My 15-year old and I watched "Annie Hall" last night.

[PassingFair]

It happened to be on TV when we were clicking
around after one of her shows (DeGrassi) ended.

She laughed her ass off at EVERY vignette.
(But she didn't care for Diane Keaton's singing.)

I had forgotten what an almost PERFECT movie
it was.

And it is as relevant today as it was when it
was first filmed. She didn't know who some of
the musical personalities were, but it didn't
detract from the humor or the meaning.



Alvy Singer: What I wouldn't give for a large sock with horse manure in it!
Alvy Singer: Whaddya do when you get stuck in a movie line with a guy like this behind you?
Man in Theatre Line: Wait a minute, why can't I give my opinion? It's a free country!
Alvy Singer: He can give it... do you have to give it so loud? I mean, aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that? And the funny part of it is, Marshall McLuhan, you don't know anything about Marshall McLuhan!
Man in Theatre Line: Oh, really? Well, it just so happens I teach a class at Columbia called "TV, Media and Culture." So I think my insights into Mr. McLuhan, well, have a great deal of validity!
Alvy Singer: Oh, do ya? Well, that's funny, because I happen to have Mr. McLuhan right here, so, so, yeah, just let me...

Alvy Singer: come over here for a second... tell him!
Marshall McLuhan: I heard what you were saying! You know nothing of my work! You mean my whole fallacy is wrong. How you got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing!
Alvy Singer: Boy, if life were only like this!

[tigereye]

1. that's a great, great movie!

Love it. I've been in the mood to see it again...

[PassingFair]

2. Do it!

Duane: Can I confess something? I tell you this as an artist, I think you'll understand. Sometimes when I'm driving... on the road at night... I see two headlights coming toward me. Fast. I have this sudden impulse to turn the wheel quickly, head-on into the oncoming car. I can anticipate the explosion. The sound of shattering glass. The... flames rising out of the flowing gasoline.
Alvy Singer: Right. Well, I have to - I have to go now, Duane, because I, I'm due back on the planet Earth.

[trackfan]

5. Mom Hall: We're going to take them to the airport.

Dad Hall: Oh, no - Duane can. I haven't finished my drink.

[Orrex]

3. A nearly perfect film

Nay-sayers be damned!

[bif]

4. Is that the one that has the VPL line in it?

Or was than Manhattan? I loved that scene.

[Orrex]

7. The line is indeed from Annie Hall

Shortly before Jeff Goldblum's excellent line "I forgot my mantra."

[grasswire]

6. you might enjoy Woody's newest film

It's in theaters now. "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" I saw it a couple of weeks ago and loved it.

I don't love all Woody Allen movies, but I did this one.

[MilesColtrane]

8. Still my favorite movie of all time, despite stiff competition from "The Third Man".

"(Relationships are) totally irrational and crazy and absurd and, but uh, I guess we keep going through it...because...most of us need the eggs."

[bif]

9. I just watched "Shadow and Fog". Was that a stinker.

He's pretty hit or miss these days. But when he's on, he's great!