unemployed friend of mine that you were disappointed or annoyed or happy or drunk that I hadn't answered the letter you wrote me some years ago. You know, of course, there is no money in answering letters -- unless they're letters of credit from Switzerland or the Mafia. I write you reluctantly, for I know you are doing six things simultaneously -- five including sex. I don't know where you get the time to correspond."
Great reaction! Other good Allen movies are Manhattan, Play it Again Sam, Broadway Danny Rose and Hannah and Her Sisters. The last one mentions the Marx brothers again. 🙂
Love the reaction. There are a lot inside 60s and 70s references. Woody Allen comes from a 50s and 60s New York City Jewish intellectual and political environment. In the scene where he comes over to kill the spider, he's jealous and suspicious of a "right wing rock star " she might be dating. Funny because there were no right wing rock stars in existence. But he's suspicious because he finds a copy of National Review magazine. That was the most well known right wing magazine in the USA. It was edited by the well known conservative intellectual of that time , William F. Buckley Jr. He tells Annie to have William F. Buckley come over and kill the spider. Woody Allen had a reputation of being a left wing kind of guy, so he's shocked to see that magazine.
Diane Keaton's real name is Diane Hall. She and Woody had broken up before this movie was made, but since they remained friends, she agreed to be in it.
If you read these comments, ignore the trolls and try watching more of his films. You may enjoy PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, SLEEPER, LOVE AND DEATH, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE, RADIO DAYS.
This is the first film I ever went to see with someone I was in love with. She was a fan of Woody Allen's earlier films which I hardly knew. But I loved this one partly because of the outrageous convention-breaking moments like introducing a person who isn't even in the plot to defend his ideas or suddenly going into an animation with Woody and the wicked Queen or walking into scenes from his or her past. But I mostly loved it for the awkward but endearing love story and the fact that he wrote and played a starkly honest and not always flattering version of his own character without leaving out the flaws.
Diane Keaton became a Fashion Icon in 1977 with 'Annie Hall' the title character's menswear-centric wardrobe, inspired by "cool-looking women on the streets of New York," launched a style trend.
There are two modern sleeper WA movies I highly recommend. First is called "Scoop" with Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman. Second is called, "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion". With Helen Hunt , Dan Aykroyd that is great. As far as older. My all time favorite Woody Allen movie is "Hannah and Her Sisters". An absolute delightful tale starring Mia Farrow, Michael Caine and Barbara Hershey. Good on you for exploring the oldest comedy on earth. Human comedy.
As for the references you don't get: just assume everyone is either a New York or European intellectual and that's all you need to know. Granted, Marshall McLuhan is Canadian--and that IS him in Anne Hall--but you get the drift. Allen started his film-making career with a string of inconsistent but occasionally brilliant comedies (the influence of the Marx Brothers, especially Groucho--since he can't be all four of them--is strong): "What's Up, Tiger Lily?": he took a b-grade Japanese spy movie and dubbed in his own ridiculous dialogue. In his version, it's about the search for a chicken salad recipe. "Take the Money and Run": Woody always tends to play the same type of character, in this one, he's an inept bank robber. "Bananas": I haven't seen this one, Same character type, this time he gets involved in South/Central America political revolution. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex": loosely, very loosely based on a bestselling non-fiction book of the same title. Very episodic, very hit and miss, but the hits are wee-your-pants funny. One episode features a young Gene Wilder who falls in love with, um, not a person. "Sleeper":first collaboration with Diane Keaton. Equal parts Marx Bros. and Chaplin. Woody awakes into an Orwellian future. "Annie Hall," as you've seen. A new maturity and consistency to the material. Followed by "Manhattan," which many consider his masterpiece. And a love letter to NYC. And then he began to maybe take himself too seriously as a film-maker. Swedish director Ingmar Bergman replaced the Marx Brothers as his guiding light. His dramatic movies never quite hit the mark and his comedies, often relying on the same "Woody" character, became repetitive. But once a decade or so, he still managed to hit the nail on the head. See "Zelig," "Hannah and Her Sisters," Bullets Over Broadway." I'd especially recommend "Zelig" for its humor and its backstory. It's more or less a parody of Warren Beatty's film "Reds," co-starring Diane Keaton after she and Allen split up and she began dating... Warren Beatty. And despite its inconsistency, the high points of EYEWTKA Sex are so high that it's one you really should see. So be careful with Woody. He's got some stinkers. And he's got some movies that will have you rolling on the floor. Take care, friend, glad to se you challenged yourself with Annie Hall.
I don’t know if you still read the comments on old videos but PLEASE WATCH MANHATTAN!!!!!! Woody Allen is a famous comedian from the late 60s and 70s, he’s switched over to becoming one of the greatest film directors of all time. And when I say one of, I mean literally easily top 50 in all of history. And he’s incredibly smart but never ghosts but instead makes fun of himself and the type of people he hangs out with. He deals with very deep and thought-provoking concepts and seems to understand himself and other humans in a way that is very hard to come by. He has many great films, mainly because since his debut movie every year including this one he has come out with a different movie. Every single year, he has made a movie, which is insane. His final movie will come out this year and I’m so excited for it. I think he would enjoy Hannah and her sisters, along with purple rose of Cairo, play it again Sam, and Alice. Although I have to say, I think the movie you should watch next and is quite possibly his best film, is Manhattan. It’s important to know that the reason why no one really reacts to his movies, and despite his contemporaries respecting him immensely, the reason why no one really talks about him anymore, it’s because of the huge scandal he had. Anyways, I think you got the point of the movie, it perfectly encapsulates how real people view their own past relationships. You don’t think of it in chronological order, and while you think of the memories you can’t help but think about what you could’ve done differently, which is why breaking the fourth wall and having the movie not in chronological order is perfect. His arc is really understanding that their separation was for the best, it’s the one relationship he never fully got over, and it’s not until he thinks back and finally sees her again that he realizes that while it technically failed, he can still look at it with a fondness without diluting himself into thinking She was the one. And just like real life they have a uneventful goodbye, she walks out of you and he moves on. It’s the ultimate break up movie. If I ever I’m going through a break up, or one of my friends are, I think it’s the most therapeutic film for that type of situation.
His greatest movie is Crimes and Misdemeaners. You should also watch Manhatten, where Diane Keaton plays someone as smart at the Woody Allen character.
Good god, someone finally did Annie Hall.
You don't understand, this was literally the single most preeminent film with zero reactions on UA-cam until twenty minutes ago.
You're officially a reactosphere trailblazer.
absolutely agree! ps Casual Nerd Reactions is doing Aniie Hall in the next month or so, so there will be a second soon. Hopefully we will get WAY more Woody reactions in the future. So many classics!
Woody Allen deserves to be respected for his body of work by a new generation of fans, but alas, we're in a time where the kangaroo court of the internet overrides logic, taste and common sense.
