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14/04/2014 10:16 par tellurikwaves

The last of Woody's uneven (but still hilarious) comedies
10/10
Author: craigjclark from Haddonfield, NJ
11 October 2001

"Love and Death" is one of my favourite Woody Allen films, right up there with "Manhattan," "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and "Deconstructing Harry." Sure, the jokes are scattershot and don't always work, but when they do the film is a gut-buster. ("A tremendous amount of wheat!") Parodying everything from Russian literature to foreign films (especially those of his beloved Ingmar Bergman), it's also one of Allen's most overtly philosophical films with characters breaking into syllogisms and formal arguments at the most unlikely moments. Students of philosophy should get a kick out of it.

That said, it is accessible to just about anybody. Almost nobody does fish-out-of-water comedy as well as Woody Allen (see also "Bananas" and "Sleeper"), and Diane Keaton shines as usual as the promiscuous object of his desire. And look for Jessica Harper in a small role as the cousin who rattles off a convoluted list of romantic entanglements worthy of Chekhov.

This was the last step of Allen's formative period. After this, his films would get a lot more focused.(Moui...et parfois mortellement ennuyeux:UNE AUTRE FEMME,SEPTEMBER..aaarrrgh ZOOM un peu chiant sur les bords,LE REVE DE CASSANDRE très chiant)

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14/04/2014 10:08 par tellurikwaves

 
One of Woody Allen's most entertaining and amusing comedies
10/10
Author: Robert Reynolds (minniemato@hotmail.com) from Tucson AZ
1 August 2001

Woody Allen films fall into different categories-his early films verge on slapstick while still being bitingly satirical (Sleeper, Bananas, Play It Again, Sam, among others) while his later works generally fall into one of two categories: contemporary social satire or nostalgic period pieces, generally set in the 1930s or 1940s.

Love and Death is probably the most cerebral of the slapstick films and what I suspect a collaboration between Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman and the Marx Brothers would have looked like had one ever taken place.

Sight gags abound along with the philosophical discussions Woody Allen films have as a matter of course. It's a hilarious film that spoofs Bergman, the military, patriotism and, of course, love and death. Most highly recommended.

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14/04/2014 05:56 par tellurikwaves

Olga Georges-Picot : la comtesse Alexandrovna

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A thinking comedy
10/10
Author: Me from Connecticut
11 May 2001

One of the funniest movies of all time. The War & Peace and Chekov slant gives it a great feel. Allen and Keaton are at their best, and funnier than Grace & Burns,Hepburn & Tracey, etc..This classic comedy is very rarely known, and worth watching it over and over.

One of the better lines:

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14/04/2014 05:43 par tellurikwaves

Underrated Woody Gem
9/10
Author: dweis007 from new york
5 May 2004

As a huge Woody Allen fan, I was delighted and surprised by this film. I have scarcely heard anyone mention it, but for my money it is the single most comically dense of all of Woody's films. There are so many truly impressive/hilarious/memorable one-liners that I'm amazed people don't quote this movie left and right. The setting, costumes, accents all add to the hilarity of the film--truly reminiscent of a Marx Brothers romp. Really outstanding among his pre-Annie Hall films. Only rivaled by Bananas in my opinion for simple laugh value.

Unlike any other of his films, this deals with his "deep" questions of death/metaphysics in an unflaggingly light and comical fashion. For instance:

-Sonja: But judgment of any system or a priori relation of phenomena exists in any rational or metaphysical or at least epistemological contradiction to anabstracted empirical concept such as being or to be or to occur in the thing itself or of the thing itself.

*Boris: Yeah, I've said that many times.

Not Woody's "best" film (see Annie Hall, Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors), but perhaps his most laugh-filled. Satisfying throughout. I give it a 9/10.

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Woody Allen's best, and I own them all
Author: mrdemilleimreadyformycloseup from New England
4 July 2003

People go on and on about "Annie Hall," which I must say I love, but "Love and Death" remains, for me, the best movie Woody Allen movie ever made. Why?

