Reconstructing Woody: Art, Love, and Life in the Films of Woody Allen

Mary P. Nichols

doi:10.5771/9781442207462

Summary

In this pathbreaking new book, Mary P. Nichols challenges this, arguing that Allen's work, from Play It Again, Sam to Deconstructing Harry, is actually an attempt to explore and reconcile the tension between art and life.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2000
Copyright Year: 2000
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8476-8989-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-0746-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 255
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Preface No access
1. The Interpreter and the Artist No access Pages 1 - 18
2. The Hero and the Klutz (Play It Again, Sam) No access Pages 19 - 32
3. The Anhedonist and the Singer (Annie Hall) No access Pages 33 - 48
4. The Interior Decorator and the Vulgarian (Interiors) No access Pages 49 - 64
5. The Director and the Fan (Stardust Memories) No access Pages 65 - 82
6. The Empiricist and the Image Maker (A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy) No access Pages 83 - 98
7. The Changing Man and the Psychiatrist (Zelig) No access Pages 99 - 114
8. The Actor and the Character (The Purple Rose of Cairo) No access Pages 115 - 130
9. The Eavesdropper and the Patient (Another Woman) No access Pages 131 - 148
10. The Ophthalmologist and the Filmmaker (Crimes and Misdemeanors) No access Pages 149 - 164
11. The Detectives (Manhattan Murder Mystery) No access Pages 165 - 178
12. The Murderer and the Playwright (Bullets over Broadway) No access Pages 179 - 194
13. The Sportswriter and the Whore (Mighty Aphrodite) No access Pages 195 - 210
14. The Comic No access Pages 211 - 222
Notes No access Pages 223 - 244
Bibliography No access Pages 245 - 248
Index No access Pages 249 - 254
About the Author No access Pages 255 - 255