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Subject: Re: The Woodman
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 09:58:15 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 09:58:15 1986
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> Why do Woody Allen's movies -Play It Again, Sam- and -A Midsummers
> Night Sex Comedy- get such zero press. When the critics fawn over
> -Annie Hall- etc. as his best, the two others are almost totally
> ignored. To my mind, they are two of his best, if not THE best. 
> -Hannah And Her Sisters- is surely a wonderful movie, but
> -...Sam- and -...Comedy- are classics.

A lot of his movies are bypassed. "Love and Death" is, I think, about
his best. Besides being a great parody on the epochal style of films,
it's got great sight gags and one liners. His closing lines for
example: "One shouldn't look at death as an ending, but rather as a
very effective way of cutting your expenses." "What's up Tigerlilly"
is another you never see, or hear about anymore. Woody took a Japanese
spy movie and put an American (read New York Jewish) dialog on it.
Seeing this big Japanese killer asking for his Rabbi as his last dying
words is great, not to mention a Japanese spy named Phil Moskowitz.
"Casino Royale", while a collaboration with John Huston and Orson
Welles, is perhaps the ultimate spoof of the spy film.  You may get to
see this one at 2a.m. on a local UHF station. It's too bad Cable TV
doesn't revive some of these movies in their uncut versions. 
                                        - MSM