First, I love Dostoyevsky, and his twisted take on Dostoyevsky is so hilarious, but also so informed, that it lands me on my ass. Second, his dialogue is so existentialist and yet so ridiculous ("Yes, but objectivity is subjective." "Not in any rational scheme of perception.") that it makes Ingmar Bergman look like a fool, which he isn't, but it's so much fun to deconstruct the big guy. Third, I love the scene when the little kid questions death about the afterlife. ("Are there girls?")

I love the one-liners, especially when, surveying the battlefield with all the bodies lying around, Woody's companion says "He was our village idiot." and Woody replies "So what did you do? Place?" Mainly I love it because it is intellectual but also as silly as hell. In the movie pantheon, Woody is up there in the godhead, along with Bergman and Dreyer. Alongside them, the world needs Woody, to make it laugh about things that they make people think seriously about.

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14/04/2014 04:55 par tellurikwaves

A travers une sorte de parodie de Guerre et Paix de Tolstoï, il se moque gentiment de la grande Histoire et de l'emphase de la littérature russe (ainsi que de son amour pour le cinéma de Bergman lorsqu'il singe "Persona"et "Le Septième sceau") Le cadre historique ne trompe personne,son Boris Grouchenki est simplement un nouvel avatar de son personnage de Schlemiel. En fait, « Guerre et amour » est le dernier de ses films où Woody Allen poursuit dans la veine de la "Stand-up Comedy" qu'il a pratiqué sur scène.

On retrouve ici le principe du film à sketchs et du comique de langage (ses célèbres one-liners) qui menait « Woody et les robots » et « Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur le sexe ». La seule différence sensible tient dans le fait que, pour la première fois, le cinéaste se trouve sur un plateau à devoir diriger une équipe importante, des scènes de batailles, des cavalcades, une reconstitution historique, le tout en Hongrie et avec le concours de l'armée d'occupation soviétique ! On aurait beau jeu de déceler ici ce qui sera le cœur de son cinéma post-« Annie Hall ».

Certes, la peur de la mort, les amours impossibles, la solitude sont bien présents, mais l'essentiel est ailleurs : dans la verve comique, dans l'efficacité de gags issus du café-théâtre, dans le sens de l'absurde, dans la multiplication des anachronismes. Si Allen dialogue avec la mort, la pensée n'est pas profonde, c'est juste l'occasion de faire un calembour. Si il se prend à philosopher, c'est juste pour se moquer des intellectuels et offrir des moments parodiques décalés et cocasses.

Bref, inutile de chercher une quelconque profondeur à ce film qui se pose simplement comme une succession de gags burlesques (parfaitement chronométrés) et de bons mots. Mais, ne boudons pas notre plaisir, « Guerre et amour » est certes un petit film, mais un petit Allen reste souvent délicieux à déguster.

Olivier Bitoun

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Š-DR-GUERRE & AMOUR de Woody Allen (1975)

14/04/2014 04:38 par tellurikwaves

Guerre et Amour (Love and Death) est un film franco-américain réalisé par Woody Allen en 1975. Il s'agit d'une adaptation très libre de Guerre et Paix sortie entre Sleeper et Annie Hall.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen

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Résumé
Russie, début du XIXe siècle. Fils cadet d'un petit propriétaire terrien, Boris Grouchenko est amoureux de sa cousine Sonia. Mais celle-ci aime Ivan qui ne l'aime pas. Par dépit, elle épouse le marchand de harengs local qu'elle trompe aussitôt ouvertement. La guerre éclate. Boris sème involontairement le désarroi dans l'état-major français. Revenu en héros à Moscou, il séduit une comtesse. Mais l'amant de celle-ci le provoque en duel. Sûre qu'il ne s'en sortira pas vivant, Sonia promet de l'épouser. Or, Boris s'en sort... Quand Napoléon s'installe à Moscou, le couple décide de l'assassiner