Thinking of T.'s input again:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0o6QKpNK9Cc

Possible to have a whole Woody thread, but veering completely off of the Ivy theme.

The guy is a genius, but many in the US dismiss him because of his bizarre life style. It is what it is, but doesn't diminish his talent, in my opinion.

We just saw his latest offering, that he wrote and directed, but didn't appear in; "Barcelona".

Not a lot of yuks, but beautiful casting, and screen play. He uses carnal misadventures to illustrate the human comedy.

There is almost a cult Woody following in the US, and quite small. His humor is too subtle for most movie goers, here.

If you want to see his films, you have to see them early on, because the audiences are so small that they aren't around long. As RS points out earlier, the audiences here seem to be white, liberal, audiences to a large extent. Young people don't seem to get it.

In the audience for Barcelona, I think that we were the youngest, non Jewish members of the audience. There were so many aluminum walkers, that I was afraid that a lightning strike would wipe out most of them in the parking lot.

You can't think of Woody without thinking of the Jazz scene. He plays the clarinet, at Michael's Pub in NYC many Tuesdays.He recently appeared at the Carlyle with jazz combo. TVT and I exchanged posts on this elsewhere, and had similar reactions. He plays a good clarinet, and the combo did a fine job.

He was on for about an hour, and didn't say a word. He did join in the vocal with Jada, however.

There was an interview with him in the NYT, about his experiences in filming in Barcelona. He said that crowds were seeking his autograph during the filming, but he didn't have time. Afterwards, he was available to pass out autographed 8X10 pictures of him with Spiro Agnew, but the crowds had left.

A genius, if you have a weird sense of humor.

There's a degree of moldy old figness about Woody these days: the cream shirts, the corduroy trousers and that green jumper he seems to always be interviewed in for the last fifteen years. Playing the clarinet adds to this marmalade.

He played Brussels with his band a couple of years ago, unfortunately I missed it.

'Manhattan Murder Mystery' is not a good film.  But the New York backgrounds are good and Brooks are mentioned four times.

Last edited by runic (2010-08-02 15:07:51)

Watching 'Manhattan Murder Mystery' last week I thought how tiresome it had all become: the whining, the mannerisms, the attachments to impossibly young and attractive women.  The nightclub routines are still excellent, but some of the movies are beginning to look jaded.

'Everyone Says I Love You' is truly ghastly: smug, knowing, just the opposite of 'cool'.

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Shalom !

Last edited by Oo Bop Sh'bam (2011-09-12 15:40:28)

Watching 'Play It Again, Sam' last night.  Odious script with too many glib comments about rape.  A couple of nice button-downs, though.  His look appeared, at times, to be thrown together.  But it seems to work.