Sweet and Lowdown - Woody Allen''s Cinema of Regret

Klappentext Tracing the recurrent theme of regret from his stand-up comedy through classics like Annie Hall as well as less esteemed accomplishments! this volume argues that it is ultimately the shallowness of his protagonists' regret-their lack of deeply felt! sustained remorse-that defines Woody Allen's view of human experience. Zusammenfassung Tracing the recurrent theme of regret from his stand-up comedy through classics like Annie Hall as well as less esteemed accomplishments, this volume argues that it is ultimately the shallowness of his protagonists' regret—their lack of deeply felt, sustained remorse—that defines Woody Allen’s view of human experience.

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• Authors: Lloyd Michaels, Michaels Lloyd
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.2017
• EAN: 9780231178556
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17855-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism