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Sweet and Lowdown: Woody Allen´s Cinema of Regret
Lloyd Michaels
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Over a career that has spanned more than six decades, Woody Allen has explored the emotion of regret as a response to the existentialist dilemma of not being someone else. Tracing this recurrent theme from his stand-up comedy routines and apprentice work through classics like Annie Hall, Manhattan, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Bullets Over Broadway as well as less esteemed accomplishments (Another Woman, Sweet and Lowdown, Cassandra's Dream), this volume argues that it is ultimately the shallowness of his protagonists' regret-their lack of deeply felt, sustained remorse-that defines Allen's pervasive view of human experience. ... Read more
Over a career that has spanned more than six decades, Woody Allen has explored the emotion of regret as a response to the existentialist dilemma of not being someone else. Tracing this recurrent theme from his stand-up comedy routines and apprentice work through classics like Annie Hall, Manhattan, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Bullets Over Broadway as well as less esteemed accomplishments (Another Woman, Sweet and Lowdown, Cassandra's Dream), this volume argues that it is ultimately the shallowness of his protagonists' regret-their lack of deeply felt, sustained remorse-that defines Allen's pervasive view of human experience. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
453 g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231178556
SKU
V9780231178556
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About Lloyd Michaels
Lloyd Michaels edited the journal Film Criticism from 1977 through 2015 and has published four previous books on cinema.
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