In a message dated 2/23/08 4:53:30 PM,
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com writes:
> Do you think prudishness is the reason why some
Allen films don't
> appeal to US audiences? I find that hard to believe.
And I thought
> Joffe was still on board... I may be wrong on that.
My take on Allen
> is that he has distilled his themes considerably,
that the scripts are
> almost uniformly terrific, and that the stylized
world of Allen makes
> fewer and fewer concessions to the taste of the
general US public. If
> you put aside some of the irony, his films have
become deeply
> pessimistic. That's my explanation,
anyway.
>
I think his biggest problem is that as he's aged, his
comedies have become forced. and what used to work for him,
sad sack pining after an unattainable girl, comes across as
pathetic at his age
gee, I sound like a prude, don't I
what I did think was brilliant however was DECONSTRUCTING
HARRY. seemed like a real honest look at himself
John Lau
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