Woody Allen is a uniquely innovative performer, writer and director with nearly fifty movies to his credit, from cult slapstick films and romantic comedies to introspective character studies and crime thrillers. Classics such as Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories, Broadway Danny Rose and Hannah and Her Sisters still resonate, and more recently Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine have been notable successes. In this timely retrospective, Tom Shone reviews Woody Allen's entire career, providing incisive commentary on his films and shedding light on this uniquely self-deprecating filmmaker, with the help of comments contributed by Allen himself. Superbly illustrated with more than 250 key images, this is a fitting tribute to one of the masters of modern cinema, published to mark Woody Allen's eightieth birthday.
By:
Tom Shone
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 290mm,
Width: 247mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 2.030kg
ISBN: 9780500517987
ISBN 10: 0500517983
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 December 2015
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction * The Early Years * The Hollywood Years * The Director * Take the Money and Run * Bananas * Play it Again, Sam * Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Sex... * Sleeper * Love and Death * Annie Hall * Interiors * Manhattan * Stardust Memories * A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy * Zelig * Broadway Danny Rose * The Purple Rose of Cairo * Hannah and her Sisters * Radio Days * September * Another Woman * Crimes and Misdemeanors * Alice * Shadows and Fog * Husbands and Wives * Manhattan Murder Mystery * Bullets over Broadway * Mighty Aphrodite * Everyone Says I Love You * Deconstructing Harry * Celebrity * Sweet and Lowdown * Small Time Crooks * The Curse of the Jade Scorpion * Hollywood Ending * Anything Else * Melinda and Melinda * Match Point * Scoop * Cassandra's Dream * Vicky Cristina Barcelona * Whatever Works * You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger * Midnight in Paris * To Rome with Love * Blue Jasmine * Magic in the Moonlight * Conclusion * Filmography
Reviews for Woody Allen: A Retrospective
'A luxuriant photo-history' - Prospect 'An extraordinary career is celebrated with behind-the-scenes shots and informative prose' - The Times 'Intelligently constructed' - Independent on Sunday 'Shone's analysis is most piercing ... [his] prose has a beauty of its own, abounding in nonchalantly exquisite turns of phrase' - Observer