Diane Keaton started new fashion trends and is considered somewhat of a trailblazer in how women dress, live or build a career. This film shows off her comic skills (and she is hilarious in Woody Allen’s “Sleepers”) and in Warren Beatty’s film “Reds,” she shows her serious drama skills.
Yeah, I'm still waiting for someone to react to In the Heat of the Night or Inherit the Wind.
@@yournamehere6002 Obviously not, since she just reacted to it, and Casual Nerd Reactions is doing it later this month as well. Great art always triumphs, haven't you learned that yet? Ask Lewis Carrol. Ask Wagner. Wagner, Max. :D
'Has Woody Allen made any other movies?' Adorable 😀
Oh my God, yes ! He is a very prolific master. I feel that " Zelig " is perhaps his most important work, but everything he's done is worth watching at least once. One common aspect among them is a psychic or spiritual element for the story to pivot around. The afterlife, in " Scoop ", hypnosis, in " Jade Scorpion ", future shock, in " Sleeper "
See them all ! You won't be sorry !!
So cool. You're the first person to react to this movie. It's a great, quirky movie
That is absolutely crazy that not a single movie reactor has reacted to this movie before now.
All these reaction channels just follow each other around in a circle jerk reacting to the same movies.
I said to someone else, these movie reactors must think Predator is one of the most important and culturally significant movies of the 20th century. LOL
Meanwhile genuine classics, hell an Oscar winning best picture! That goes untouched forever by all these channels.
I wish more movie reaction channels would dare to show such courage and branch out beyond the circle jerk of only reacting to what other channels react to.
@Mr. Fancy Pants thats not the reason. Reacting is a delicate business. You don't know what movie reactions will incur repercussions from the studios for copyright nonsense or get UA-cam to take action. So most reactors follow other reactors. They can tell what movies are safe and also what movies get a lot of likes. Getting likes helps the channel and ultimately its a numbers game. If viewers love Predator then it makes sense to give them what they want. The reactor might not care about sci-fi but their viewers love Star Wars so therefore a Star Wars reaction is coming soon. It's also why most reactors do polls. What do people want to watch is another safe way to check how many will view the video after its uploaded. I think Dawn does what she wants and I stan for that. It's rare to find a reaction that hasn't been done by everyone else. The particular talents of Woody Allen have been lost on the last 2 generations
@@stephenniehaus8635 I think we’re pretty much on the same page except I think you’re giving a bit too much credit to some of these movie reactors. I have literally heard multiple reactors express they won’t bother with certain movies or certain types of movies because they don’t get clicks.
They’ll just straight out say they won’t do black and white movies because they don’t get clicks. Has nothing to do with copyrights or videos being blocked.
What’s the one black and white classic all the reaction channels do if they should decided to do an older movie?
“12 Angry Men”
Why? Is this the only worthwhile movie made from that era and nothing else even begins to compare to it.
No, it’s because they’ve seen other channels react to it and get a decent number of clicks.
Hence the circle jerk is very real.
So if all they’re doing then is chasing clicks, then they are indeed in a circle jerk, just doing reactions to movies they know will get clicks.
Why every channel treats it as though mandatory to do reactions to “The Shawshank Redemption” LOL
The world of movies is vast and long. And there are a few channels that will do random movies other channels aren’t doing.
Off the top of my head, Shan Watches Movies is one.
So the motivation isn’t completely about copyright and videos being blocked.
Why is it that all the reaction channels think there have only ever been two westerns made in the history of cinema.
Tombstone and Unforgiven. Because those are the safe westerns they can do they know will get clicks.
I will amend however that the fault doesn’t completely lie with the reactors but also with the viewers and commenters themselves. Commenters will literally only ask for movies they’ve seen other channels react to and never get behind anything in significant numbers for any movie that hasn’t already been reacted to over a dozen times on other channels.
@Mr. Fancy Pants that's how it is. Many young people don't watch movies made in the 20th century. It's also hard to do. A lot of streaming services don't carry many movies older than several years. Unless it's ballyhooed still, you're likely going to have to rent it on Amazon and no one's going to pay money for one movie they know nothing about. And most people stream today. Cable is dwindling. It's just the nature of technological 'progress'. I don't fault reactors for not taking risks. It's easy to criticize them objectively but they put a lot of work into making these videos. Having to edit it just right, putting enough new content into it to avoid copyright issues, etc. Hours of work that might be disappointing if few watch it. Everyone wants their channel to be successful and sometimes you have to make concessions. Reactors want more people to patreon them and they won't do it if the channel doesn't interest them. It's a tightrope
@@stephenniehaus8635 Criticizing is easy, fun too.
I absolutely can criticize anyone for not taking risks and only ever playing it safe. Because ultimately it is a cowardly path.
The reactor who straight up said he wouldn’t do black and white movies because they don’t get clicks said so in response to his viewers asking him to watch some Marx Brothers movies.
He never even bothered seeing any Marx Brothers movies at all.
You know who did take a risk and watch some Marx Brothers movies.
Our sweet, beloved Dawn.
I was a patron of Dawn’s and even saw that there were people signed up for her Patreon because of The Marx Borthers reactions.
The only reason this interaction is happening at all is because Dawn is watching a classic Oscar winning best picture that no other channel has ever touched.
The viewers of these reaction videos aren’t just kids born in this century.
There’s many older people who enjoy seeing younger people experiencing their favorite classic films for the first time.
12 Angry Men has taken off as a safe pick for reaction channels.
It’s an older movie, but it’s a safe choice, because of the circle jerk.
Yeah, I can criticize cowardly reactors for this.
Thanks for reacting to this gem of a movie. When it was first released my girlfriend and I saw something of ourselves in it, though I was probably more like Annie. I hope you'll try "Hannah and Her Sisters."
That might be my favorite of his... absolutely wonderful film and performances.
When "Hannah & Her Sisters" came out, it was IMMEDIATELY called his best since "Annie Hall". I'd LOVE her to do "Hannah & Her Sisters".....if not only because it includes Marx Brothers footage in it! Ooooo, this is GREAT! I've been DYING for a reactor to discover Woody!
"Hannah and Her Sisters" is one of my favorite movies ever.
As others, I can't believe someone reacted to a Woody Allen movie. Thank you. Woody has created some real gems over the years, with Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters being at the top for me. Very highly regarded (and controversial) filmmaker and personality. Loved and hated by many.
"Radio Days" is my favorite Allen film, followed by "Annie Hall". He was always a jerk and a pervert, but made good movies (in which he played a jerk and a pervert).
Those are great but don't forget Love and Death and Crimes and Misdemeanors.
I feel that Woody is far too introspective to behave in a perverse manner. Like a Taoist, he is aware of his dark side, expressing it in openly blatant humor, rather than letting it get the better of him in any shameful context. We should all strive to follow this well disciplined Taoist example.
