In a rare success, Woody Allen's film, Annie Hall, nearly swept the Academy Awards in 1977. A cinematic masterpiece by most any standard, the film is pitch perfect from beginning to end... it is tragic, funny, scary, uproarious, intelligent, sarcastic and true. The script was expertly written and the cinematography techniques were innovative (including an animated scene). Woody Allen and his co-star, Diane Keaton (whose real name was Diane Hall) had been in a real life romantic relationship that didn't work out. Allen ingeniously took those emotions and filtered them outwardly, creating both a brilliant and beautiful film, and forming a long-lasting professional relationship with Keaton in the process.
Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) is a failure at love. After a few marriages and countless dates, he still finds himself looking for the one. When he meets Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), he's certain this will be different. It should've worked out, but didn't. Now, Allen walks us through the relationship to try to figure out what went wrong (Allen is directly addressing the viewer at times), and we all learn a lot along the way...
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| Annie Hall. 1977. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
Together they formed an unlikely pair...
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| Annie Hall. 1977. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
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| Annie Hall. 1977. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
Love, hilarity and countless classic moments ensue...
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| Annie Hall. 1977. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
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| Annie Hall. 1977. Woody Allen |
Genius!
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| Annie Hall. 1977. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
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| Annie Hall. 1977. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton |
