woody allen
"A plethora of people have written about Woody Allen", John Lahr said "and they either like him or dislike him. ... " Woody Allen has been revered as one of the brilliant artists of the twentieth century and at the same time called a pervert. ... Many critics have tried to explain why Allen writes the things he writes but not one has had success. The drive and brilliance of Allen has not been understood yet. ... Through different film techniques Allen mocks our society and film industry without us even realizing. ... In movies such as The Purple Rose of Cairo, Play It Again Sam and Hannah and Her Sisters Allen uses this technique to show us his opinion on a particular subject, and also uses it as a driving force behind his movies.The most notable use of film within a film in Allen? ... Why would Woody Allen create such a unrealistic movie critics called "the most innovative single film during his period of startling originality"? ... In making The Purple Rose of Cairo, Allen wanted to show us the way film influences our opinion of real life experiences. This is portrayed through one of Allen? ... Even more than fantasy, Allen focuses on the power of movies to create an escape from the real world. It is no wonder Allen picked one of the hardest times to live in American history as a setting to the movie. The power of movies, Allen is saying, is so powerful that it can obliterate the pain associated with something as distressing as The Great Depression, even if only temporarily. As a child, Allen would cut school and spend hours in the movie house lost in the magical world of movies. ... The final betrayal is Woody? ... (Bjorkman 50) The last and most intriguing point that Allen wants us to grasp is hard to detect and yet the whole movie is based on it. ... " Here, Woody is equating fictional figures with one of life?