I'm so glad you watched this! Woody Allen has directed and starred in many films, mostly his own, but this is his first masterpiece in its unique style although not all of his films are like Annie Hall. My favorites include MANHATTAN, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, ANOTHER WOMAN (which is a drama), HUSBANDS AND WIVES and MIDNIGHT IN PARIS. Hoping you'll react to more of his work. Cheers.
This was the first modern Rom Com. So many films owe a debt to it
"Play It Again, Sam" (1972) is another good Woody Allen movie, which also stars Diane Keaton! They did a lot of collaborations. The whole movie is a reference to to Casablanca, and considering you already watched that on the channel and really enjoyed it, I think "Play It Again, Sam" is worth checking out if you want another Woody Allen-Diane Keaton romance.
Ah, that's right, she's seen "Casablanca"! Yeah, she'd get all the references in that one. Woody didn't direct that one, but it's based on his play and the cast (including Woody) are in the film so it's close enough. I LOVE Woody & Keaton. Love Woody & Mia too! A string of great ones with her! (Louise Lasser was another great ex-girlfriend/co-star!)
You have the most eyes I’ve ever seen.
Play It Again, Sam is my fave Allen film. Crimes and Misdemeanors is second.
@@matthewstroud4294 Hey look, it's Matt again! lol. Play It Again Sam was directed by Herbert Ross. Woody wrote the play, but he just acted in the movie and doesn't consider it one of "his" films.
@@TTM9691 Hey look, it's the Dunning- Kruger Effect again. Neither I or the original commenter said he directed it.
If I said "The Untouchables is my favourite Sean Connery movie" would you jump in and say "that's not a Connery film - he didn't direct it - nahnah na nah nah.".
Grow up.
"Crimes and Misdemeanors" (in my humble opinion) is his best film.
that and 'take the money and run' and maybe 'love and death'
his second best behind this imo
Zelig is far and away his most important and meaningful work
Trivia: At the end of the movie, when Alvie and his date meet Annie and her date on the street, his date is Sigourney Weaver.
Her film debut!
Diane Keaton is a big star and the little guy who offered to get her a music contract was Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel fame. A top singer and songwriter
“That’s okay, we can walk to the curb from here.” My favorite quotable line from this movie. 😂
Annie Hall started an entire fashion trend for a while there in the 80’s … literally called “the Annie Hall look”.
Haha I always quote that one when I or someone else parks badly.
When I was at university, the Annie Hall look was the uniform of all the female humanities professors, ironic, since the look was designed to show Annie's neuroticism.
Broadway Danny Rose is a great one too
1977 ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
BEST PICTURE
BEST ACTRESS - Diane Keaton
BEST DIRECTOR - Woody Allen
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman
Radio Days is one of my favourites, its a sort of fond look back to the days before TV when the whole family used to sit round the radio its celebrities and dramatic stories. Manhattan is another one worth watching, simple story, beautifully filmed in black and white and similar in a lot of ways to Annie Hall.
fantastic reaction!!! I KNEW you'd like this movie, i can't believe people thought you wouldn't! Woody made LOTS of great movies, including more with Diane Keaton (Sleeper is one with the two of them you'd love!!) Other fantastic Woody movies: Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, Hannah And Her Sisters, Radio Days, Crimes And Misdeameanors, Love And Death, Stardust Memories, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex, Manhattan, Bananas, A Midsummer's Night Sex Comedy, The Purple Rose Of Cairo, Manhattan Murder Mystery,Huzbands And Wives...and more!!! And they are all short!!! between an hour and twenty minutes, or an hour and a half!! PLEASE do more Woody! And Diane Keaton is a QUEEN! Hilarious in interviews! You'd love her!!!!!
Good list, but I'd add "Midnight in Paris", "Blue Jasmine", "The Front", "Take the Money and Run" (if you can find it), and "Sleeper". The Front was not directed by Allen, but it starred him. And it isn't exactly comedy, but I still love it. BTW, Bananas was my very first 'R' rated movie (technically, I believe it was rated "M", which later became "R"). I was only 11 years old, but my parents thought it was ok for me to see it.
@@Haldurson Play it again Sam was one of my favorites, not on the list. Also with Diane Keaton and Tony Roberts.
Zelig is amazing! Stardust Memories is probably my favorite. Bananas and Sleeper are among his "early funny ones."
@@Haldurson I like The Front but it's not a Woody Allen movie at all, it's just one he acted in (as you said). I'm talking Woody as a director/actor. "Sleeper" was the first one I suggested in my comment, I definitely did not forget to mention it. "Take The Money & Run" is easy to find, and there's already one reaction to it, and yeah, definitely "Take The Money & Run". I said there were many others. I don't care for "Blue Jasmine" or "Midnight In Paris" although they're on the upper ranks of 99% of his post-Mia work. I don't want there to be a difference in his post-Mia career, but there definitely was, no getting around it. Woody doesn't do rewrites anymore, he got lazy, he writes a draft, looks it over once and then shoots it. And it shows, and has for a long time. But man oh man, that run of movies between Take The Money & Run and Husbands & WIves (with Manhattan Murder Mystery a nice albeit flawed throwback to end it all). Every year, a new Woody movie, most of them classic.
U forgot Take the Money and Run. My Favorite one
Woody's films cover a huge range of styles. But if it's comedy you want, it's hard to beat "Love and Death" - a parody of the Napoleonic war novel "War and Peace." Woody loved the Marx Brothers and there's a lot of "Marxian" humor in Love and Death.
Actually, Woody claims Love & Death was his salute to cowardly-wisecracking 40's Bob Hope of the "Road" pictures, and he does a pretty dead-on imitation of Hope's one-liner timing.
Also, Diane Keaton gets to show her silly side in this one and "Sleeper", keeping up with Woody.
@@ericjanssen394woody has often said that his character is bob hope with angst
It might be a Hope salute but the whole Don Francisco's Sister scene is very Marxian. And funny.
I'm old, I saw this movie in the theater on a first date at age... 22? Diane Keaton is her stage name. Her real name is Hall, Diane (Annie) Hall, and yes she did date Woody Allen.
I actually went on a date with Charles Grodin's daughter, when we were in high school, to this movie. She told me she had met Woody at a party with her Dad. Old days.
Great in Midnight Run.
Well done for reviewing this classic movie Many people don’t get Woodys snappy New York Jewish humour I think he’s brilliant but to a lot of people he’s like marmite. They either love him or they just don’t get him at all
So true. The real top notch Jewish jokes are the ones that only Jews understand, like "My mother locked herself in the bathroom, and took an overdose of Mahjongg tiles".
Dawn, Sleeper is for you. the humor's very visual & absurd & you will like it a lot.
At one point he says to Annie that he's surrounded by the cast of the Godfather, Diane Keaton was in the Godfather.
