Vicky Cristina Barcelona: In Defense of Late Woody Allen

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Dissecting the Woodman
Published 8/14/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
... of, a character whose inner and outer lives both seem organically compatible with the unconscious carnality the actress herself exudes. And someday entire grad school thesis will be written about the way Allen shoots every sex scene that she’s in, in extreme, soft focus closeup on her head, letting the camera drift to concentrate on her blonde hair spilling out of control to consume the frame.) ScarJo is the ultimate Woody hard-on.  Read the full review/analysis here. ...

Is Ceasing To Exist Definitive Failure? SpoutBlog Week in Review
Published 8/15/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
Elliott Gould Takes Brooklyn Tropic Thunder: Hollywood Will Gently Nibble Itself Vicky Cristina Barcelona: In Defense of Late Woody Allen Anti-Populism and Indie Antiquity: Interview with Whit Stillman Michael Moore Dares Obama to Denounce Him Eleanor Coppola’s Conceptual Art Rebellion 10 Best Animated Series Spun Off from Movies Woody Allen by Jean-Luc Godard Bigfoot Found? Did Harvey Weinstein Get What He (Maybe) Paid Anthony Lane For? Elizabeth Taylor ...

Picking Up the Spare: X-Files, Pineapple, Vicky, Step Brothers, Mamma Mia and Bottle Shock
Published 8/20/2008 by Chris at Movie Marketing Madness
... Karina rightly points out that Allen’s use of sex to sell whatever his latest movie is isn’t exactly new. She also defends late-era Woody in general and I agree with all her points about Allen’s overall thematic explorations as a filmmaker. ...