The Rise and Fall of the Nebbish Empire
Emanuel Levy charts Woody Allen's rapid ascension and gradual decline. It's not the world's best written article, but it's still an interesting read, which makes it a natural fit on this blog.
http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=226
Interesting to note that Allen seems to be moving the locale of his films to London. Will his sensibilities play any better there, I wonder?
Levy makes a very good point that the core element missing from Allen's latest work his been the man himself. Allen is a very talented - perhaps vastly underrated? - leading man, one whose imprint has been so distinct that all his personal avatars to follow - Branagh, Biggs, Ferrell, etc. - has felt compelled to mimicry (and it is not as if these men all have similar presences when they are not in Allen films, either).
posted by Seb @ 2:04 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
I don't think he is underrated. He has always been rated very high as a comedic actor. Its just that his acting has been overshadowed by his writing and directing.
And I'm not reading your article because I have important things to do like go out to our balcony in my underwear and check on our new pigeon egg.
The article is almost interesting, but for a summary of Allen's career, one can just go to imdb and check out Allen's filmography on his/her own.
Perhaps among people who post to this blog he is not underrated, but to wit, the number of Oscars he has won is equal to the number of landlords we have who approve of the egg under the bench, which is to say zero.
A good quote from Allen regarding his greater popularity outside the US:
"For some reason I'm more appreciated in France than I am back home. The subtitles must be incredibly good."
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