Wow! I'm so thrilled to see someone do Woody Allen movies. I haven't seen this one in a long time. I can't believe I got a joke I'd never gotten before -- when Woody says something about waiting around with people like the cast The Godfather -- Diane Keaton played Kay in that movie.
OMG I’v seen both films multiple times but I never got that joke before that when he says “I’m standing with the cast of the Godfather” about the rough looking guys, he is saying it to someone who actually was a major cast member in the Godfather.
Another great Woody Allen movie is "Play it Again Sam". Very similar to this in that Woody plays an awkward man looking for love.
Look up the _SCTV_ parody _Play It Again, Bob_ ... where Woody and Bob Hope get together.
...also... may I just say, a big thank you for checking out this wee gem. Even if yer not any kind of fan of Woody Allen, I'd still recommend his Radio Days if you ever need to sit back and have a big ole warm smile on your face the whole time. I really hope you try it :)
Great fun watching someone react to Annie Hall - a truly iconic movie.
Nice 👍
If you want to do a Woody Allen movie with a lot of crazy humour, you should do "Take the Money and Run". If you want to do a Woody Allen movie about men and women and relationships but still with comic elements, you should do "Hannah and Her Sisters". Both movies are great - you'll love them both.
Probably his best slapstick film. I think Dawn would love that one!
Fun movie. Some of the music from that was used as the theme in Austin Powers
Allison is played by Carol Kane, who you also saw as the wife of Miracle Max in The Princess Bride.
This movie was huge when it first came out. It effected women's fasihion for years. But given your penchant for silliness, ou may be more in tune with his earlier work, BANANAS, LOVE AND DEATH and SLEEPER are maybe his funniest. But since you have also enjoyed CASABLANCA, you should definitely see his homage to that movie in PLAY IT AGAIN SAM.
Yeah, you love those early goofier ones especially.
I think Crimes and Misdemeanors is his best film but Annie Hall is a close second. It edges out When Harry Met Sally for best romantic comedy of all time because of the bittersweet ending.
My therapist is concerned that this was my favorite movie when i was 12. Oh my.
The guy who played "Tony", the one who was interested in recording Annie Hall after hearing her sing, is Paul Simon (of "& Garfunkel" fame).
Fun fact: this movie originally had an entire subplot about a murder or something. Woody cut it all out and later reworked that stuff into Manhattan Murder Mystery
The guy that wanted to record her was Paul Simon.
An excellent choice 🙃
My introduction to him was Love and Death.
Love & Death is a favorite! "Wheat.."
A very underrated movie
Love and Death is a brilliant film, but I'm afraid that Dawn's head might explode with the "Subjectivity is objective" scene. 😳
@@Hexon66 Really, they're just talking about sex.
Isn't he the young coward all St. Petersburg is talking about?
Woody Allen made loads of great films, not all of them laugh-out-loud comedies, but "Sleeper" is one, and I think you'll enjoy it. Diane Keaton co-stars in that one, too.
I saw that in the theatre when I was a kid. Comedy classic.
Yes! I’d recommend “Zelig” (1983) also. It has an original concept and my favorite Woody Allen performance. I don’t think anyone has done a reaction to it yet so it would be an exclusive for a while.
Agreed. "Sleeper" would be a good choice for this channel
Soon id'll be Passover an you'll be wanten yer matzohs!
What a wonderful young lady you are. Woody Allen movies (I say him by name because he writes and directs all his movies), all require multiple viewings. Diane Keaton was woody's leading lady in several films. Manhattan is one of his best for you to consider.
Allen didn't direct Play It Again Sam and sometimes stars in films he didn't write like The Front and Antz.
Really interesting to see how much When Harry Met Sally took from this. Thanks for the reaction.
He went from pure pythonesque to profound. For the Pythonesque try "What's Up Tiger Lily" which is a Japanese James Bond thriller to which he added a soundtrack that has nothing to do with what's on the screen. For the more profound there's "Purple Rose Of Cairo". "Husbands & Wives" is also a very powerful drama. "Zelig" is a mockumentary which is both funny and technically amazing.
P.S Tony Lacey is played by Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel /"Gracelands" fame.
This was his best movie and won an Academy award. He made lots of great films. I like the "and" movies - Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Husbands and Wives. But his second most critically acclaimed film is Manhattan, which will quickly clue you into the controversy surrounding him in recent years. And more recently, Midnight in Paris is a must see - starring Owen Wilson (as Woody stopped playing the leading role in his later films).
Sleeper, and Love and Death are both great fun.
I've never seen this movie, but this movie was obviously the inspiration for When Harry met Sally.
Yep that's Woody and yep that's Diane singing (and you know her from THE GODFATHER among dozens of other movies). I recommend MANHATTAN next (and it's in b&w). Also Woody was a HUGE Marx Bros. fan :D
Fact: Elvis Presley and Groucho Marx died in the same week. And Woody Allen wrote a letter to Time magazine (at the time the US's top weekly news magazine) to complain that they had so much coverage of Elvis' death and so little of Groucho's.
Woody Allen is still a controversial figure to many but the man was funny as hell. Also, he got his start writing for Sid Caesar. His writing partners were Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Neil Simon,
I'm dying at the "does Woody Allen have more movies?" question! (I'm sure you've looked him up by now and will get the joke).
I think Annie Hall and Manhattan go hand in hand, but if I had to pick one, Manhattan is the masterpiece with the black and white cinematography and Gershwin score. Absolutely fantastic.
After that, Bullets Over Broadway is my next favorite. Not only is the script tight and entertaining, but the cast pulls it off perfectly.
If you consider more Woody, some of my favs are "broadway danny rose", "Hannah and her sisters" "bullets over broadway" and if you just want gags and laughs, "take the money and run:"
Woody Allen is very Charming so it's easy to be entertained by his type of humor even if we don't understand what he's talking about😂😂😂
I think you'd like his earlier films; maybe Sleeper about a man who goes for a simple operation and wakes up 200 years later. A lot of slapstick comedy, also starring Woody and Diane Keaton. And yes, Woody is famous; started out as a comedy writer, became a stand up comic, and started making movies. He's been making one a year for about 50 years, though I think Annie Hall is his best.
You did a wondeful job, and very few people ever get all of the references (and I mean at the time this came out. To take a cross-cultural look, fron nearly half a century away, and get anything at all is quite remarkable. You are truly a wonder.) In my opinion, the best way to enjoy Woody Allen movies is not to seek to understand more of the references, but rather, to just see more Woody Allen movies. You may struggle a bit at first, but like Shakespeare, You will either develop an ear for it, or you will not, and you have such a delightful sense of humor, I suspect that you will.
Yes, you are completely correct, this is something she should totally understand: NO ONE EVER got all the references. I think "Annie Hall" taught half the Earth's population the word "pontificate"! Excellent point.
I think you would love one of his earliest films, "Take the Money and Run." It's full of very funny gags.
