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March 18, 2005
Zelig
Zelig (1983), Woody Allen:
I'm gearing up for disappointment for Melinda and Melinda, so it was a pleasant surprise when Zelig was on IFC. I remember reading a lot of the contemporary critics saying that this would be Allen's masterpiece, and it's definitely not. It's terribly funny at times, of the whimsical variety, and the technical achievement must've been astounding at the time.
I see how this fits in his artist-angst trilogy with Stardust Memories and The Purple Rose of Cairo but whatever the earnestness of emotion, it didn't really have that urgency. Myabe it's deliberate considering the documentary format, but I don't know.
13/15
Posted by bing at March 18, 2005 11:41 AM