Mini Netflix Review – Crimes and Misdemeanors and Love and Death
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010I’m trying to catch up with movies that I haven’t seen because I was too young (or not even born yet) when they came out. Since Woody Allen has been making movies since the 60’s, a lot of his films fall under that category. Here are two of his films that I have seen over the past couple of weeks.
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1992)

True to it’s title, this film is actually about crimes and misdemeanors. It is also about what is morally right or wrong. What can be called a crime. If no one finds out that you have committed a crime, can it still be called one? Or is there a God watching you at all times and therefore you will always be guilty? There are quite a few story-lines going on at the same time that all end up being connected at the end. It is a brilliantly told story with very funny and intelligent dialogue (is it actually necessary to point this out in a Woody Allen movie?). It reminded me a lot of Woody’s recent Match Point, which I now feel like re-watching for the 200th time.





Love and Death (1975)

I hadn’t heard anything about Love and Death before watching it and was quite surprised that the setting of this movie is in the early 19th Century Russia. The language as well as the acting are a mix of old, probably reminiscent of Dostoyevski and the likes, and Woody’s typical modern “babbling”. Also very funny dialogue although I didn’t think the slapstick comedy was necessary in this film.





I can’t wait until his new movie You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger comes out in a few weeks.






My housemate organized tickets for us to go and see the new Sex and the City movie at what turned out to be the New York Cinema featured in the film, the Ziegfield (I swear, I didn’t know!). They were giving out virgin Cosmos and popcorn and the audience was definitely excited to watch this movie.
I was looking forward to seeing Iron Man 2 since I quite enjoyed 