Woody Allen throws out cultural , political and intellectual references by the bushel. Many were obscure even to moviegoers at the time. A lot of them come from the NY intellectual environment he comes from. In the scene where he's dating the woman writer having a party for her friends from that intellectual circle, such as New Yorker magazine editors, she makes a reference to Paul Goodman. He was a famous 60s "New Left" writer. His famous book from that time "Growing up Absurd" had a big influence on Left wing criticism of American society. In the bedroom Woody Allen is riffing off all the pretentious Left wingers that are at her party. He mentions Dissent, that was a socialist journal out of NY. Then he mentions Commentary, another journal influential to the New Left, published by the American Jewish Committee. They eventually moved all the way over to the Right. He combines those two into an imaginary journal, Dysentery, named after the illness that hits you with diarrhea. He also mentions in that scene, the New York Review of Books, another magazine that was very "New Left" . Woody Allen is presenting himself as bored silly by these pretentious types as he only wants to watch the NY Knicks basketball game on TV and/or have sex with his girlfriend.
The Annie Hall look. The most lasting theme of the movie.
We need "Dr.Stranglove" Its very fitting for the times we live in..!
the "Annie Hall look" with the hat, tie & vest totally took over fashion when this came out. you could date a video or photo by spotting someone in that outfit in it.
I was in traveling in Germany and saw a poster for this film and it was titled in German "The Life and Loves of a City Neurotic"!
I've got a suggestion for comedies right up your alley: The Pink Panther series. The first one is not quite the same style of humor as the others, but from the 2nd one on, Peter Sellers just shines. Start with "A Shot in the Dark" Then go to Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, and then Revenge of the Pink Panther.
Woody Allen has some absolutely brilliant films to check out: "Hannah and Her Sisters," "Sleeper," "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "The Purple Rose Of Cairo" (A BRILLIANT film that actually doesn't star Woody, but he created), "Love and Death," "Shadows and Fog," "Manhattan," "Zelig" (a wonderful film where he folds in historical footage in a very creative way)... the list goes on. Worth checking out, for sure!
in spite of all his personal issues,woody allen is one of the greatest comedy film writer/directors of all time. i think you would like "radio days" and you should also check out his first film "what's up tiger lily?". he doesn't act in his first film,though. what he did was take a japanese spy movie, rewrote the plot, and dubbed in a story that had nothing to do with the original film. it was a very creative effort on his part,and is quite funny.
Diane Keaton started a fashion trend and her style in this film is considered iconic. Her style which continues even now in her appearances or films, incorporates signature fashion looks that are traditionally more masculine, along with frequent and unique hats, scarves and simple but memorable accessories, layers that go against whatever is the current trend, comfort and practicality being important (like Katharine Hepburn did) use of classic fabrics and avoiding the look of trying to be a sex symbol. In this film and in Allen’s early film titled “Sleepers”, she shows her comedic skills and in Warren Beatty’s film “Reds,” she shows her serious dramatic skills.
Dont they call that character Pixie dream girl or something?
@@orangewarm1 probably not-that term usually refers to a much younger, often sillier (or sometimes even disturbed) person whose character is not as well developed in the script and who is not aspiring to grow, or mature and change, which Annie is trying to do, even if she is a quirkier person. Annie was not written merely as a symbolic figure for the men in the film to use, which is what those manic pixie dream girls are, but she represents a more real, complex person, who has idiosyncrasies, but is becoming an independent woman and not remaining a young girl.
Diane is cute and Woody is a New York intellectual. He made many movies. All of the latter ones were like this one. He married Diane, as he often did with his leading ladies. Dawn said she would not understand the movie, but did laugh all the way through. Thumbs up!
He an Diane Keaton were never married. He was in a romantic relationship with her that actually ended before she starred in any of his movies. They've remained remained good friends all these years. She's one of the few who has actually stood up for him during his recent troubles. He did marry Louise Lasser, who was in Bananas and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. I think she's also one of the voices in What's Up Tiger Lily?.
@@richardb6260 He did not" have Loiuse as a leading lady and then marry her " He was married to her and divorced from her BEFORE the 2:films you mentioned.And I do not think he married Mia
@@Eric-ms1ry funny how you have that line in quotes when it's nowhere in my comment. I said Lasser was in his films and that they were married. Not that the two things necessarily coincided. Allen never married Farrow. They never even lived together.
Two of Woody's funniest movies are Broadway Danny Rose and Love & Death. Both worth watching for sure.
LOL. Little guy with black hair was played by singer/songwriter Paul Simon from Simon and Garfunkel. Check out his song 🎵 Me and Julio. Classic.
Enjoyed this reaction, Dawn! A few facts...
-Woody Allen is probably the most prolific film maker of the last sixty years. Since 1969, he’s directed (or written and directed) approximately fifty films - roughly one a year. I believe that, among other things, he relies on his work to keep himself relatively balanced, and his life meaningful.
‘-Annie Hall’ came out the same year as Star Wars (which we now call: Star Wars - A New Hope) - 1977. Annie Hall swept the Academy Awards in 1977, beating out Star Wars for Best motion picture, Best director, and a number of other categories.
-to my knowledge, there had never been a comedy structured like this film - which is why it’s so different, and is now regarded as a classic. It changed the way people thought about film and about comedies.
-the film has a number of very early appearances of people who later became big name stars: Duane who confessed to having the oncoming car lights death fantasy - is Christopher Walken (among other film characters, he’s the main villain in the 1985 James Bond film ‘A View To A Kill.’) ‘Allison Portchnik’ is Carol Kane (the wife of Miracle Max in ‘The Princess Bride’); Jeff Goldblum has a cameo as a man at a party, who claims to have misplaced his ‘aura.’ Sigoruney Weaver plays a tall woman in a long shot near the film’s end, underneath the entrance of a theater showing ‘The Sorrow And The Pity.’
-my personal favorite of his films, is ‘Sleeper’ (1973) - a comedy occurring 200 years in the future (as this was exactly 50 years ago, we’re now somewhat closer - only 150 years, now.)
-The 2012 film ‘Woody Allen: A Documentary’ is not a bad place to start learning about him. But, the film was made before the eruption of the ‘#Me Too’ movement starting in 2017. When #Me Too began, the Hollywood Establishment rendered him even more of an outcast than he already was, this time based on the early-to-mid 1990s allegations regarding his then-prepubescent adopted daughter. (Nothing about the circumstances of the case had changed, only the energy directed at real or perceived sexual criminals by activists outraged at the Weinstein, Cosby and other (more certain, verified) scandals.) (I do not believe that Allen did the things he was accused of - but I acknowledge that neither side can establish an objective truth with anything close to certainty.)
-Diane Keaton, who plays Annie Hall, appeared in many of Allen’s movies, and has made films not connected with him. She is a noteworthy actress and celebrity.
