Like Mother Russia itself the themes are sweeping from death to herring - but unlike Sleeper and Bananas this is a masterwork because it leaves you wiser and wise-cracking. Beneath the wonderful silly seriousness and a veneer of intellectual mimicry is the feeling that watching Love and Death extends your life by ten years and increases your IQ by 40 points - a favourite Woody Allen, and without a doubt one of the smartest, and funniest comedies ever made.
In Love and Death you get the best and fullest exposition of what Allen really did best before the the comedy of manners, or the New York settings : witty, fast, furious, hilarious, clever writing: here he proved beyond a doubt that the one-liner could be smart, and poignant.
Every comedy writer (And comedy actor) should watch and learn - the timing, and the way your brain dances when watching is marvellous.
A total triumph and a writer's paradise.
In Love and Death you get the best and fullest exposition of what Allen really did best before the the comedy of manners, or the New York settings : witty, fast, furious, hilarious, clever writing: here he proved beyond a doubt that the one-liner could be smart, and poignant.
Every comedy writer (And comedy actor) should watch and learn - the timing, and the way your brain dances when watching is marvellous.
A total triumph and a writer's paradise.