Sunday 29 September 2013

Anything Else (2003 Woody Allen & scr)

Woody writes himself a most interesting character, a rifle-carrying, antique Porsche driving school teacher who mentors young comedy writer Jason Biggs, and is himself a little crazy, as we first discover in amusing car smashing scene. Bigg's girlfriend Christina Ricci is also nuts, a sexpot and food junkie who moves her mom in with unpredictable results.

No wonder she's so 'fat'


Shot in widescreen by Darius Khondji.
Danny de Vito is awful manager, Stockard Channing the mom. Also with Adrian Grenier.
Finale is very funny, but positive, in which Biggs manages to change and move on with his life.
"The doctor had better sex examining her than I've had in six months."

Intriguing use of splitscreen

Erica Leerhsen, who's in Woody's new one


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