This is Jeff Goldblum's first movie where he has a line, and it's "I forgot my mantra."
Every expert and investigator involved bluntly stated that the incident did NOT occur. Sounds like an objective certain truth to me.
@@rl12345 I think it’s one of the basic principles of logic that, you can’t •• prove •• a negative. (I do agree that there’s way not enough evidence to support the charge of any crime. I also agree that it’s the opposite of the pattern of genuine pedophiles - no one does that sort of crime one time only, with one victim, then never again, no other accusations. Innocent until proven guilty.)
Unfortunately, we have many examples of ‘every expert and investigator’ agreeing on X, and X turns out to be wrong: Every nation’s intelligence service agreeing there were WMDs in Iraq. Apple and thousands of other businesses betting billions of dollars that China was a safe place to do business. Israel betting that Egypt and Syria wouldn’t attack in ’73. Egypt and Syria betting that Israel wouldn’t do a first strike in ’67. Professional film critics universally panning John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ in ’82 - now recognized as a spectacularly well-done film. Dem strategists wanting Reagan and Trump to be the GOP nominee in 1980 and 2016, thinking that these men would be buffoons and easy to defeat. Finally, experts and investigators tend to be linked (or to work for) big organizations - which can’t be trusted. That doesn’t mean the experts are wrong. It only means that their organizations aren’t credible. FBI, IRS, DOJ, CDC, MSM news. U.S. Military elites (Afghanistan pullout execution), Netflix thinking airing ‘Cuties’ was a good idea…
@@tranya327 Works for me 👍
More people went to the theatre to watch " Star Wars " than other other movie in my lifetime......and I am old..( I am counting as 2 for anyone who went to see it twice) I am a Woody Allen fan , but mostly liked his( " earlier funny ones " ---Take the money and run,Bananas ,Sleeper,Tiger Lily) which came before this one.How can the Most attended movie in my lifetime not win the Oscar for best movie.People did not watch Star Wars because of advertising.They went to the theatre in droves because of word of mouth and bacause people watched it and then decided to go back to the theatre to see it again- sometimes over and over.The lines in Hollywood were a block or two long for about 6 months after the movie came out.There virtually was no newspaper or TV advertising until the long lines for EVERY performance dwindled a bit. It would be hard for any of you to convince me that Annie Hall gave more pleasure to more people than Stars.
I am not even bringing the concept of sequels into my reasoning.
Did I enjoy Star Wars? I could not watch more than 20 minutes without being bored to death...but I am only one person and I am discussing how much pleasure it seemed to give to how many people.
The Academy screwed up royally in their" Best Picture " voting that year
Woody Allen emerged first as a stand-up comedian, did some humorous short writing which has been collected in books like Without Feathers, and stormed into film success starting in the late 1960s. A lot of the earliest films are more slapstick, and a collaborator was a funny writer named Marshall Brickman. I like his dystopian SF comedy Sleeper from this period. It heartens to my favourite film of all time, Brazil, and the two would make a cool double-Bill.
Annie Hall is probably still one of his best-loved films for its creative inventiveness, and unique approach to the Romantic Comedy, at least as far as North American movies had done up to that time. It beat Star Wars for Best Picture, at the Oscars. This was a point of much discussion at the time - Star Wars had already garnered a legion of fans even by that time.
Annie Hall is not my favourite movie, though I do love seeing it every now and then. My favourite Woody Allen movie has some similarities to Anne Hall. I love the one called Broadway Danny Rose, from a few years later - also some inventiveness to its structure, a great leading woman role performed by an actress who knocks it out of the park, and a lot of laughs mixed with the bittersweet.Plus…it’s in Black and White!
I have stayed away from commenting on Woody Allen’s personal history and just commented here on some films. That stuff’s out there if you want to learn about it and watch or not watch a lot of his films based on it.
It’s hard sometimes to separate the person from their body of work.
@@ajclements4627 Agree. For me, I see him & think ewe.
For some reason the Marshall McLuhan scene is one of my favorite movie scenes. He was a theorist on media and it's influences on society.
Your hero from Alien and Aliens, Sigourney Weaver, made her very first film appearance in Annie Hall. She had no lines but played someone he dated . She appears standing with him at a movie ticket counter. She had another short walk on in another scene as well.
Oh shit I didn’t know that
Okay it's time, Greatest (or favorite) List:
1) September (1987)
2) Manhattan (1979)
3) Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008)
4) Interiors (1978)
5) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
6) Match Point (2005)
7) Midnight in Paris (2011)
8) Deconstructing Harry (1997)
9) Whatever Works (2009)
10) Wonder Wheel (2017)
....but really, how you have a top 10 Woody Allen list without 'Hannah and Her Sisters,' 'Sleeper,' 'The Purple Rose of Cairo,' 'Alice,' 'To Rome with Love,' sheesh -- and god so many more great ones.
This is an amazing movie. In my top 5 movies of all-time. Diane Keaton at her Oscar-winning most adorable.
Woody Allen started out as a stand up comic in the 1960's and became famous as an actor, screenwriter, and film maker although his marriage to the adopted daughter of his long time lover Mia Farrow made him somewhat infamous even by Hollywood moral standards. His best film was his semi-autobiographical film "Radio Days" which he doesn't appear in except as an off camera narrator. My personal favorite film role of his was as a Bond villain in the 1967 Bond film parody "Casino Royale" Another film of his I liked was "Sleeper" a science fiction film about somebody who awakens in the far future after being in suspended animation with the classic Woody Allen line "How can all my friends be dead? They all ate organic rice!" He did several films with Diane Keaton including this one. She's the daughter of silent film comedian Buster Keaton. Never seen this film before oddly enough although it was probably his most successful film.
I swear Paul Simon's cameo gets me every time 🤣
Well done, Dawn. You probably got at least 90% of the movie and jokes. There's a lot of movies that are fun to watch a second or third time to pick up things we miss. Allen started out as a standup comic. There's a couple of more Allen movies you might like:
Sleeper
Play it Again Sam
Woody Allen was originally a stand-up comic. He moved on from that to writing comedy, then starred in various movies, some of which he did some writing on. Then he moved on and started directing movies he wrote. He's a marginally prolific move director, but he doesn't act in all of them.
Yeah it’s just too bad that he’s a sick F who married his stepdaughter once his wife died.
@@jasonmichaels8204 I wrote that just for information's sake. I don't like the guy and I don't think he's particularly funny.
(adding 2 cents)
… Woody was in the writing room with some Legendary Writers … Mel Brooks, is an example.
He also did Stand-Up next to some Historical Comedians … Lenny Bruce & Joan Rivers
Woody was a writer with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows (like the movie My Favorite Year,he did great standup and has made about 30 movies
One of the greatest movies of all time.
You got to put this movie in perspective. Woody Allen started as a comedian, but not a normal comedian. His rise to fame was something lije we never saw. He started writing at 14 years old, when he was 18, he was already one of the best writers in America. At some point he wanted to start doing his own show, as a stand up comic. In 6 months he was already the biggest comic in América. Something that never, ever, ever, happen in comedy. A stand up comic needs years to built a name, he made it in months. Then he started making movies, and in a few years cimented his name as the number one name in comedy. At the time, he was not only the biggest comic, he was regarded as the biggest star of all time, along Charlie Chaplin.
And it was at this point that he wanted to make movies beside comedy. There's Annie Hall, his first atempt at a non-comedy movie. But... He don't have the guts to put comedy completly aside. So he make his serious movie, but put a lot of jokes there. And so born one of the greatest masterpieces in movie history...
There's still another fun story about the movie. This was not the movie he shot. It got another plot, it was a murder story. But the editor, seeing the raw footage, said to Woody "you got here a amazing rom-com, just cut all the murder plot out". Seeing the movie that the editor put together, Woody loved it so much, that he never worked with another editor. And after this, Woody become the greatest american movie director for decades and decades. The most renowed and most respected director in America. Win a few Oscars, but only went to the Oscars one time. And only stayed there 30 minutes. But was one of the highlights of Oscar history. And showed that he was still a amazing stand up comic!!
A brilliant movie that made everybody want to live in New York in the 1970's, the "Tony Lacey" character 17.36 mins is the great Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel, great cameo
Someone has probably already posted this but Diane Keaton's real name is Diane Hall and her nickname was Annie.
Woody was a standup comedian. He also plays the clarinet. He then became a writer/director of many movies. He acts in a lot of them. Most of them are like this one. One of them may have been Scarlett Johannson's first movie. He was married to an actress name Mia Farrow. However, he later divorced her in favor of a relationship with their adopted daughter.
Woody Allen and Mia Farrow never married. Soon-li was adopted by Mia Farrow and Andre Previn, her name was Soon-Li Previn. Woody and Mia did have a relationship, not marriage.
@@ASchwa29 I accept that my memory is faulty. However, if Woody was in no way related to Soon-li, what was the big controversy? Was it simply that she was so much younger?
@@acecombatter6620 Mia Farrow was putting out a lot of false information. I think that Mia wanted to get married, she had married Frank Sinatra when she was 19 and he was 49, her second husband she married, Andre Previn, she was 25 and he was 50. I don’t know what is true or not, I think it was to destroy Woody Allen’s reputation. I have heard what Soon-Yi has stated, she has adopted 2 children with Woody Allen, both girls. If you know what hoops that you have to go through to adopt any child, the investigations, this after all the stuff in the News, it seems to me the allegations were found either to be false or they couldn’t find any credible evidence.
Soon-Yi Previn is not the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen; she is the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and Andre Previn.
And Mia Farrow and Woody Allen were not ever married.
One of my top 5 fave films.
Nice reaction. Yes lots of his films are about relationships. Manhattan is anther classic also featuring Diane Keaton. I’d also recommend. “Play it Again Sam” 1972. Allen plays a character obsessed by Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca). Wordy Allen wrote the screenplay but didn’t direct. Diane Keaton is also in that one. Nice one for doing a Woody Allen film - keep ‘em coming!
I love the scene in Play it Again Sam where he tries to pick up a girl in an art museum.
Lots of cameos in this show. (look at the credits).
Diane Keaton was Michael's wife in The Godfather. The short record guy was Paul Simon, the great singer/songwriter.
Small surprise that both Allen and Spielberg idolise the Swedish master director Ingmar Bergman (from near my neck of the woods, the movie posters in Allen's films, the death/relationship talks, the 70s serious films Allen made, religion, dark humour, psychology etc.). Steven Spielberg's films are a poutporri of Hitchcockian horror, Hawksian 'guys on adventure' action and usually a Bergmanesque moment of an elderly man quietly reminiscing his life. For more classics, anything by Fellini, Truffaut, Bergman or modern fare: Jim Jarmusch, Alex Cox or our Aki Kaurismäki.
Relatable. Yep. That's what made it such a classic. Another one you might want to watch is 'Hannah and her Sisters'.
back in the 70s and 80s, Woody Allen was revered as a comedy 'God'. 'Hannah and her Sisters' and 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' both stand the test of time as does 'Bullets Over Broadway' (Woody does not appear in this one). I might also have recommended 'Manhattan' - hailed as a work of genius at the time but in 2023 I doubt it would be seen in the same way. like the plaits.
Woody Allen has lots and lots of movies. The early ones are more farcical, and he progressed to doing some fairly deep and dark ones, so he has a considerable talent. Most of his stuff is also based on his own psychological impressions of himself, and many of them dip into the very unpleasant aspects of his life and perspectives. If you know about his real life, some things get very uncomfortable to watch. But at the same time, a lot of his movies are just .... wonderful, and a lot of them play around with camera, point of view, and what it means to "be" a movie. Among my favorites of his are "Take the Money and Run", "Sleeper" (which was my father's favorite), and "Hannah and her Sisters", which may be my personal Allen favorite.
There were some familiar faces in this movie:
Allison was played by Carol Kane, and I think you've seen "Princess Bride" and "Addams Family Values"? If so, she was Valerie, wife of Miracle Max in "Princess Bride" and Grandmamma in "Addams Family Values". To see her in another young, serious role, grab "Hester Street", if you can, which is about a Jewish immigrant's experience in early 20th century New York (my own great grandparents lived on Hester Street in the late 1800s and very early 1900s, so I have a special fondness for this movie).
Shelley Duval was the woman Alvy slept with before running over to kill the spider. She's the wife in "The Shining".
Tony was played by Paul Simon, who you probably don't know, but, when this movie came out, this was an exciting one for me: Simon is half of the singing team Simon and Garfunkel, and this team was extremely famous and influential during the 1960s-1970s. Here are a couple of their more famous numbers:
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Diane Keaton played a major character in "The Godfather", and Alvy's line to her about having been stuck with the cast of "Godfather" is probably little inside joke.
Tony Robers, who played Alvy's Californian friend, is one of those actors that Allen likes to use in many of his movies, and you'll see him if you decide to watch more Allen stuff.
The Marx Brothers were an influence on Allen, and often it shows ("Hannah and Her Sisters"........)
Annie's mother is wonderful stage actress Colleen Dewhurst. She didn't make many non-stage appearances, but when she did, she was a strong, wonderful presence:
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And one more bit if data: Duane, Annie's brother, is eccentric, gifted actor Christopher Walken, and if you don't know him yet, boy, do you have a treat coming!
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You beat me to every comment that I wanted to make. (You always do!)
@@epsteinisms1483 Great minds think alike!
@@melenatorr Knowing your knowledge of cinema history and your love of cinema, I consider that a great compliment!
