Your Favorite Woody Allen Film?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 1:24am

I'm ashamed to say that I haven't yet seen Annie Hall (but shall soon) or Husbands and Wives but I think, as of now, my favorite Woody film is either Match Point or Everyone Says I Love You.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 1:27am

I can't watch him on film, he creeps me out.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 1:29am

Why be that?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 2:06am

Definitely BULLETS OVER BROADWAY followed by MIGHTY APHRODITE.

[mattonstage]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 2:54am

Purple Rose of Cairo. This also has one of my favorite casts, from Jeff Daniel's sweet performance to Zoe Caldwell's hilarious reading of the line "I'm a genuine duchess, and if that's your wife, she's a tub of guts". Edward Hermann, Deborah Rush, Mia, Dianne Weist, Karen Akers. Priceless.

[Revolutionary]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 3:01am

Matchpoint is one of my favorite movies, but it's not very Woody Allenesque at all. So I guess I would say that my favorite is Melinda and Melinda. I think I may be the only person in the universe who loves that movie.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 3:53am

His best films are:

Annie Hall
Take the Money and Run
Love and Death
Sleeper
Manhattan

[pab]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 4:22am

"Annie Hall"
"Hannah and Her Sisters"
"Bananas"
"Take the Money and Run"

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 5:00am

ANNIE HALL is fantastic indeed. I think the only one of his movies I strongly dislike is EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU. I also had a hard time liking CELEBRITY as much as I loved some scenes from it (mainly Bebe Neuwirth's lesson on the art of phallacio).
I also loved ALICE with Mia Farrow, what a fun movie. Gotta love Bernadette Peters as the muse and a younger Blythe Danner as the mean sister.

[D2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 6:40am

CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY

and so many others.

I also enjoyed MATCH POINT - my own personal thought is that MATCH POINT is the film that Cliff (the Allen character from CRIMES...) finally made from the conversation he had with Judah at the end C+M.

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[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 6:58am

my favorites (not saying 'best', just my personal favorites) are PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO and SMALL TIME CROOKS (especially for Elaine May)


....& BULLETS OVER BROADWAY! Updated On: 6/4/07 at 06:58 AM

[BwayLover]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 7:05am

My personal favorite is STARDUST MEMORIES. Its articulate message about the film business is wonderfully conveyed, and it has an incredible performance by one of my favorite actresses, Charlotte Rampling.

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[AC126748]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 7:37am

Manhattan
Annie Hall
Bullets Over Broadway
Husbands and Wives
Zelig

Most underrated: September, Deconstructing Harry, Sweet and Lowdown

[Roscoe]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 7:43am

Best--
MANHATTAN
ANNIE HALL
HUSBANDS AND WIVES
ZELIG
INTERIORS

Okay--
DECONSTRUCTING HARRY
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS

Worst--
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
SEPTEMBER
ANOTHER WOMAN
EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU

[misschung]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:28am

Manhattan Murder Mystery, bar none. Not to say that Annie Hall isn't a close second, followed by Bananas.

Angelica Houston's casting is flawless, and the scene of them eating dinner with "take five" in the background gives me chills every time

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:30am

Radio Days.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:34am

Favorites:
Bullets Over Broadway
Radio Days

(...and Allen isn't on camera in either. Hmmm...)

Also love:
Annie Hall
Sweet and Lowdown
Mighty Aphrodite
Hannah and Her Sisters

[madbrian]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:34am

Probably not his best, but Small Time Crooks is his only film that compels me to stop my channel surfing.

[misschung]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:35am

"Can't you tell fortunes or something? You look like a gypsy..."

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 9:28am

Match Point and Everyone Says I Love You? Seriously? I think those are two of his worst.

I love Annie Hall (the fact that it still holds up and in fact seems even better now is a true testament to that film. And for being such a Walken fan, I am a bit surprised you haven't seen this yet.)
Also a HUGE fan of Radio Days and Bullets Over Broadway.

[Craig]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 9:32am

Annie Hall, Take The Money and Run and Purple Rose of Cairo

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:21am

Hannah and Her SIsters is magical. It always makes me feel happy.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:33am

Radio Days.
Luckily only his voice is in it.I used to like to watch him perform but I can't any more - he became such a disgusting little man

[Roscoe]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:44am

I'd forgotten about RADIO DAYS and PURPLE ROSE, two of his best films. The real family affection shown in RADIO DAYS is a welcome relief after the chilly intellectual posing of SEPTEMBER and ANOTHER WOMAN, and PURPLE ROSE is a wonderful variation on Keaton's SHERLOCK JR.

One of Julie Kavner's lines always makes me laugh in RADIO DAYS. The subject turns to Hitler, and she says something to the effect that "the world would be such a beautiful place if it weren't for certain people."

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:47am

Radio Days is by far my favorite. It's so sentimental and entertaining, and I love the entire cast. Dianne Wiest in particular was a dream, and Mia was the funniest she's ever been!

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