Sunday 27 January 2013

Mighty Aphrodite (1995 Woody Allen & scr)

Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, Mira Sorvino (AA), F. Murray Abraham, Peter Weller



Ph. Carlo di Palma

Brilliant use of Greek chorus (shot in Taormina).

Brilliantly ironic story, very funny film.

the only one with end credits over the action. And a happy ending. I pity some actors in long takes who don't get seen (i.e. back to camera)!

If you look at his body of work, he's always coming up with new approaches and ideas, like Hitch.

Only these have directed more actors to Oscars than Woody:

Fred Zimmerman (7)
Elia Kazan (8)
William Wyler (13)

His are Mira, Diane Weist (Bullets over Broadway & Hannah and her Sisters), Michael Caine (Hannah), Diane Keaton (Annie Hall) and Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona).

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