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©-DR-COMEDIE EROTIQUE D'UNE NUIT D'ETE de Woody Allen (1982) p9
18/04/2014 05:34
José Ferrer : Leopold (Professeur de philosophie et cousin d'Andrew)
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an overlooked masterpiece
10/10
Author: David from Tennessee, USA
25 May 2002
I am amazed at how neglected this film is. It is a real gem. I'm a big Woody Allen film and I consider it one of his best. The story is intelligent, well-written, funny, and charming. The themes of love, fate, and immortality are explored in a thoroughly entertaining way. A great performance by all the actors, but special mention should be made of Jose Ferrer and Julie Haggerty. See this movie. You will not be disappointed.
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©-DR-COMEDIE EROTIQUE D'UNE NUIT D'ETE de Woody Allen (1982) p10
18/04/2014 05:47
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©-DR-COMEDIE EROTIQUE D'UNE NUIT D'ETE de Woody Allen (1982) p11
18/04/2014 05:57
Woody Conjures Sex Magick!
Author: Son of Cathode from New England
25 January 2001
Bergman meets Shakespeare meets Kafka in this wonderful, perplexing and mystical film, not a hit when originally released but definitely one of Allen's most accomplished works, and a prototype for mature later films such as HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
Everyone in this film is great at being full of themselves, tripping over their egos and neuroses and trying like hell to escape their lives by running away, into the woods or each others' arms. Allen gets a chance to air his beloved ad-nauseum philosophizing, which tends towards nihilism but has elements of naive mysticism as well.
There is, indeed, a sense of deep magic in this film, of supernatural forces being an unseen dynamic partner in human affairs. For Allen, a lifelong atheist, this is virtually a religious confession! A very, very interesting film that holds up real well.
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©-DR-COMEDIE EROTIQUE D'UNE NUIT D'ETE de Woody Allen (1982) p12
18/04/2014 06:05
It just makes a great evening. And that's great!
8/10
Author: stalker vogler from Xanadu
1 September 2007
Not intended to be an Allen masterpiece and produced after the self-indulgent Stardust Memories,(oui oh ça va hein !) this piece of work is the gift Allen made to himself and to us.
Taking stuff from Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn's suite for the play and some other works Woody realized an enchanting movie about the frivolous nature of human beings. It may not have the quality of Bergman's masterpiece and it may not last for more than four hundred years like Shakeapseare's play but it is definitely entertaining and makes a great summer evening's experience!
It is also the first appearance of Mia Farrow in a Woody film and she is always excellent, though nominated for a Razzie for this role. The scenery by itself is worth seeing the movie. Plus, there is an interesting blend of screwball comedy from Allen's earlier days (with him going on a flying bicycle), some romance that we came to be accustomed in his later movies and even some drama if you look closer. Overall, the movie has more positive aspects than negative and taken as a whole it does leave a smile on your face.
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©-DR-COMEDIE EROTIQUE D'UNE NUIT D'ETE de Woody Allen (1982) p13
18/04/2014 08:59
Light and Sensual Smile
7/10
Author: Galina from Virginia, USA
20 June 2006
Woody Allen's "Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" that was made in 1982 between "Stardust Memory" (1980) and "Zelig"(1983) is considered by many as a lesser Allen's work or even failure. It was even nominated for a Razzie (Mia Farrow) for crying out loud.
Well, failure or not, I'd take this silly, funny, humorous, beautifully photographed with Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Piano Concerto No. 2 and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" suite for the soundtrack little treasure over the majority of Hollywood comedies any day or night including midsummer night.
Spoofing Shakespeare's classic comedy and highly successful Ingmar Bergman's "Smiles of a Summer Night", Woody made a light comedy about six very different people - three couples in a turn-of-the-century who gathered together in a country during the weekend party in search for love, understanding and meaning of life and death which has his own unique style. Allen does not take things too seriously and laughs at and with his characters providing the best comical scenes in the movie as an inventor.
One scene is his first appearance with the wings on his back when he tries to fly and another when he pedals his flying bicycle in a very ET - manner. Funny and memorable
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