The fictional director frets over how humanity can allow so much suffering in the world, and cannot see any meaning in what happens here when he believes that there should be a clear answer to his intellectual dilemmas. You do, on the other hand, get the impression that Allen would rather we muse over the questions about existence that Sandy brings up. But really, in spite of his denials, what did he expect? There are so many connections with his life and work here that should he be so adamant that art and life be so separate? See, it's all too easy to confuse the writer, director and actor with the fictional character this is an homage to Federico Fellini's 8½ after all, a film about a beleaguered moviemaker, and it could have been that Allen was drawn to pay tribute. So this may be an exaggeration, as surely the real Allen couldn't have been asked for autographs every other second he walked the streets, but perhaps that's precisely how it felt - or at least feels to Sandy. It's as if he wanted it both ways, so that he was pleased that he was getting favourable attention, yet could not stand the extent of that fawning and adulation, so here his Sandy character is approached every time he ventures out, and masochistically goes to a festival of his own work where he is surrounded by people who want a part of him, and to be part of his life - one woman ( Amy Wright) even waits for him in his bed one night, with her husband parked outside. In a way this is a work in two minds, in that it apparently sets out to shoot down Allen's appreciators while still offering them much to fascinate them about their cinematic hero. Of course, his latter day weakly humorous romps might have done that job far better, but with this film at least there's a fierce, searching intelligence behind the misanthropy, and even if it closes with a happy ending of sorts, it still sets thoughts racing about its creator. If Woody Allen doesn't say that The Purple Rose of Cairo is his favourite of his own films, then the other one he will name is Stardust Memories, and many have pondered over the years since its release whether he is deliberately trying to alienate himself from those who truly loved his films. the only problem with this is that everyone knows Sandy for being a comedian, and they love his comic movies, so the studio, his fans and the critics wonder what the hell is going on with him - no change there, then. He wishes he were on that one, but he is heading for the dump. He has just turned in a film to his studio backers, and it ends with his character trapped on a moving train carriage full of miserable or sinister people while he sees a group of other passengers in a parallel carriage having a great time. Sandy Bates ( Woody Allen) is a man dissatisfied with life. Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern, Amy Wright, Helen Hanft, John Rothman, Anne De Salvo, Leonardo Cimino, Irwin Keyes, Sharon Stone, Brent Spiner, Laraine Newman, Louise Lasser What's So Funny About Brit Horror? Vampira and Bloodbath at the House of Death on Arrow Sex vs Violence: In the Realm of the Senses on Blu-ray Super Sammo: Warriors Two and The Prodigal Son on Blu-ray Moon Night - Space 1999: Super Space Theater on Blu-ray The Call of Nostalgia: Ghostbusters Afterlife on Blu-ray Uncomfortable Truths: Three Shorts by Andrea Arnold on MUBI Not So Permissive: The Lovers! on Blu-ray Two Christopher Miles Shorts: The Six-Sided Triangle/Rhythm 'n' Greens on Blu-ray You'll Never Guess Which is Sammo: Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon on Blu-ray The Ecstasy of Cosmic Boredom: Dark Star on ArrowĪ Frosty Reception: South and The Great White Silence on Blu-ray on 4K UHDĪ Woman's Viewfinder: The Camera is Ours on DVDĬhaplin's Silent Pursuit: Modern Times on Blu-ray Your Rules are Really Beginning to Annoy Me: Escape from L.A. Suave and Sophisticated: The Persuaders! Take 50 on Blu-ray The Dead of Night: In Cold Blood on Blu-ray The Movie Damned: Cursed Films II on Shudder State of the 70s: Play for Today Volume 3 on Blu-ray Monster Fun: Three Monster Tales of Sci-Fi Terror on Blu-ray Serious Comedy: The Wrong Arm of the Law on Blu-rayĭC Showcase: Constantine - The House of Mystery and More on Blu-ray Little Cat Feat: Stephen King's Cat's Eye on 4K UHD 3 From Arrow Player: Sweet Sugar, Girls Nite Out and Manhattan Baby
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