None But Eagles

Could Look Him In The Face

  • 22nd
  • February
  • 2010


It’s an impossible task to write about a successful Woody Allen comedy, particularly one as potent as Love and Death: the temptation is to behave like Chris Farley in that SNL skit in which the anxious talk show host summarizes favorite scenes and then says, “That was so awesome.” Words will never equal the experience, so go and watch Love and Death.
a bright wall in a dark room.: Woody Allen Week: Love and Death (1975)

This is one of my favourite Woody Allen films, and I like Woody Allen films a lot more than most people seem to these days. I have a few people in my life who like to describe in detail and/or quote endlessly and/or act out scenes from movies or TV shows as a way of expressing their enjoyment of it and their conviction that I will like it just as much as they do. Usually this method results in my own conviction that I most certainly will not. This essay does an excellent job of describing what I find so immensely enjoyable about Love and Death, but I concur with the conclusion — you do just have to go and watch it.

Look, I’m even linking to it on YouTube for you.
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