Camille Saviola, Daniel von Bargen, David Ogden Stiers
A mysterious strangler strikes when the circus comes to town.
DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001
Stats: 215 reviews
I'm not a HUGE fan of Woddy Allen's work, my general problem is primarily his presence on screen.
While I can appreciate his work as a director / writer, I feel that as an actor he is a one trick pony. And unfortunately that "pony" is a sad, annoying and pathetic putz. Which...( read more)
Woody Allen does tend to have a handful of stock formulas ready to go, this movie is a textbook example of the ?place the nebbish character in X old movie genre or other esoteric trope? formula. The genre Allen finds himself in the middle of here is German expressionism and ther...( read more)
This is definately a little known gem. I bought it for my Madonna movie collection - her role is about 2 minutes long - but I actually very much enjoyed the film itself. It was funny and unique.
Stylistically, this is undoubtedly a departure for Allen and it is a homage to the films of German Expressionism, particularly Lang's M and Murnau's Sunrise. It is a parody of that genre in a way reminiscent in its aim of Love and Death and its ridicule of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky....( read more)
Awesome movie, of course, it's an Woody Allen movie. It makes you think about lots of stuff... And how a life (or more) can change in just one night.
I loved the last lines too.
"Some circus man: It's true. Everybody loves his illusions.
Magician: Love them? They need them, like...( read more)
Not the best Allen film. Stellar cast with fine performances, but it lacked something.
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