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I have never understood the seasickness inducing camera work at the opening of this later Woody Allen work, but enjoy its acting by the name people involved and the inevitable and witty insight into the relationships of married men and women. Like Freud drawing conclusions on humanity from studying Viennese Jews of a certain social strata, Allen keeps his framework centered on upper class intellectual New Yorkers to make his points. The inevitable older man younger woman theme is prevalent (can anyone name how many of his films use this to one degree or another?). Worth more than one look. The acting especially is outstanding.
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I saw this on video just after it played in theatres, and I never figured out whether Mr. Allen intended these characters to elicit laughter or empathy (perhaps both?) but in my case it was neither. I think the hand-held camera was meant to convey a sense of documentary-style realism, but if I'm going to be a voyeur, I want to spy on *interesting* people! That's my main problem with this movie--I found all of the main characters to be extremely dislikeable, and not in an entertaining way. The kind of people I would avoid in real life. I just couldn't wait for it to end. One of my all-time worst film experiences (and I like a lot of Woody Allen's other films)...
djprobed
he "studied" much more than middle-to-upper class Viennese Jews.
Some would have you believe all his theories, especially those regarding sex, were the result of his patients being predominantly bourgeois, menopausal Jewish women.
Not.
I enjoy(ed) your review(s), otherwise...
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