Woody Allen collection....

Daycare Nation · 08.18.2006, 08:54 PM

I just ordered the last 3 movies that will finish off my W.A. collection.....I had this insane idea to buy every movie he wrote, acted in or directed, since I already had three box sets. So, I bought the remaining 12 or so, and now I will soon have 43 Woody Allen movies...

atari 2600 · 08.18.2006, 09:06 PM

Wow, that's a lot of Woody Allen.

I have (most of them on VHS) Crimes & Misdemeanors, Love & Death, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Take the Money & Run, Sleeper, What's Up, Tiger Lily?, Shadows & Fog, Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex but were afraid to ask.

I used to have the 3-book box of Without Feathers, Side Effects & Getting Even. They are pretty interesting to read because they contain a lot of the ideas that would appear in different films.

Daycare Nation · 08.18.2006, 09:08 PM

I've never heard of those books. I'm going to check that out.

Looks like it's in a single volume now:

Landry · 08.18.2006, 09:34 PM

Damn, you guys have awesome collections.

krastian · 08.18.2006, 11:52 PM

Not really a huge fan of his, but that's pretty impressive.

IntoTheGroovey · 08.19.2006, 05:31 AM

I have about 10 or 11 Allen films on DVD. Also have his book Side Effects which is very, very funny.

atari 2600 · 08.19.2006, 11:39 AM

It was a mistake for me to trade that book set to the used bookstore or whatever was done with them.

Allen's New York Stories vignette from that movie is in one of them & so is most of Shadows & Fog. The rest is just unclear.

Daycare Nation · 08.19.2006, 12:27 PM

You either like him or you don't.

afterthefact · 08.20.2006, 09:23 AM

Have you all seen Scoop yet?

atari 2600 · 08.20.2006, 10:15 AM

Scoop hasn't come to the theater near(est) me yet & probably won't. I love Johansson (of course) & like Jackman, so I think I'll like it even though it's been panned by many reviewers as nearly laughless & somewhat tedious. I think they may just be hung up comparing it to Match Point which is a different type of film. Many critics gave Hollywood Ending & Curse of the Jade Scorpion negative reviews, & I liked those.

Daycare Nation · 08.20.2006, 01:32 PM

I laughed all the way through Scoop. It is most like Take the Money and Run, in my opinion, in that it relies heavily on jokes and does not have much of a clever plot (at least as compared to his whole canon of films).

atari 2600 · 08.21.2006, 04:21 PM

It sounds great.

Landry · 08.21.2006, 04:31 PM

I'm psyched on seeing it.

defcon4 · 08.21.2006, 04:32 PM

Discuss: Bananas is his best comedy, Crimes and Misdemeanors is his best drama

atari 2600 · 08.21.2006, 04:48 PM

To me, Take the Money & Run (that came out shortly after) is even funnier than Bananas. It's a bit less slapstick, but still in that same early very comedic vein.

Crimes & Misdemeanors is not only his best drama, it's his best film. It's funny too (as you know).

Daycare Nation · 08.21.2006, 07:51 PM

I like Stardust Memories more than Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Love and Death more than Bananas.

Oh, and atari, your sig line is hilarious.

atari 2600 · 08.21.2006, 08:20 PM

I too like Love & Death more than Bananas.

You like Stardust Memories better than Crimes & Misdemeanors...
geez, you are a hard-core fan.

timtimtim · 08.22.2006, 03:06 PM

Melinda and melinda is my favoirte of his films, and I guess it would count as a drama and a comedy. Bananas was the first of his films that I saw and I loved it but I don't remember it very well.did anybody like anything else? I thought it was pretty good, but I know most people hated it

Daycare Nation · 08.22.2006, 10:36 PM

I love Anything Else...It's one of his better recent films.

Daycare Nation · 08.22.2006, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600

I too like Love & Death more than Bananas.

You like Stardust Memories better than Crimes & Misdemeanors...
geez, you are a hard-core fan.

I went to some of the locations in New Jersey where he filmed my favorite scenes from Stardust Memories, and walked around, sat in a gazebo and imagined I was in the film, etc. It was great.

