Annie Hall (1977)
Oct. 25th, 2026 06:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
varidogSmooth as water on ice, Annie Hall (1977) delivered the entire way. We have our unreliable narrator, who's not so much unreliable as clueless.
Woodie Allen puts in a neurotic performance as our protagonist, Arti, and Diane Keeton puts in a wonderful performance as the ADHD princess, Annie Hall.
There's nothing to the film, which is the point. It's ordinary to the degree that going for pizza would be more interesting, yet that's the very reason why it's so engrossing. There's the disaster in front of you, and like the guy looking down from you window, watching the parking lot, you see the cars about to hit one another.
Most of the sex is implied, so if you know what's what, it all makes sense, but it leaves you to fill in the blanks.
So much of this was filmed wherever possible, so it's a very nice visit with 70's NYC. Despite its era, there is no sense of urban hell.
I put this film down as enjoyable, funny, and engaging.
Woodie Allen puts in a neurotic performance as our protagonist, Arti, and Diane Keeton puts in a wonderful performance as the ADHD princess, Annie Hall.
There's nothing to the film, which is the point. It's ordinary to the degree that going for pizza would be more interesting, yet that's the very reason why it's so engrossing. There's the disaster in front of you, and like the guy looking down from you window, watching the parking lot, you see the cars about to hit one another.
Most of the sex is implied, so if you know what's what, it all makes sense, but it leaves you to fill in the blanks.
So much of this was filmed wherever possible, so it's a very nice visit with 70's NYC. Despite its era, there is no sense of urban hell.
I put this film down as enjoyable, funny, and engaging.
