I saw Woody Allen's new movie Anything Else last night. It was quite funny and interesting. Woody Allen's character Dobel is sort of like a darker and more paranoid version of his character in Annie Hall. Anyone who thinks Woody Allen always plays the same character hasn't been paying attention, especially recently in the last 5 or so years.
Another interesting point in the movie is it's sort of opposition to Broadway Danny Rose. In that movie, Woody Allen is an agent of sort of crappy talent, and his best performer leaves him just as he's getting successful. In this movie, the same thing basically happens, with the sympathetic viewpoint reversed. Of course, Woody Allen's movies are too mature to simply take one side or the other.
One annoying thing is the constant obsession of everyone in Woody Allen's movies with Jazz. Everyone, even people around 20 years old are obsessed with Jazz. Can everyone there shut up about Billie Holiday already? C'mon Woody, music has continued to progress since the 1930's, you know.
Posted by ahyatt at September 21, 2003 02:09 PM