Some of Woody's own bits seem stilted. But Roberto Benigni is hilarious.
Woody twists the plot of The White Sheik beautifully into something his own.
Also the great twist at the end of the Eisenberg-Page story - the film invite. And Alec Baldwin's deadpan responses.
Fabulous atypical music tracks.
Beautifully photographed by Darius Khondji. (The other films he shot for Woody were Anything Else (2003), Midnight in Paris (2011), Magic in the Moonlight (2014) and Irrational Man (2015). I guess they filmed towards the beginning and end of the day to avoid the summer heat and to get that distinctive saturated look.
And - it rains again! Is there a Woody Allen where it doesn't rain? Probably.
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