Review of Love and Death (1975) by Ian Nathan for Empire — 01 Aug 1997
This magnificent, often anarchic pastiche of Russian literature’s portentous habits with a side order in Bergmanesque death wallowing actually finds Allen at his silliest. Which also means it is extraordinarily clever silliness, with designs deliberately stolen from Chaplin, Keaton and the Marx Brothers.
It is film that explores comedy’s infinite variety via the medium of the existential philosophy of those big Russian sagas slumped in history like sulking teenagers.
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This review of Love and Death (1975) was written by Ian Nathan and published by Empire on 01 Aug 1997.
Love and Death has generally received very positive reviews.
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