Woody Allen Filmography

Crazy and weird ideas, nice action and superb dialogue delivery, funny one liners and occasionally some mind blowing stuff. This is how you can describe Woody Allen. I havent watched all his movies yet. Been getting some time to view movies and so decided to view all Allen films one by one. Let us see hw our views change with each movie.

Planning to write a breif write up (or may be a review) hoping it would benefit the readers. I always try to educate my readers (U knw that :D).

Film Review and Analysis: Kubrick's 'The Shining' Unearthed Completely

The Shining is the movie which has never left my mind ever since I viewed it for the first time in my B Tech 2nd year. It is a psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was produced by Kubrick himself and you can understand the artistic achievements with which he was ready to mesmerize the film lovers. People who have already viewed the film would appreciate this essay better.

Film Review and Analysis: The Reader Unearthed Completely

The film inspired from a German novel with the same name essentially deals with the feelings of the German generations after the holocaust. The gap and the misunderstanding between the generations are neatly portrayed in the film. 

What would one think would be the response of every German young child, for what their parent’s generation did? Naturally they would hate their parents and their generation whenever they read a history book or see a documentary. This film is an attempt to bring an understanding between both the post war German Generations which are having difficulties comprehending the holocaust. It explores how the post-war generations should approach the generation that took part in, or witnessed, the atrocities.

Film Review and Analysis: David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" Unearthed Completely

'Mulholland Drive' is an American film written and directed by David Lynch. The film is famous for its surreal content and bizarre imagery. The implications of the film are not straight forward and Lynch had declined to offer an explanation leaving the audience and critics to speculate about the film. I had a difficult time unearthing the mysteries involved in it and had to view it many times for appreciating the artistic content involved in the film. It is no doubt one of the finest of Lunch’s work establishing him as one of the greatest directors.

Film Review and Analysis: Tarantino's Death Proof

"Death Proof" is a thriller film directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stuntman whose sole purpose as it appears is to follow young (may be intoxicated) women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his "death-proof" stunt car. First of all, is it really a thriller film?

I watched Tarentino’s masterpieces Reservoir Dogs and Pulp fiction before watching this film. Unlike those films, the story line is simple without any non linear features but he ensures that the viewer is bound to the screen till the film ends. The introduction of the stuntman (Mike), his clumsy way of eating, his car, his looks at the young girls and many other unusual things makes us think what he is up to? The stuntman also has got nice way of dealing with girls by putting them at ease with his apt words. So, definitely his character intrigues you more. The lap dance scene is surely worth seeing and sometimes orgasmic. With all this going on, the viewer is definitely interested to know what would happen next. He is suddenly horrored when Mike kills the young girl who is on a ride with him by his atrocious driving when she is put in a cage without any safety restraints ultimately smashing her skull. This follows the breath taking accident scene where all the young intoxicated women whom Mike has been following are brutally killed by him in a barbarous accident where everyone is dead in a horrified manner. The scene is highlighted and is shown in various angles highlighting the fate of each one of them during the accident. There would be no evidence to convict Mike and hence would be set free. He doesn't weed any smoke,doesn't drink alcohol, turns on the head lights before the crash, destroys the photographs and most importantly targets the intoxicated young women.

After fourteen months, Mike is again ready for his new adventure when he comes across another bunch of young girls at a store. One of the girls wanted to test drive a car similar to the one in the film 'Vanishing Point'. She convinces her friends and rides on the car's hood using only leather belts to hold onto, while one of her friends drives it at high speeds. The scenes worth watching are shot well. Mike who will be observing them from a distance gets ready for his new adventure with his death proof car. Unfortunately for him, the girls turn out to be the masters this time. The movie ends when the girls physically strike him until he falls unconscious on the ground.

This is a film probably with an aim to highlight ”Every dog(Mike here) has its day” type thing where the issue of a bully targeting young and helpless women is dealt . Though the thrill is maintained initially by first disclosing the way the stuntman does his amazing psychotic acts, the ending disappoints you as Mike stays in defense for most of the time while the girls take the lead. This might have been necessary for the script where the bully need to be taught a nice lesson but this leaves the viewer questioning why the stunt man was shown so aggressive and skilful in his stunts with the first group of girls. On the whole the film is worth watching. You get everything you expect from Tarentino without troubling your brain much. Nice dialogues with 'fuck' inserted wherever possible, great cinematic shots, nice editing and back ground score with occasional references to pop music to boost you up. Give it a try in case you don’t get anything else. One who doesn't know Tarentino can safely give it a rating of 7.5.