Review of Love and Death (2013) by Dave A — 29 Jun 2008
The most perfectly developed of Woody Allen's "early, funny" films, is a sharp, witty parody of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky's epic novels, a mix of pure slapstick and hilariously pretentious philosophical.
Diologues between Allen and Diane Keaton. (The timing and chemistry between them is fantastic - easily as good as in Annie Hall.).
There are also many humourous anachronisms - the Black drill instructor, Allen's trademark glasses, the hygiene film (before the invention of motion picture),a New York vendor selling "red hots" on the battlefiled, a joke about insurance salesman, a reference to "uppers" (as in drugs) etc... and then there is the two Napoleon's fighting... A perfect balance between intellectual humour and pure stupidity.
This review of Love and Death (2013) was written by Dave A on 29 Jun 2008.
Love and Death has generally received mixed reviews.
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