Love, Sex, Death, And The Meaning Of Life The

Woody Allen has carved out a unique place for himself in American movies, becoming our national auteur as well as the most prolific director in the country, and creating a singular world with each film he has released since his first movie in 1969. Foster Hirsch analyzes and celebrates that world in this expert study of the themes, visual style, and acting in each of Allen's films. With the addition of a new introduction and chapter covering the eleven movies Allen has made in the last decade, fromAlicetoThe Curse of the Jade Scorpion,this is a vital book for Allen fans and students of film alike.

Foster Hirsch, the author of fifteen books on film and theater, among them The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir and Kurt Weill on Stage, lives in New York City.

Acknowledgments

v

Introduction to the 2001 Edition

ix

The Last Laugh

1

(18)

The Comedian's Progress: The Sixties

19

(36)

The Comedian's Progress: The Seventies

55

(48)

The Same, Only Different

103

(28)

The Jewish Connection

131

(22)

The Tricks of the Trade

153

(16)

Climbing Parnassus: The Do's and Don'ts of Movie Comedy

169

(26)

The Comedian's Progress: The Eighties

195

(36)

The Comedian's Progress: The Nineties

231

(46)

Selected Bibliography

277

(4)

Filmography

281

(6)

Index

287

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Love, Sex, Death, And The Meaning Of Life The Films Of Woody Allen

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