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Woody Allen and Groucho Marx were friends. Allen felt hurt when Groucho failed to respond to a letter Woody sent him in 1961. So, in 1967, when Groucho heard about Allen's hurt feelings, sent him a letter which patched things up. It began: "Goodie Ace told some unemployed friend of mine that you were disappointed or annoyed or happy or drunk that I hadn't answered the letter you wrote me some years ago. You know, of course, there is no money in answering letters -- unless they're letters of credit from Switzerland or the Mafia. I write you reluctantly, for I know you are doing six things simultaneously -- five including sex. I don't know where you get the time to correspond."
Great reaction! Other good Allen movies are Manhattan, Play it Again Sam, Broadway Danny Rose and Hannah and Her Sisters. The last one mentions the Marx brothers again. 🙂
Love the reaction. There are a lot inside 60s and 70s references. Woody Allen comes from a 50s and 60s New York City Jewish intellectual and political environment. In the scene where he comes over to kill the spider, he's jealous and suspicious of a "right wing rock star " she might be dating. Funny because there were no right wing rock stars in existence. But he's suspicious because he finds a copy of National Review magazine. That was the most well known right wing magazine in the USA. It was edited by the well known conservative intellectual of that time , William F. Buckley Jr. He tells Annie to have William F. Buckley come over and kill the spider. Woody Allen had a reputation of being a left wing kind of guy, so he's shocked to see that magazine.
Diane Keaton is brilliant in this. Amazing. Glad she got an Oscar for it.
Diane Keaton's real name is Diane Hall. She and Woody had broken up before this movie was made, but since they remained friends, she agreed to be in it.
If you read these comments, ignore the trolls and try watching more of his films. You may enjoy PLAY IT AGAIN SAM, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, SLEEPER, LOVE AND DEATH, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE, RADIO DAYS.
This is the first film I ever went to see with someone I was in love with. She was a fan of Woody Allen's earlier films which I hardly knew. But I loved this one partly because of the outrageous convention-breaking moments like introducing a person who isn't even in the plot to defend his ideas or suddenly going into an animation with Woody and the wicked Queen or walking into scenes from his or her past. But I mostly loved it for the awkward but endearing love story and the fact that he wrote and played a starkly honest and not always flattering version of his own character without leaving out the flaws.
Diane Keaton became a Fashion Icon in 1977 with 'Annie Hall' the title character's menswear-centric wardrobe, inspired by "cool-looking women on the streets of New York," launched a style trend.
There are two modern sleeper WA movies I highly recommend. First is called "Scoop" with Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman. Second is called, "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion". With Helen Hunt , Dan Aykroyd that is great.
As far as older. My all time favorite Woody Allen movie is "Hannah and Her Sisters". An absolute delightful tale starring Mia Farrow, Michael Caine and Barbara Hershey.
Good on you for exploring the oldest comedy on earth. Human comedy.
I'm glad to see someone recommend the underrated Scoop and Jade Scorpion.
As for the references you don't get: just assume everyone is either a New York or European intellectual and that's all you need to know. Granted, Marshall McLuhan is Canadian--and that IS him in Anne Hall--but you get the drift.
Allen started his film-making career with a string of inconsistent but occasionally brilliant comedies (the influence of the Marx Brothers, especially Groucho--since he can't be all four of them--is strong):
"What's Up, Tiger Lily?": he took a b-grade Japanese spy movie and dubbed in his own ridiculous dialogue. In his version, it's about the search for a chicken salad recipe.
"Take the Money and Run": Woody always tends to play the same type of character, in this one, he's an inept bank robber.
"Bananas": I haven't seen this one, Same character type, this time he gets involved in South/Central America political revolution.
"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex": loosely, very loosely based on a bestselling non-fiction book of the same title. Very episodic, very hit and miss, but the hits are wee-your-pants funny. One episode features a young Gene Wilder who falls in love with, um, not a person.
"Sleeper":first collaboration with Diane Keaton. Equal parts Marx Bros. and Chaplin. Woody awakes into an Orwellian future.
"Annie Hall," as you've seen. A new maturity and consistency to the material.
Followed by "Manhattan," which many consider his masterpiece. And a love letter to NYC.
And then he began to maybe take himself too seriously as a film-maker. Swedish director Ingmar Bergman replaced the Marx Brothers as his guiding light. His dramatic movies never quite hit the mark and his comedies, often relying on the same "Woody" character, became repetitive. But once a decade or so, he still managed to hit the nail on the head. See "Zelig," "Hannah and Her Sisters," Bullets Over Broadway."
I'd especially recommend "Zelig" for its humor and its backstory. It's more or less a parody of Warren Beatty's film "Reds," co-starring Diane Keaton after she and Allen split up and she began dating... Warren Beatty. And despite its inconsistency, the high points of EYEWTKA Sex are so high that it's one you really should see.
So be careful with Woody. He's got some stinkers. And he's got some movies that will have you rolling on the floor. Take care, friend, glad to se you challenged yourself with Annie Hall.
I don’t know if you still read the comments on old videos but PLEASE WATCH MANHATTAN!!!!!! Woody Allen is a famous comedian from the late 60s and 70s, he’s switched over to becoming one of the greatest film directors of all time. And when I say one of, I mean literally easily top 50 in all of history. And he’s incredibly smart but never ghosts but instead makes fun of himself and the type of people he hangs out with. He deals with very deep and thought-provoking concepts and seems to understand himself and other humans in a way that is very hard to come by. He has many great films, mainly because since his debut movie every year including this one he has come out with a different movie. Every single year, he has made a movie, which is insane. His final movie will come out this year and I’m so excited for it. I think he would enjoy Hannah and her sisters, along with purple rose of Cairo, play it again Sam, and Alice. Although I have to say, I think the movie you should watch next and is quite possibly his best film, is Manhattan. It’s important to know that the reason why no one really reacts to his movies, and despite his contemporaries respecting him immensely, the reason why no one really talks about him anymore, it’s because of the huge scandal he had. Anyways, I think you got the point of the movie, it perfectly encapsulates how real people view their own past relationships. You don’t think of it in chronological order, and while you think of the memories you can’t help but think about what you could’ve done differently, which is why breaking the fourth wall and having the movie not in chronological order is perfect. His arc is really understanding that their separation was for the best, it’s the one relationship he never fully got over, and it’s not until he thinks back and finally sees her again that he realizes that while it technically failed, he can still look at it with a fondness without diluting himself into thinking She was the one. And just like real life they have a uneventful goodbye, she walks out of you and he moves on. It’s the ultimate break up movie. If I ever I’m going through a break up, or one of my friends are, I think it’s the most therapeutic film for that type of situation.
His greatest movie is Crimes and Misdemeaners. You should also watch Manhatten, where Diane Keaton plays someone as smart at the Woody Allen character.
Such a beautiful, beautiful movie.
Finally. I saw this when it first came out. I've loved it since. There are so many good 1 liners.