Friday, 25 March 2016

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008 Woody Allen & scr)

Fabulous cast comprises Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Patricia Clarkson. The director's use of dissolves - particularly when Rebecca and Javier get together - is inspired - where have we seen it before? I was going to say Godard, but actually I think it's in The Knack. Film is intimate for Woody (Scarlett and Javier, Scarlett and Penelope).

Made almost entirely with a Spanish Crew, led by Javier Aguirresarobe.

Whilst the conclusion tells us that neither of the girls are any different I'm not so sure that's true....

The people of Oviedo certainly loved the film as they commissioned a statue for Woody the year after.


Woody's typeface is "EF WINDSOR Elongated (later edit: or a heavier weight of EF WINDSOR Light Condensed, as some of the readers suggested) by Elsner+Flake foundry" from 1905.
(source: http://kitblog.com/2007/12/woody_allens_typography.html.)

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