ALICE (1990) - dir: Woody Allen

DR. YANG: “Love … love is most complex emotion. A human being is unpredictable … no logic to emotions. Where there is no logic, there is no rational thought. Where there is no rational thought, there be much romance … but much suffering.”

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INTERIORS (1978) - dir: Woody Allen

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avalulu: Woody Allen. Foster Grant Clip-Ons, 1967

THE FUTURIST! decided to reblog this, though it might be considered egocentric in doing so … but, he doesn’t really care. This was written by a friend of his he has not seen in some time who he always felt he had an affinity with in regard to demeanor, film and just plain sense of humor. His friend Alex is wildly different in many ways, but so similar in so many ways. This is how Life works … you go about your days and meet people through school, work or social chance encounter. You might never ever meet them otherwise … you could pass them on the street and never know how in sync you are with that girl or guy that just passed you by or stood on line with you while picking up your tranquilizers at the pharmacy. But CHANCE allows you to connect and even though you may be separated by a gulf in age or education, there is a serendipity of similar senses. THE FUTURIST! never really has anyone say good things to him … sadly. So, this construction of words and feeling felt so very good to him due to his recent feelings of late. One of the great things about this horrid lovely boring trying existence is friends. THE FUTURIST! is glad to have met such grand creative funny people in his travel to eventual oblivion.  (by the way, THE FUTURIST! does not agree with all of Alex’s Woody ratings, but … who really cares? What would matter is how enjoyable it would be to discuss it with him and argue and laugh and have that connection).

Thank you, Alex. THE FUTURIST! truly appreciates this …

ztf:

A few nights ago, some friends and I were drinking and discussing the oeuvre of Woody Allen, mostly arguing over which of the good ones were the best and which of the bad ones were the worst. The next day I took a quick glance at his filmography, and was mostly surprised by how ridiculously prolific he is. He literally makes one movie every year.  From there, I decided to make a list of every Woody Allen movie I had seen to date, from favorite to least favorite, for no particular reason. I have posted that list below for your enjoyment.

More importantly, I would like to dedicate this post and list to a dear friend known to the internet universe only as THE FUTURIST! Although I have not seem him in some time, THE FUTURIST! is one of my favorite people in the world and remains near and dear to my heart.  He is also the biggest Woody Allen fan I have ever met, and it was in fact our mutual love of Woody that prompted us to become friends when we worked together at a large retail store in suburban New Jersey a few years ago.

Late last year, THE FUTURIST! suffered a life-altering, unspeakably tragic loss. As someone who has never even been to a funeral, I cannot imagine the pain that THE FUTURIST!, a kind and gentle soul, experienced. My thoughts and deepest condolences go out to him. However, I do know that during this time THE FUTURIST! took solace and comfort in the writings, recordings, and of course films of Woody Allen, whom he adores practically more than life itself. 

Of course, it is Woody’s own philosophy, that life is full of pain and suffering and misery, but that the little things in life can serve as a sort of oasis from it all, and make our futile existence at least tolerable. As bad and uninspired as many of Woody’s more recent films often are, I still take great comfort in the fact that someone like Woody is alive and well, and still making movies. I distinctly recall watching Scoop during my year abroad in Japan, when I was still experiencing cultureshock and feeling a million miles away from anything that felt familiar, and taking enormous comfort in Woody’s mere presence in the film, as well as of course Woody’s signature brand of humor, still unparalleled today.

Anyway, here is the list. I do wish it were more original; I wish I could claim that Stardust Memories is actually his true masterpiece, or that Melinda and Melinda is an overlooked gem, but it is what it is. I will try to keep this list updated, with the ultimate goal of seeing everything he has ever made. The only eligibility requirement is that all films must be both written and directed by him, not just one or the other. To date, I have seen exactly twenty-five of his features, quite a fair number, but I still have a ways to go.

Every Woody Allen movie I have seen, from favorite to least favorite:

01. Annie Hall 

02. Manhattan

03. Crimes and Misdemeanors

04. Sleeper

05. Take the Money and Run

06. Love and Death

07. Hannah and Her Sisters

08. Deconstructing Harry

09. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

10. Husbands and Wives

11. Stardust Memories

12. Zelig

13. Interiors

14. Match Point

15. Small Time Crooks

16. The Purple Rose of Cairo

17. Manhattan Murder Mystery

18. Scoop

19. Everyone Says I Love You

20. Melinda and Melinda

21. The Curse of Jade Scorpion

22. Mighty Aphrodite

23. Anything Else

24. Midnight in Paris

25. Whatever Works

Still Need to See: What’s Up Tiger Lily?, Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask), A Midsummer’s Night’s Sex Comedy, Broadway Danny Rose, Radio Days, September, Another Woman, Alice, Shadows and Fog, Bullets Over Broadway, Celebrity, Sweet and Lowdown, Hollywood Ending, Cassandra’s Dream, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Sleeper (1973) - dir: Woody Allen

Screenplay: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman

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