Annie Hall versus Star Wars
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As a teen in 1978, I was too young to fully appreciate Annie Hall, but I was the perfect age to be blown away by Star Wars and become a fan for life... Until Disney killed my inner child.
I till wish SW had been a 1 and done venture
Disney didn't just kill our inner child, it trafficked it to a bunch of gang members.
@@tim2269 But then we wouldn’t have Empire (the best SW movie) and Jedi. Am I missing something you meant?
I don't understand that. Back then Planet of the Apes week had ay more cultural impact becaue they did it every year. Clint Eastwood week, etc... we couldn't watch the movie for years and years later. How did people obsess about Star wars? I saw it in a drive in and it didn't have the impact. Battle Star Gallactica had more cultural impact as far as kids talking at school.
After seeing Conan the Barbarian, Star Wars seemed like a kid's show. I don't understand how someone could watch the Planet of the Apes , Conan and all those other great seventies shows and still go nuts over Star wars.
I liked American Graffiti way more.. still do.
Star wars was great.. but I really don't remember people being so nuts about it. It was a show.
One the years with advertising, are people retro fitting their memories?
Star wars wasn't a big deal.
The Superman movies were more fun. Why are people so obsessive about it?
I was there and people talked about all sorts of other shows.
When Was 13c and we rented a video machine we got phantasm and texas chainsaw massacre,, stuff lie that. Star wars was teddy bear movie at that time too.
Why are people so obsessive when it wasn't the best thing?
escape from new york and the thing were so much better. Star wars really wasn't the best movie back then. Advertising and marketing made everyone go nuts.
To be fair, Star Wars did win the awards for Costume Design, Art Direction, Film Editing, Music and Sound, Sound Effects Editing, and Visual Effects. At least someone recognized the originality and effort put in there.
Well stated!
Sci-Fi and Fantasy films have no problems winning those sort of awards - It's the BIG FIVE {Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay} that they are regularly denied along with Supporting Actor/Actress of course.
There has never been a Best Supporting Actress win for a Sci-Fi film {Kathleen Quinlan was nominated for Apollo 13 and Melinda Dillon was nominated for Close Encounters}.
The Men haven't done much better there - Don Ameche won Best Supporting Actor for Cocoon in 86, Ed Harris was nominated twice {For The Truman Show in 99 and for Apollo 13 in 96}, Brad Pitt was nominated for 12 Monkeys {also in 96} and Alec Guinness for Star Wars.
Out of a possible 75 years since say 1950 and with an average of five nominations per category per year that's a grand total of 7 out of 750 nominations in the Best Supporting categories and 1 out of 150 winners from a Sci-Fi film.
I wouldn't count it as Sci-Fi myself but if it does then Everything, Everywhere all at Once is the first to win Best Actress for it's star.
No Sci-Fi Film has ever provided a Best Actor winner!
I'm not going to go through all the nominations in those categories, there's probably been a handful {including Sigourney Weaver for Aliens which she should have won} but again we're looking at a clear bias against Sci-Fi.
😊 I like woody allen movies I don't like him as a person. Marrying a child that you adopted is sick But some people are into pedaphilia just not me period
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It turns out he did not marry a child he adapted. He was in a relationship with Mia Farrow and she previously was married to somebody else who were the adapted parents of the girl. Allen had an affair with her several years when she was in her twenties. He was never her adapted parent. I believed for decades that he adopted her because that was what the media led is to believe. Now was he too old for her that would be the real question.
And us CE3K fans were upset over the music award. I remember at the time the joke going around was, "it's not WHO will win the Oscar for best score, but for which movie!"
“Sleeper” is my favorite Woody Allen film. That robot with the “homosexual” mannerisms was priceless!
Not forgetting the Orgasmatron. Imagine they invented that thing nowadays, nothing would ever get done.
You mean C3PO?
Love and Death is another movie he made in that same joke every few seconds style. Bananas and Everything you wanted to know about sex were crazy humour too.
And the robot dog:"My name is rags".
@@jakeviolet2195 Hahahaha, “Oh my” is a term used by C-3PO and Sulu.
This is a debate I've had with friends over the years (I'm an OG '77 "Star Wars" audience member), but while I love both films, Star Wars is one I revisit constantly and the joy it gave me is better than any Oscar prize, since in that respect, the film belongs to the audience and not the Academy and that's the biggest win of all. My two cents.
I wasn't there. I believe you. But I cannot imagine any movie from today doing this.
One note, both THE TURNING POINT and THE GOODBYE GIRL were directed by Herbert Ross, a very underrated director who also did PENNIES FROM HEAVEN, PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM, MY BLUE HEAVEN, THE LAST OF SHEILA and FOOTLOOSE!
I'd almost forgotten "The Last of Sheila" ('73). While I generally hate that movie, I give it credit for being a murder mystery that is definitely NOT one you're going to be able to solve on your own or see coming before the movie reveals what REALLY happened.
Star Wars won the Awards it deserved.
Don't hate me. Annie Hall. I quote it more in my daily life then almost any other movie. Its no Princess Bride.
I remember as a kid being disappointed that Gandhi won over Raiders of the Lost Ark for best picture. Grim times indeed!
Actually Chariots of Fire won that year. Even if it hadn’t pulled the big upset (I still love the film myself), Raiders wouldn’t have won. We look at that now as the big upset, but at the time it actually upset Warren Beatty’s Reds which was expected to be winner.
@@kevinviklen3611 My bad. Memory is such a fickle thing. I guess the trauma of having to sit through Gandhi for a class trip effectively warped my recollection of that era.
No worries. I’ve just gotten into the Raiders vs Chariots debate so many times but no one ever remembers that Reds was the critics darling that year. Thought Reds was really good but saw Raiders and Chariots multiple times in the theatre (Raiders more often but it was on my side of town too so easier to just walk down, plus it stayed in town for like 8,9 months)
Both Gandhi and Raiders featured in the Al Yancovic classic *"UHF"* so I'm sure we can all agree UHF deserved all Oscars.
@@etsequentia6765 UHF is a gem! Still hoping someone opens a Spatula City one day.
In 1977 as a five year old, Star Wars was my favorite movie. That remained true for another 15 years until I saw “Annie Hall” and it became and, 30
Years later, remains my favorite movie of all time. No doubt Star Wars has a greater pop culture relevancy and legacy, but Annie Hall rightly earned its Oscar for Best Picture.
I can clearly remember thousand of scenes and dialogue lines from movies going back 30, 40 ,50 years ago. I can't remember a single noteworthy thing about any movie from the past 10 years.
Same here. It's just noise and fuzz. Like TV static. Something is "technically" on the screen.
So you’re saying that the Oscars were always fixed.
Personally, "Sleeper" is my favorite Woody Allen film.
A stand out of pre SW films
The VW scene😅!
His earlier, funny films (as Woody once referenced in one of his movies!)
god looking at the star wars poster brought back memories. a simpler happier time for me. and a wonderful movie and that poster!
Annie hall for sure should have won that award!!! I’m a huge fan of both . I repeatedly watch both without getting tired.
I watched Star Wars in the theaters and I absolutely loved it and have loved it since.
But Annie Hall is a perfect movie. If you have a heart, if you've been in love, if you've felt love die, and you wanted to cry so hard you had to laugh or you'd never stop crying? Annie Hall is a masterpiece.
The Oscar Awards is just a self congratulating event right now.
Not to mention a perfect cure for insomnia.
It was always self congratulatory. Difference was they used to have something to congratulate themselves about;).
The _point_ of the Oscars is self-congratulations. It's literally the movie industry talking about how awesome it did last year.
Annie Hall desperately needs a CGI enhanced special edition and Woody Allen should destroy all theatrical cuts of it.
Entertaining as usual, but also educational...in a sarcastic but refreshingly honest way.
You get a thumbs up just for talking about Woody Allen as an artist, and in a positive way.
I think I speak for everyone here when I say I LOVED "Annie Strikes Back" and "Revenge of the Hall".
NETWORK should have won best picture, no question. It blew the others away, even Taxi Driver.
to me it was a battle between Network & All the President's Men. they were head and shoulders above the rest. I would probably given it to Network.
@@BrianandSnoopy1 I prefer the on-the-nose-ness of Network to the on-the-nose-ness of Taxi Driver. You can find tragedy anywhere; brutal satire, that's so much harder to pull off...
Network, Taxi Driver, and All the Presidents' Men each contributed notable quotations to the American lexicon but Rocky at the top of the steps of the museum defined the American character for decades.
@@drgoremd Rocky was way more of a cultural impact than star wars. Star wars is so exaggerated in how 'impirtant'it was. there were countless shows better. Planet iff the ape week was bigger deal Only years later dod people .. the millennial get super obsessive about star wars.
It was a teddy bear show to us. Kid's stuff. Why watch it when you could watch escape to new york or conan?
@@MicahMicahelWe get it, you were a latchkey kid, that had older brothers, and had neglectful parents. Gen X Star Wars wasn’t Shakespeare, but it didn’t start turning into slop and “Teddy Bears movies” until the Millennials generation with Jedi. . .
Oh man, I've tried to watch Annie Hall so many times to make sure I wasn't crazy for being bored by it.
It's like Lake Wobegone days and the Simpsons episode where Homer slaps the TV out of frustration and says "Stupid TV...BE MORE FUNNY!"
I like how Star Wars was over looked like the Gen-X-ers who loved the Star Wars universe soo much.
each movie took years to come out and there were so many better movies. I like John Carpenter movies of that age more. Planet of the apes week was a bigger deal Or Battle star galactica. We didn't talk about star wars. Conan was way better. STar wars was a teddy bear show. Marketing and advertising make everyone think Star wars was the only game in town. It was nothing.
@@MicahMicahel Wow is that sarcasm? Most JC movies didn't gross that well and BSB was quickly canceled From TV and released in the Theater after it was on TV. Conan while dang good was R-rated and didn't have the Toy or Staying Power in it's theatrical run not even close. While your personal taste might not lean toward SW you are clearly in the Minority in that regard.
@@MicahMicahelStar Wars only became “A Teddy Bear Show” after Jedi. Jedi basically ruined the franchise, and was the beginning of its path into the Darkside. . .
Ot wasn't overlooked. It got what it deserved. It was a sci fi adventure movie, dude. Come on.
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What tripe!
As much as i love Carpenter's movies, most of them flopped; and They were not beloved blockbusters filled with beloved characters. Apart from Mr Myers, i suppose.
I get that you're sarcy tho.
:-0
This is gonna be an unpopular opinion but I think rocky definitely deserved the best picture that year, yes over taxi driver. I guess I'm a sucker for feel good movies.
Rocky was a better movie, taxi driver is quirky and dark, but not amazing
I love Annie Hall and think it holds up perfectly today. I'm only in my early twenties but I love Annie Hall. Star Wars of course is also awesome and a huge part of my life growing up but i do think annie hall is the better film.
While watching this video, I realized that I really didn't 'care' about movies until the mid '80's. When Star Wars came out, I saw it because the poster looked cool and my parents needed bedroom time, so I got dumped at the movies with a wad of cash and a promise that they would pick me up. Maybe.
Until today, I'm a little shocked to say, I had never heard of Annie Hall. Or, any of the other movies that were up for awards that year. So, I decided that I need to go back and find out what the Oscar contenders were from 1969 until now were and watch them! I'm a disabled vet so I've got the time, sorta, to find these movies and see what al the hubbub was about.
As far as I'm concerned the least deserving best picture nomination of the last 15 years had to be Black Panther.
There's actually a pretty sickening story behind how it got the courtesy nomination: the academy felt extreme pressure to give it "serious consideration" not for its quality (it's not a well written or made film) for big category nominations (because they were terrified of being called racist if they didn't), but they couldn't find a way to make it work.
So they decided too try and introduce a new special category for "Best Commercial Film" that would've allowed them to nominate it for a "big award" without nominating it for best picture, but that idea failed (because the academy rebelled against them) and they were forced to nominate a movie for best picture that they genuinely didn't think was deserving of the accolade.
The only good thing that came out of that mess was the hilarious internet reaction when The Green Book won best picture over Black Panther,
The Green Book was an excellent movie. Viggo Mortensen ( I'm probably butchering the spelling of his name) is a tremendously talented actor who disappears into his roles like Daniel Day Lewis. Viggo ( History of Violence, Hildago, the LOTR films, The Road, Green Book...) deserves an Oscar every bit as much as DeCaprio ever did.
Each to his own, but at least people watched Black Panther. I have yet to meet anyone who's even heard of Nomadland. Give me a break!!!
Saw Annie Hall a few years ago for the first time. Really enjoyed it.
Rockie is also phenomenal. Long live The Academy!
Chato, nice to look back at the good ole days in movies. I miss your TV Guide year in review. Please bring it back.
Love that Star Wars poster behind you, had that bad boy on my wall back in the day.
No you didn't. That's the new one they made when re-releasing the Original Trilogy. Notice how Leia isn't grabbing onto Luke's leg like a Frank Franzetta "Conan" image.
@@danielseelye6005 - Also those characters don't look anything like Fisher and Hammill. In fact, the "Luke" looks more like Fluke Groundrunner from "Hardware Wars."
@@hagerty1952 Wasn't that "Fluke Starbucker" in Hardware Wars?
@@danielseelye6005 This artwork was on the cover of the Ballantine book "The Star Wars Album" first published in 1977. The artwork did exist in period, but I don't know if it was actually available as a wall poster.
It's the Hildebrandt artwork and was used on various items including posters on the films release in '77/'78.
Still got my (rather tatty) copy of this poster that was bought for me at a UK screening in early '78.
I got the chance to work as an extra in a movie about ten years ago, and had the privilege to get to see Diane Keaton working in person(plus John Goodman).
Bit of a drive and a long day but it worth it.
Slap Shot and The Duellists were robbed that year.
Amen
Great films.
The Duellists is great.
yes they were.
You mentioned The Goodbye Girl. Love that film. Richard Dreyfus manically chewing up the scenery in a romantic comedy.
I think even George Lucas would acknowledge that Annie Hall is the better film.
I liked Star Wars
I am a Woody Allen Fan he's a genius
And I'm with Woody when he says maybe it's good to be canceled from the current culture it might not be a culture you want a part of anyway
I utterly love both of these films. I have watched both of them umpteen times each. I think it does deserve the Oscar. You will find it on Top 100 films of all time lists and the other non-Star Wars nominees, probably not. Annie Hall does not win the iconic pop culture sensation award but it is a multi-generational enduring classic.
Excellent analysis.
I chose to see Close Encounters that winter, the theme tune was my first by ear, bit, I could play on my toy instrument...no regrets!
I found Woody Allen's performance grating in 1978, and the entire point of the movie was lost on me (of course, I was 14). Watching it again in my 20s didn't endear me to it either. Star Wars, on the other hand, was a cultural phenomenon. Even my mom was excited to see it. It was weird.
Thank you Paul. This was fun entertaining and clever.
Woody Allen’s film career peaked with “Take The Money And Run”
Even though I am a Lucas Star Wars fan I would prefer to Anna Hall to win. Because of the maturity of the actors. With the exception of James Earl Jones and Sir. Alec Guinness
This "debate" only exists in geek fandoms. Annie Hall is clearly the best FILM, and most definitely has its legacy in the history of cinema (which shouldn't be confused with the history of Pop Culture)
I think not winning an academy award is a bigger honor than winning it.
God, I adore Annie Hall - I also love. the original Star Wars. 1977 was a good year.
Great video.
In the 1984 awards 'The Return of the Jedi' was nominated for best film, but lost... This time to a forgotten movie (The Bostonians). That was unfortunate
Fellow "Sleeper" fan; does your Orb still function properly?
Yeah, but Annie Hall created a new story format that inspired movies like When Harry Met Sally. It was pretty influential on romantic comedies
I do like Woody Allen movies, personal favorite "Hanna and her sisters"
That was the first year I actually cared about the Oscars and I only cared about one movie, Star Wars.
Have to stand up for Rocky winning Best Picture. It was the top grossing film of 1976 by a long shot over everyone else and there rest of the competition that year is already forgotten by most people. If Star Wars is still with us then Rocky Balboa is part of American zeitgeist just as much and the franchise is still going strong with Creed and doing even better numbers comparatively to Disney Star Wars.
Love the, as always, on point sarcasm.
There was another great movie in 1977: Bob Altman's 3 Women, which I recommend to anyone. Roger Ebert defended it, lauded it, but the times were changing, and nobody saw Star Wars coming. That's a truly pivotal year for the world.
I was 9 when Star Wars hit the world in 1977, so I wasn't that interested in the Academy Awards back then.
I became a Woody Allen fan in my teens, first through viewings of his "earlier funny films" like Take the Money and Run, Sleeper, Love and Death, then moving on to the more sophisticated fair like Manhattan and of course Annie Hall, which I believe is one of his best, and was deserving of the Best Picture Oscar.
Star Wars is my all time favorite film but I don't hold Woody Allen any grudge. At the time he had made a string of wonderful comedies and he deserved recognition.
Alas, Annie Hall was the movie that made me realize I had to break up with my college sweetheart, one of the saddest memories of my life
Life is so painful lately it defies belief but truly, it's not your fault
I remember watching the Oscars in 1977 and being MAD that Star Wars didnt win over ANNIE HALL. NO ONE that I knew even WATCHED the movie nor wanted to see Woody Allen win.
