100625 / 12 / US / 1997 / Allen, Woody / / drama
Deconstructing Harry / Harry pala palalta. © Magnolia Productions; Sweetland Films. P: Jean Doumanian. D+SC: Woody Allen. CAST: Woody Allen (Harry Block), Elisabeth Shue (Fay), Billy Crystal (Larry), Judy Davis (Lucy). 96’. 1,85. MPAA 35383. Rated R = 17. Finnish subtitles: Timo Porri. DIST: Warner Bros. Finland. Viewed in Helsinki, VET, Monday 23 February 1998. * Another installment in Woody Allen’s navel-gazing work-in-progress. His character is so completely boring and self-absorbed that I lose almost all interest in the story. The focus is on fucking and hookers, without transcendence of any kind. It’s a juvenile film. A writer’s life is not cinematic, said Truffaut, and that is still true. The best idea: the character going literally out of focus. First we see this happening to Robin Williams, and then to Woody Allen, himself.
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