Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen
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...
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Now fully updated: The only critical study available of Woody Allen's entire body of work Kansas City Chronicle Recommended to anyone who enjoys Allen's work.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the 2001 Edition1The Last Laugh12The Comedian's Progress: The Sixties193The Comedian's Progress: The Seventies554The Same, Only Different1035The Jewish Connection1316The Tricks of the Trade1537Climbing Parnassus: The Do's and Don'ts of Movie Comedy1698The Comedian's Progress: The Eighties1959The Comedian's Progress: The Nineties231Selected Bibliography277Filmography281Index287
\ Film QuarterlyA highly readable account.\ \ \ \ \ Philadelphia InquirerThis book on Allen is excellent: thoughtful, well-written and right about the movies.\ \ \ Kansas City ChronicleRecommended to anyone who enjoys Allen's work.\ \
