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Manhattan (1979)
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Manhattan, Woody Allen's follow-up to Oscar-winning Annie Hall, is a film of many distinctions: its glorious all-Gershwin score, its breathtakingly elegant black-and-white, widescreen cinematography by Gordon Willis (best-known for shooting the Godfather movies); its deeply shaded performances; its witty screenplay that marked a new level in Allen's artistic maturity; and its catalog of Things that Make Life Worth Living. But Manhattan is also distinguished in the realm of home video as the first motion picture to be released only in a widescreen version. You wouldn't want to see it any other way. Allen's...
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By no means the best of the Allen films, this is the story of a man dissected by love. He wants what he cannot have and once he gets it, he wants what he gave up. The film does a great job of portraying women as egomaniacal, self-serving and impossible to understand. It also seems to preach the idea that the only good...
(complete Manhattan review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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