Woody Allen — Actor (75)

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人物 (2001)
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吴征 / 秦雪 actor: 贾小军 / 汤水雨 …
《人物》以独特视角,新颖理念,关注现当代文明进程中那些显现出智慧光芒、卓越创造力和非凡品格的人们;关注富于奇思异想,敢于超越常规,勇于挑战极限的人们。

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Always at The Carlyle (2018)
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马修·密勒 actor: 伍迪·艾伦 / 赫伯·阿尔珀特 …
other title: 永驻凯雷 / 凯雷旅馆(台)
🏨 #马修米勒 继《哈利本森:大摄影家》,再次揭开上流社会神秘面纱 🏨 再大的咖都被治的服服贴贴,纽约首席饭店的服务管理学 🏨 再现甘迺迪与梦露的风流情史,重回瑰丽酒店事发现场

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Barcelona, la rosa de foc (2014)
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other title: 巴塞罗那,火焰玫瑰 / Barcelona, la rosa de fuego …
The many faces of Barcelona are portrayed in this documentary, shot in a false sequence shot that goes across the streets, squares, markets and bars of a city that is presented as both conventional and law-breaking, exquisit and shameless, elegant and dispossessed.

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Wild Man Blues (1998)
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芭芭拉·卡颇 actor: 伍迪·艾伦 / 宋宜·普列文
other title: 狂人蓝调 / 野人藍調 …
In 1996, with his public image at a low ebb after a messy breakup with Mia Farrow, clarinetist and filmmaker Woody Allen set off on a tour of Europe with his New Orleans jazz band. Accompanying him were his sister, his soon-to-be wife Soon-Yi Previn, and Oscar-winning documentary maker Barbara Kopple. Like Allen says as the beginning of the tour, "Theoretically, this should be fun for us." Woody Allen has always been more widely appreciated in Europe than in the U.S., so it's no surprise that the concerts quickly provoke the kind of fan hysteria usually reserved for rock stars. This star however is clearly not comfortable with his fame. Whether he's giving a tour of his lavish hotel suite or prodding at an unexpectedly dry omelet, the director seems profoundly ill at ease and sometimes--when trapped by a crowd or harassed by a particularly persistent photographer--he appears to be both frightened and angry at the way celebrity shapes his life. The pressure to be funny on cue is the bane of any comedian's life, of course, and for Allen the seemingly endless round of receptions and parties is something to be endured, not enjoyed. In the face of this, the mutual support and affection shared by Allen and the woman he introduces as "the notorious Soon-Yi Previn" comes across as both genuine and absolutely necessary. When they are together, he is at his funniest, and his least guarded. What persuaded such a private artist to allow such a documentary to be made? Perhaps it was a desire to celebrate his love of music, something that appears to sustain him as much as his relationship with Soon-Yi. He may refuse to bob his head and tap his feet to please his audience, but when he launches into a soaring solo we finally see Allen at ease, transported by the thrill of playing jazz. --Simon Leake

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The Magic of Fellini (2002)
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other title: 费里尼的魔法
Carmen Piccini's delightful documentary "The Magic of Fellini" was shown recently on the Sundance channel. It was a complete surprise because of its subject, Federico Fellini, who was one of the best directors of Italy of the last century, one would think needed no explanation about what made him one of the most admired figures of the Italian cinema. Ms. Piccini explores the man who was a legend and in less than one hour she makes us feel as though one knew this charismatic man intimately. What comes across in the film is Fellini's genius. He was a man who basically had the ideas in his mind and who seldom bothered to write a screen play detailing each scene of the film he was directing. Fellini was a master of the improvisation style and as such, he gave his actors a general guide line to follow as most of the dialog was added in the editing. He was famous for having some of the American stars he employed in his films just move their lips and concentrating on the characters they were creating. There are hilarious interviews on camera with Anthony Quinn, whose Zampano, in "La Strada" was perhaps his best film work, and with Donald Sutherland, who played Casanova for the master. Donald Sutherland is seen mumbling numbers in Italian that were later dubbed with an actor's voice speaking the great lines Fellini and his collaborators added later on. Claudia Cardinale is also seen in an interview on camera as she tries to explains the magic of working with Fellini. Ms Piccini has included some of the best moments in the films Fellini directed such as the sequence when Anita Ekberg enters the Trevi fountain in Rome, in "La dolce vita". She also includes two of the best scenes from "Le notti di Cabiria" in which Giulietta Massina is seen dancing with the film star portrayed by Amadeo Nazzari, and later on as the film is ending when one sees Cabiria shedding tears as she walks home at the end of the picture. This documentary is essential for admirers of Federico Fellini and Carmen Piccini has made it possible to the great director's fans to discover yet another layer of the man who was an absolute original.

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Best of Enemies (2015)
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★ 7.7 6 ratings
other title: 最好的敌人 / 베스트 오브 에너미즈 …
'Best of Enemies' is a documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, 'What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?'

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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018)
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罗布·加弗 actor: Woody Allen / Lili Anolik …
other title: 她之言:宝琳·凯尔的艺术 / 辣手妙笔宝莲姬尔(港) …
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.

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电影是我的情妇 (2010)
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other title: ...But Film is My Mistress / Men filmen ar min alskarinna
瑞典导演斯蒂格•比约克曼(Stig Björkman)第二部关于伯格曼的纪录片在2010年的戛纳电影节的经典单元中首映,名为《…但是电影是我的情妇》(…but Film is My Mistress)。这部电影由丽芙•乌尔曼引领,串起伍迪•艾伦、奥利维耶•阿萨亚斯、贝纳多•贝托鲁奇、阿诺•德布莱辛、约翰•塞勒斯、马丁•斯科塞斯、拉斯•冯•特里尔等人的评述,包括对伯格曼及其电影的评价以及对自己的影响。

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Casino Royale (1967)
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★ 5.5 20 ratings
瓦尔·杰斯特 / Joseph McGrath … actor: David Niven / 彼得·塞勒斯 …
other title: 007别传之皇家夜总会 / 铁金刚横扫皇家赌场 …
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.