Stardust Memories (1980)

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• Melvin W

  
  Sandy Bates: You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert.  Stardust Memories isn't a movie that jumps to mind when you think about Woody Allen. It is nowhere near… More
  Sandy Bates: You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert.  Stardust Memories isn't a movie that jumps to mind when you think about Woody Allen. It is nowhere near his best and actually may be my least favorite film of his. I found it unlikable in a lost every way. This is odd because it is Allen paying his respects to Fellini and one of my favorite movies, 8 1/2. But just because you use Fellini type images and elements of plot from 8 1/2, doesn't mean you are making a worthwhile movie. This is just a bore of a film and probably Allen's most annoying. Sandy Bates is a talented director. He makes funny movies and when he decides to change direction and start making more serious pictures, he gets pressure from studio heads to stick to the comedy. While he stays at the Stardust Hotel, while attending a festival of his films, he has memories of the past and his loves. Along the way, we see him spend a great majority of his time fighting fans off who want to go him movie ideas and who want to shower him with praise for being such an intelligent filmmaker. This whole experience got tedious after the first twenty minutes and became the most disappointing of any Woody Allen film I have ever seen. It isn't a movie I would ever recommend, but obviously people do like it, so I might just be crazy. I'll stick to Hannah and Her Sisters and Match Point; you can have this garbage.

• Ken S

  
  Dear Mr. Allen, Your film is famous for it's quote "I don't want to make funny movies anymore. I look around and all I see is human suffering." And you're right, the world is filled with suffering, and that's exactly why you should make comedies. If I… More
  Dear Mr. Allen, Your film is famous for it's quote "I don't want to make funny movies anymore. I look around and all I see is human suffering." And you're right, the world is filled with suffering, and that's exactly why you should make comedies. If I wanted to see human suffering I would turn on the news, read the newspaper, or walk down the street of any major metropolitan city. No one wants to pay $12 dollars to be reminded that the world sucks. Next time you feel like popping a Bergman film into your DVD player, please re-watch Sullivan's Travels instead. Your devoted fan, Ken

• Rubia Carolina .

  
  Some scenes/shots remind me of Fellini. Some, of Bergman. The typical (and great) Woody Allen´s "philoshopical comedy". One of his best films. And a plus: Charlotte Rampling is stunning! <a href='http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ela.jpg'><img… More
  Some scenes/shots remind me of Fellini. Some, of Bergman. The typical (and great) Woody Allen´s "philoshopical comedy". One of his best films. And a plus: Charlotte Rampling is stunning! <a href='http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ela.jpg'><img src='http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1599/ela.jpg' border='0' alt='Image Hosted by ImageShack.us'/></a> <br> <br> <br>

• Jennifer X

  
  Sorry, but I fell asleep. It reminded me of 8 1/2 but in the end I was forced to admit I like his "older, funnier films" better myself.

• Tsubaki S

  
  The right balance between the wacky old Woody and the more serious one.

• Alec B

  
  I understand that Woody Allen is very fond of this film. It has good moments but it was too much like 8 1/2 and too self indulgent for me to really like it.

• Joey N

  
  I didn't really like this. I'm reluctant to call it bad though, because I clearly did not understand all of it. And yes, I have seen 8 1/2. There were some funny lines, which is to be expected.

• Andre T

  
  Written and directed by Woody Allen, who considers this to be one of his best films in addition to The Purple Rose of Cairo and Match Point.[1] The film is shot in black-and-white, particularly reminiscent of Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963), which it parodies.It is the story of a… More
  Written and directed by Woody Allen, who considers this to be one of his best films in addition to The Purple Rose of Cairo and Match Point.[1] The film is shot in black-and-white, particularly reminiscent of Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963), which it parodies.It is the story of a famous filmmaker Sandy Bates (Allen), who is plagued by fans who prefer his "earlier, funnier movies" to his more recent artistic efforts, while he tries to reconcile his conflicting attraction to two very different women: the earnest, intellectual Daisy (Jessica Harper), and the more maternal Isobel (Marie-Christine Barrault). Meanwhile, he is also haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend, the mercurial Dorrie (Charlotte Rampling).Strange, not funny at all and with a touch of exagerated intelectuality, this is a very boring and dissapointed movie.

• Tom S

  
  So many of the bit roles are so funny (stalker in the bed, brother-in-law on bike) but the photography is too showy. The two elements clashed too much.

• Bill C

  
  I will always remember how strikingly beautiful and striking Charlotte Rampling is in this movie. I saw it when I was 14 years old and will never forget the shots of here in the apartment. At the time I never realized how extraordinary the characters in his stories are, until you… More
  I will always remember how strikingly beautiful and striking Charlotte Rampling is in this movie. I saw it when I was 14 years old and will never forget the shots of here in the apartment. At the time I never realized how extraordinary the characters in his stories are, until you stuck at a party where your choices of conversation are baseball, vacation destinations and SUVs. Where Woody Allen works for me is a narrow focus of genius. When he reflects on his own life in his own simultaneously egomaniacal and self-deprecating way it works, otherwise his work is merely passable. My second favorite to Zelig, I have watched this 15 plus times.

• Wu C

  
  One of Woody's most self observant films. Kinda reminded me of a Bergman movie.

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