Woody Allen

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Woody Allen:MOSAIC REVIEW

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Woody Allen's humour began when he was young, he was in a Jewish school and wrote jokes for a newspaper. When he was 16, he wrote for famous people like Sid Caesar, and that way, he started to earn a living. Woody Allen was meant to be humorous. When he got 19, he began his real life as a humorist and he wrote stand up comedy for important TV shows. His humor is also shown in his different movies, and especially in one of his first movies Take the money and run. He is also well-known for being highly comic in his shows, on stage, and even in his interviews. Woody Allen's humour doesn't appeal to everyone because it is very controversial. On the contrary, some people really appreciate his crazy personality.

Woody Allen a unique actor ! Woody Allen is a good actor too. He plays in a lot of films ! We can observe that he got several personnalities like when he chooses to be funny ; for example in his film fading gigolo in 2014. Woody Allen is very intelligent, as his character in the impostors (1998). He plays a crazy character in take the money and run (1969). In this film his character wants to escape from jail, and he makes a gun out of soap ! That’s really bizarre and very funny. H e can be in love too,in to Rome with love (2009). We can tell Woody Allen is multi faceted beacause he changes his personnality as easily as he changes his socks. We think Allen is completely nuts in his films as in his life and that is probably the reason why we love his unique style !

Woody Allen, of his real name, Allen Stewart Konigsberg is a comprehensive and outstanding artist. When Woody was 14 years old, he had his first crush. He was moved by the famous Clarinetist and Saxophonist Sidney Beckett. It is since that day that Woody dedicated himself to his passion. He began by learning the saxophone, but as he was not very talented, he decided to play the clarinet. Allen chose the pen name « Woody », because one of his clarinetist idols was named « Woody Herman ». In 1996, he made a European tour, with his group « New Orleans ». With all the members of his Jazz Band, he released two albums: « The Bank Project » in 1993 and the original soundtrack of Wild Man Blues in 1997. It’s impressive that music is so telling in his films. For example in Match Point the opera music really paves the way to the tragic events that will enfold. It’s unbelievable that all qualities he has.

Woody Allen is a scriptwriter but he plays in a many films. He directed around fifty films and he played in twenty-seven of them as in Manhattan , Love and Death , Crimes and Misdemeanors , To Rome With Love . He didn’t play in any other movies which were notproduced or written by himself. The first movie in which he performed was Take The Money And Run in 1969. We reckon that Woody Allen plays a round character in some of his movies. He is a good actor, he is very convincing because he is captivating. Woody Allen has never played a flat character. As far as We have concerned, in his movies Woody Allen plays the leading role. Thanks to his performing his movies have always been eventful. If you want to see humorous films we advise you to watch his films. Or,if you want to seemovies with serious topicyou can watch his films too as Match Point.

Woody Allen has different artistic qualities. He is an actor, a director, a screen writer, a musician and an author. He wrote four books : Without Feathers, Greating Even, Side Effects and Mere Anarchy. His books are short stories, novels, plays ,narratives and reflections. We can notice the same humour in the movie as in his books. This man is an excentric and this trait is present in many of his stories. His character are just like a reflection of himself staged in an imaginative story. Woody Allen's humour is very important and he is not acting in his movie Match Point. This is a negative point because the movie is flat. I think that this movie shows somehow a lesson for people who are unfaithful in their couple.

To start with Woody Allen began playing the saxophone, but was not gifted for this instrument, so he changed for the clarinet. Usually he plays songs by Sidney Bechet, George Lewis, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone and Louis Armstrong. So, the soundtrack of Woody Allen’s films is usually associated with classic jazz recordings. He took his stage name from the clarinetist Woody Herman. Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band have been playing each Monday evening at Manhattan's Carlyle Hotel for many years. Woody Allen is a complete artist, especially in music. He has a great musical knowledge: his films’ characters go to opera, listen and play music, etc. It is obvious that the music has a great importance for him. We reckon that music is a distinctive feature for Woody Allen! As far as we are concerned, we think it is wonderful that music is a key feature in his films, particularly in Match Point, where the opera arias make us feel a true emotion.

Hey you ! Yes you who are reading this. Do you know Woody Allen as a director and a screenwritter ? No ? Ok, let me introduce him to you ! Woody Allen is of great value in the cinema's world, and the films that he writes and directs are really outstanding. Everytime that you can watch a Woody Allen film, there is always an ironical atmosphere, due to his perfect writing. He wrote and directed 50 films and starred in some of them. “Take the money and run” is his first film, and we can find in it the irony and the humorous absurdity that are so specific to him. Woody Allen has always been overflowed with ideas. Honestly, we reckon that it's impressive that he still writes and directs at his age.

Woody Allen is a round character. He understands many fields like the art of writing. He doesn’t only write novels but also theatrical plays and the scripts of his films. His distinctive feature is his subtle humor and his ironic innuendos. For example in « Attention Geniuses: Cash Only », he exaggerates the fact that he doesn’t appreciate jogging in using the following metaphor: « a fitness program designed to reduce my life expectancy to that of a nineteenth century coal miner ». His talent is outstanding because right from the title we can rediscover his specific style. In the same way, “Writer’s block” is an original title for a play. He is well-known for his madcap mind and it’s this feature that can please the reader. Personally, we think that his humor brings a breath of freshness in his literary works.

The main target of Woody Allen's humor, is obviously himself facing of his existential fears. His remedy against his fears is to put them into words and images, by using the receipes of the Jewish humor. In all Woody Allen's works, there is a consistency between the man that he is in real life, and the characters he chooses to embody. To me he is an impressive and multifaceted character. Not only is he an incredible humorist but also a writer, sreendirector, author. He's witty and usually has rather far-fetched ideas that makes him famous. A lot of his films are blockbusters. Not long ago I watched one of his best films called Match Point. In my opinion it is a masterpiece. This film is a dramedy because it includes comedy and dramatic elements. It is characteristic of Woody Allen.

To start with Woody Allen began playing the saxophone, but was not gifted for this instrument, so he changed for the clarinet. Usually he plays songs by Sidney Bechet, George Lewis, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone and Louis Armstrong. So, the soundtrack of Woody Allen’s films is usually associated with classic jazz recordings. He took his stage name from the clarinetist Woody Herman. Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band have been playing each Monday evening at Manhattan's Carlyle Hotel for many years. Woody Allen is a complete artist, especially in music. He has a great musical knowledge: his films’ characters go to opera, listen and play music, etc. It is obvious that the music has a great importance for him. We reckon that music is a distinctive feature for Woody Allen! As far as we are concerned, we think it is wonderful that music is a key feature in his films, particularly in Match Point, where the opera arias make us feel a true emotion.

Woody Allen is one of the most famous American screenwriter. In his first films, he played around with different styles: burlesque, absurd, satirist as in Lily the Tiger in 1966. Woody is indeed a multi-faceted screenwriter. Later in his life, he will opt for more personal scripts, quite melancholic but always with lots of self-derision as in Manhattan in 1979. He won many rewards for his successful films. Midnight in Paris is the best success in the Box Office for Woody Allen. Match Point is a different film for Woody Allen. He raises the issue of an upward social mobility and creates a thriller as in his last film Irrational Man. He is interested in philosophical subjects as coincidence and destiny.

février 2016

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supervisé par Mme Bornancin (professeur d'anglais)

mis en page parMme Laou-Huen (documentaliste)