The Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast

hahaha... Simeon feels this movie should be called "Dead Rabbit Daydreams" we wonder why that may be ;)   Anyhow, today we continue to move forward with our Retrospective as we look at a movie infamous for getting the fans and critics alike upset with its supposed misconceived messages / story - which leads us to our own interesting and critical opinions about the movie   Also starring:        REP...

We continue to move forward with our Retrospective as we look at another MASSIVE hit in the filmography - a beloved movie about a very beloved city....   _____________   Also starring:        REPLACE WITH ACTORS    Please check out the links below for the full cast, user reviews, ratings and info you may find interesting   Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_(1979_film)   IMDb:  htt...

We continue to move forward with our retrospective as we look at a bit of a heel turn for Woody at this point in his career as he takes a darker tone of dramatic storytelling with this feature   Interiors tells the story of the Flynns, a wealthy New York family whose lives are turned upside down when the family patriarch, Arthur, leaves his wife Eve for another woman. As the Flynns struggle to com...

We continue to move forward with our retrospective as we look at the most celebrated, adored and beloved movie Woody Allen has made so far, even after all these years ..AND IRONICALLY it looks like we tackled this discussion on it's 40th YEAR ANNIVERSARY!  :)   Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy about Alvy Singer, a neurotic comedian who falls in love with Annie Hall, a quirky and indep...

We continue to move forward with our Retrospective as we look at another movie that was not directly written or Directed by Allen but he is certainly FRONT and CENTER in this comedy drama :P   The Front is a 1976 American comedy-drama film about Howard Bannister, a television writer who is blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He agrees to sell his scripts to other writers under the table in order...

We continue to move forward with our Retrospective as we look at the last movie in Woodys initial streak of early comedies... often referred to as the "early funny ones" we go out with a very fun and whimsical flick: 1975's  Love and Death   In Love and Death Woody stars as Boris Grushenko, a cowardly Russian soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Boris is drafted into the army and sent to fight agai...

We continue to move forward with our retrospective as we look at a big fan favourite and a very popular movie from woodys collection - this time we are talking about: 1973's Sleeper   Sleeper is a scienccce fiction comedy film where Woody stars as Miles Monroe, a Greenwich Village health food store owner who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and wakes up 200 years later in a dystopian future. The fi...

We continue to move forward with our Retrospective as we look at a big ensemble comedy sketch movie Woody Allen put together with some interesting results with reference to a VERY SIMILAR book TITLE that may not have been a coincidence :P   Starring: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi, Lynn Redgrave, Burt Reynolds, Anthony Quayle, Heather MacRae, Jack Barry, Tony R...

We continue to move forward with the Retrospective as we look at a movie NOT directed by Woody Allen but it was certainly written by him and is an adaptation of his own very successful broadway play   Play It Again, Sam (1972) is a romantic comedy about a recently divorced man who must overcome his insecurities and be himself in order to find love.   Starring Woody Allen as Allan Felix, Diane Keat...

We continue to move forward with the retrospective by taking a look at: 1971's - BANANA'S   In Bananas Woody Allen is Fielding Mellish, a neurotic New Yorker who becomes involved in a revolution in a fictional Latin American country   Please check out the links below for more reviews, ratings and info you may find interesting   Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananas_(film)   IMDb: https:...

Let's set sail as we begin proper with our first film in this retrospective   So.. we're taking a look at Woody Allen's first feature film, Take the Money and Run,  this tells the story of Virgil Starkwell, a hapless bank robber who is always getting caught. Woody Allen stars with Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire, and Jacquelyn Hyde.   Please check out the links below for more review...

On our first official recording, your hosts Donald Wunder & Simeon Rad talk about their first experiences with the famed director as well as talking about the first 3 Woody Allen movie productions Woody himself did not actually have full creative control over but yet they _________________________________   PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT TO THIS OR ANY OTHER EPISODE USING OUR COMMENT SECTION VIDE...

Welcome Ladies & Gentlemen to the new feed for the Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast Project!   In this short prelude recording your host Donald Wunder goes over why we are starting this project in this new separate feed - what this project actually entails and just gives an overall RE-INTRODUCTION before we bless the interwebs with our 2 years and going worth of Woody Allen Discussions!...