I didn't go there just for that...I was already in NJ with the girl I was dating at the time.

08.18.2006, 08:54 PM	#1
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	I just ordered the last 3 movies that will finish off my W.A. collection.....I had this insane idea to buy every movie he wrote, acted in or directed, since I already had three box sets. So, I bought the remaining 12 or so, and now I will soon have 43 Woody Allen movies... __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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08.18.2006, 09:06 PM	#2
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Wow, that's a lot of Woody Allen. I have (most of them on VHS) Crimes & Misdemeanors, Love & Death, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Take the Money & Run, Sleeper, What's Up, Tiger Lily?, Shadows & Fog, Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex but were afraid to ask. I used to have the 3-book box of Without Feathers, Side Effects & Getting Even. They are pretty interesting to read because they contain a lot of the ideas that would appear in different films.
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08.18.2006, 09:08 PM	#3
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	I've never heard of those books. I'm going to check that out. Looks like it's in a single volume now: __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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08.18.2006, 09:34 PM	#4
Landry little trouble girl Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 49	Damn, you guys have awesome collections.
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08.18.2006, 11:52 PM	#5
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Not really a huge fan of his, but that's pretty impressive. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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08.19.2006, 05:31 AM	#6
IntoTheGroovey bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 197	I have about 10 or 11 Allen films on DVD. Also have his book Side Effects which is very, very funny. __________________ The owls are not what they seem.
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08.19.2006, 11:39 AM	#7
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	It was a mistake for me to trade that book set to the used bookstore or whatever was done with them. Allen's New York Stories vignette from that movie is in one of them & so is most of Shadows & Fog. The rest is just unclear.
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08.19.2006, 12:27 PM	#8
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	You either like him or you don't. __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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08.20.2006, 09:23 AM	#9
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Have you all seen Scoop yet? __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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08.20.2006, 10:15 AM	#10
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Scoop hasn't come to the theater near(est) me yet & probably won't. I love Johansson (of course) & like Jackman, so I think I'll like it even though it's been panned by many reviewers as nearly laughless & somewhat tedious. I think they may just be hung up comparing it to Match Point which is a different type of film. Many critics gave Hollywood Ending & Curse of the Jade Scorpion negative reviews, & I liked those.
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08.20.2006, 01:32 PM	#11
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	I laughed all the way through Scoop. It is most like Take the Money and Run, in my opinion, in that it relies heavily on jokes and does not have much of a clever plot (at least as compared to his whole canon of films). __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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08.21.2006, 04:21 PM	#12
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	It sounds great. __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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08.21.2006, 04:31 PM	#13
Landry little trouble girl Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 49	I'm psyched on seeing it.
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08.21.2006, 04:32 PM	#14
defcon4 little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 65	Discuss: Bananas is his best comedy, Crimes and Misdemeanors is his best drama
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08.21.2006, 04:48 PM	#15
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	To me, Take the Money & Run (that came out shortly after) is even funnier than Bananas. It's a bit less slapstick, but still in that same early very comedic vein. Crimes & Misdemeanors is not only his best drama, it's his best film. It's funny too (as you know). __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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08.21.2006, 07:51 PM	#16
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	I like Stardust Memories more than Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Love and Death more than Bananas. Oh, and atari, your sig line is hilarious. __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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08.21.2006, 08:20 PM	#17
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	I too like Love & Death more than Bananas. You like Stardust Memories better than Crimes & Misdemeanors... geez, you are a hard-core fan. __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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08.22.2006, 03:06 PM	#18
timtimtim children of satan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 245	Melinda and melinda is my favoirte of his films, and I guess it would count as a drama and a comedy. Bananas was the first of his films that I saw and I loved it but I don't remember it very well.did anybody like anything else? I thought it was pretty good, but I know most people hated it
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08.22.2006, 10:36 PM	#19
Daycare Nation expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,904	I love Anything Else...It's one of his better recent films. __________________ That dragon ain't the love sweet love.
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