New York in Woody Allen

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NEW YORK IN WOODY ALLEN'S MOVIES

Manhattan and Annie Hall

Presented to the Akademija Umetnosti

By Isidora Veljkovi

2016 in Belgrade


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CONTENT

Ao!t "oody Allen#################################################$%e& 'ork on s(reen################################################)

Allen*s vision o+ %e& 'ork######################################,

-ho&ing %e& 'ork in Manhattan###########################,

-ho&ing %e& 'ork inAnnie Hall############################6.es!me####################################################################/

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About Woody Allen

Born on e(emer 1 1$, in Brooklyn 3%e& 'ork4 "oody Allen is

!no5(ially %e& 'ork*s most s!((ess+!l amassador sho&ing his

home(ity in his motion i(t!res &hi(h traveled aro!nd the gloe as

masterie(es o+ the seventh art reresenting this %e& 'orkers vie& o+ the

great metroole#

!ring his many years in 7V (omedy he develoed a stage ersona

that is intelle(t!al goo+y (harming and most imortantly very !ni8!e#

Allen randed himsel+ in his movies as the %e& 'orker 9 an inse(!re

+!nny (yni(al and oen minded erson#

-ome o+ his )0 movies he has done over the ast de(ades &ere

internationally a&arded not only +or the est (omedy :the est drama

:the est movie !t also +or his roles he layed in these movies# "hen

&e seak ao!t Allen &e (annot j!st say that he is an e;(etional

dire(tor !t that he is a m!ltitasking movie geni!s tho!gh he does not

see himsel+ that &ay h!mly stating I know it sounds horrible, but winning

that Oscar for Annie Hall didn't mean anything to me.

-in(e the eginning o+ his &ork his sets &ere ased in %e& 'ork

3a+ter&ards he did e;lore and sho& the a!dien(e other (ities as &ell

s!(h as Paris or Bar(elona4 and a lot o+ (hara(ters &ere &riters 3o+ten

layed y himsel+4 9 Allen*s main o((!ation#

Being &itty and smart he on(e stated d!ring the an!al A(ademy

A&ards in 2002< 'o! kno& =od yo! (an do m!(h etter than me# 'o!

kno& yo! might &ant to get >artin -(orsese or or >ike %i(hols or -ike

?ee or -idney ?!met### ?ook I*ve given yo! 1, names o+ g!ys &ho are

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more talented than I am and smarter and (lassier### 'es !t they &eren*t

availale# @reating these availale medio(re semi s!((ess+!l

(hara(ters is e;a(tly that &hat makes him o+ all s!((ess+!l movie makers

+rom %e& 'ork the est reresentative o+ this island ased (ity#

As said in Manhattan 7o him no matter &hat the season &as this

&as still a to&n that e;isted in la(k and &hite and !lsated to the great

t!nes o+ =eorge =ersh&in#

7hro!gh analysis o+ the theme o+ his movies 9 +orm te;t (ontent

narrative me(hanism (omedy style and (hara(teriationC these movie

elements sho& the !ni8!e (harm o+ Allen*s (are+!lly (onstr!(ted &orld o+

(omedy &ithin the (ity#

New York on sreen

%e& 'ork @ity has a (inemati( identity that in+!ses all &alks o+ li+e#

"e &alk along side vario!s D(tional (hara(ters and try to reathe in the

(ity &ith them# 7ho!gh Allen*s vision o+ >anhattan seems idealisti( andaealing it is very diEerent +rom the vision o+ other o!lar %e& 'orkFs

movie makers#

-tarting &ith >artin -(orseseFs vision o+ %e& 'ork as an oosite to

AllenFs 9 sho&ing the vie& o+ %e& 'ork @ity as a haven +or !ran stories o+

(rime and violen(e# As a dire(tor -(orsese +o(!ses on the more violent

ase(ts o+ %e& 'ork li+e tho!gh admitting that AllenFs risma o+ the (ity is

more nostalgi( and ea(e+!l# -ike ?eeFs movies o+ten +o(!se on ra(ialtensions and overty in Brooklyn 3Allen*s home distri(t4 sho&ing !s a ra&

i(t!re o+ (ityFs non elite memers# 7he (ity is a (on(rete j!ngle est

roven in King Kong 31$$4 &here the (itiens &at(hed the tragi( ending o+

a giant ae eating his (hest on to o+ the Gmire -tate B!ilding#

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PolanskiFs osmary's !aby 316H4 sho&ed all the horrors a ig (ity (an sho&

!s#

Po!lar television (!lt!re ased its many sho&s in this (ity sho&ing

!s the imaginary @ity Perk in 7VFs most s!((ess+!l sit(om "riends 31)

200)4 or the +a!lo!s streets made +or high heels s!(h in BJFs (!lt

sho& #e$ and the %ity31H200)4#

%e& 'ork &ill stay and insiring (ity +or movies and television

sho&n as the original a!thenti( +ast and !ran (ity or maye as a

(amo!Kaged version o+ itsel+ s!(h in &otham one o+ &orldFs eloved

(omi( ook (hara(ters 9 BatmanFs hometo&n#

Allen's !"s"on o# New York

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Ga(h (ity that Allen Dlms resent in s!(h a glamoro!s light roves

that he is the master o+ +alsely a!thenti(

movie reality# is (itys(aes are a(t!ally

!nrealisti( re(reations ased on hisnostalgia or stilted vie& o+ the (ity*s

(!lt!re as i+ he &anted to (reate a

(inemati( ost(ard +or the a!dien(e# is

vis!al aroa(h is very otimisti( and

ideal sho&ing the er+e(t i(t!re ao!t

>anhattan a la(e o+ artists and

intelle(t!als#

7he most vital art ao!t his movies

is the (ity 9 Dve o+ his Dlms !se the name

>anhattan as art o+ the title and t&o

other Dlms re+eren(e Broad&ay in the

title# e re(reates romanti(ied (itys(aes

regardless o+ the genre in his >anhattan

ased i(t!res#

S$ow"n% New York "n Manhattan

In the oening montage shots o+ sno&

(overed streets !ni8!e diners !stling

>anhattan (ro&ds and +erries aear

ons(reen# J!r rotagonist Isaa( 3"oody

Allen4 mentions Dve diEerent re&rites yet all

versions o+ his oening monolog!e raise

%e& 'ork @ity in some &ay#

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%ities moe me. (hat)s

why I don)t think I

could make a *lm in a

+lace that would

a++ear boring to me,

or unromantic. If I)m

making a *lm in

enice, or -aris, I can

really do a good ob

and make the

atmos+here +art of the

story / that)s ery

im+ortant to me0

Woody Allen

He was too romanticabout Manhattan, as

he was about

everything else. He

thrived on the hustle

bustle of the crowds

and the trac. To him,

New Yor meant

beautiful women and

street!smart guys whoseemed to now all

the angles...

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Manhattan 31/4 reresents AllenFs !toian vision o+ %'@ (!lt!re

and listes as y +ar most i(oni( tri!te to the (ity o+ >anhattan

glamoriing its !ran lands(ae# Jnly native %e& 'orkers are rivileged

eno!gh to intelle(t!ally emra(e >anhattanFs !ran (!lt!re tho!gh %e&'orkFs (!lt!re (an e Dnd in asi(ally any ig metroole#

Allens advantage o+ eing an insider to %e& 'ork @ity li+e sho&s a

i(t!re o+ not only %e& 'ork !t any great (ity in the &orld d!e to its

nostalgia a!thenti(ity any !ran (itien has dee in his or hers heart# "e

re+er Allen as a %e& 'ork dire(tor !t a((!rately he is a tr!e >anhattan

dire(tor#

In Manhattan there is virt!ally no (rime and there are no homeless

eole# 7here is no dr!g !se !nless it is +or (omedi( !roses it ignores

imoverished or &orking (lass eole# ere there are no small (hildren

noody dies or gets kidnaed so there are no arental resonsiilities

here# %oone rides the s!&ay and very rarely has to (omete +or a yello&

(a# Uned!(ated or oor eole have no la(e in an AllenFs Manhattan#

-o romanti(iing >anhattan means ignoring any deD(ien(ies the

(ity may have and al&ays thinking o+ the (ity in a glamoro!s light# Allen

!ses the &ides(reen te(hni8!e +or this movie not only to sho& the vis!al

ea!ty o+ the (ity !t also to ortray roken romanti( relationshis

ositioning the a(tors on oosite ends o+ the +rame# Underneath

>anhattanFs ea!ty and the sohisti(ated a(tivities o+ its inhaitants

there is an over&helming sense o+ !nhainess and !neasiness#

S$ow"n% New York "nAnnie Hall

Annie Hall 31//4 is gloally regarded as AllenFs Drst serio!s and most

s!((ess+!l Dlm that on(e again sho&(ases >anhattan y (omaring it to

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other major Ameri(an (ities# 7he one thing that stands o!t in this i(t!re

is vivid (inematograhy done y a rilliant oP =ordon "illis &ho j!st

kne& ho& to read dire(tor*s mind# e !ts hot golden lights +or @ali+ornia

grey itter over(ast +or >anhattan and glossy glamoro!s Dlter +or dreamse8!en(es makingAnnie Hallmost vis!ally aealing movie o+ that year

also ringing many international a&ards to Allen# is romanti(ied vie& o+

the (ity has the (amera &andering on the Uer Gast -ide and on(e again

the +ear o+ (rime does not tro!le its (hara(ters#

Annie all is a loe song to 1ew 2ork %ity, reKe(ting AllenFs adoration o+ the

>anhattan island# In an intervie& Allan stated that AnnieFs aartment 3still

e;ists on Gast /0th -treet4 is in his very +avorite lo(k in the (ity# @ali+orniaon the other hand is resented less ositivelyC (omaring invidio!s

intelle(t et&een %e& 'ork @ity and ?os Angeles# "hile %e& 'ork is a

symol o+ (hara(ter Alvy*s 3"oody Allen4 ersonality eing a an;io!s

(old nervo!s energeti( intelle(t!al ?os Angeles stands as a symol o+

+reedom +or Annie 3iane Leaton4# Annie (laims that %e& 'ork is a dying

(ity there+ore (annot e seen haily ever a+ter &ith Alvy#

Resu&e

7ho!gh Allen strives +or ea!ty his (hara(ters rarely a(hieve the

kind o+ er+e(tion that they are s!rro!nded y# In his more re(ent (areer

Allen (ontin!es to avoid >anhattan and e;lores ne& set lo(ations

resenting !s other (ities and their romanti(ied so!ls# "e might see

more o+ %e& 'ork in his !(oming movies and even i+ &e do not see thatin +!t!re &e may !t o!r hats do&n +or this magniD(ent artist &ho

resented !s &ith the glorio!s ig (ity and its stories#

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