True story. My wife and I went to see avatar in a theater. I had to pee in the middle of the movie and went off to … When I got back my wife said:”you just missed seeing sigourney nude.” To this day I still haven’t seen avatar again. 🤷♂️
Annie Hall is still a beloved film, but who in the hell would buy a Woody Allen action figure with a draw string that makes him say, “Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat, college.”
"hot fudge sundaes are healthy" [Sleeper]
After the bloated mess of hot garbage that Star Wars has become I would rather have that Woody Allen figure.
Thanks!
That you. I missed this one. Need better help.
I loved WAs films. I'll always watch Ed Wood and Crimes and Misdemeanors to appreciate Martin Landau which leads to more Allen. Nice vid, PC
Stars Wars is basically a children's movie about Space Wizards. The Emperor is a cartoon little different or more complex than Voldemort.
I'll agree that Sleeper has held up better to repeat viewings, too. Thank ya, Paul, I'll have to take your word for it as I didn't see AH until much later but did catch Star Wars in the theater, multiple times.
Woody Allen... Ben Stiller... like fingernails on chalkboard.
2 years later in 1980 was possibly one of my absolute favorites... Seems Like Old Times
Great old stuff !
Glad you enjoyed it
Annie Hall only had one sequel. "When Harry Met Sally."
Asking the author during an argument about the author was fun
Though I do think 🤔 Star Wars The movie 🎥 deserved to have gotten the Best Picture Oscar, I do also agree that George Lucas didn't deserve the best director, especially after seeing what he did with the Prequel Trilogy.
Oscars most often weren’t awarded on the basis of what the general public liked. In that respect the Oscars were never relevant. These days, the Academy Hollywood hippies can kick rocks.
I have the entire Annie Hall action figure collection.
The awards aren't about selling the most seats. It's about the quality of work. Best visual effects, best score, and best supporting actor... for Chewbacca.
After seeing Annie Hall I took up that "look" with a burning passion. I do believe I still have that baggy white shirt and big tie in the attic somewhere. BTW I love your glasses.
Star Wars? I have tried and tried but I can't make it past the first 10 minutes.😐
I've been a student of Allen's for many years...he was my introduction to serious cinema. I also adore SF. This seems like an apples and oranges debate. (I would love to have an Alvy Singer action figure, maybe I can settle for a Paul Chato action figure?)
I really like this format of pitting showing moving at the times up against each other now that we are all angry and jaded. Seriously though, it is cool to see how they stack up years later in hind sight.
Without Annie Hall, there never would have been Seinfeld.
0:09 It is Star Wars, just Star Wars. ✌🏾
Aye. "A New Hope" was in the opening scrawl but not on any of the posters so it was just Star Wars.
Absolutely. In the original poster, the words 'A New Hope' was a small byline below the main graphic and had nothing to do with the title of the film. It was 100% retconned for marketing purposes to fit with the original sequels. I refuse to say it.
@@silverjohn6037 "A New Hope" was not in the original crawl at all. It was added later for the rerelease after "The Empire Strikes Back" came out.
@@dwaneanderson8039 Must be the Mandela effect. Thought sure I remembered it in the theater.
@@dwaneanderson8039The re-release was the next year. The original release stayed in theaters for over a year. The re-release was in 1978 and 1979, a full year before Empire.
I think Disney should do a remake of "Annie Hall". More current day, for a modern audience, you know... 😁
Made me look: Annie Hall won 4 Oscars and had 1 Nomination, and Star Wars IV: A New Hope won 6 Oscars and had 4 Nominations - As a Star Wars fan (and a Star Trek fan, and I know the difference), I don't see what I have to be upset about. Star Wars won for Best Sound (which changed the whole industry with THX), Best Effects, Best Voice Effects (a special award for Ben Burtt), Best Editing, Best Art - any Star Wars fan who's upset about this is neurotic... full disclosure - I worked for a company that should have gotten the computer contract for the special effects - all done with UNIX BSD 4.3...
I vote for The Goodbye Girl!
God, was Marsha Mason beautiful.
I saw Starwars on opening day in San Francisco in 77, I was 9. I love the the first 2 & 1/2 films. Ekwok's my butt worst ending to a great trilogy. Anne Hall is fantastic as well as Bananas, Sleepers and , Hanna's sisters. Nothing tops Broadway Danny Rose & Radio Days.
The universe tends to unfolds as it should,.. Star Wars was never meant to last. God knew what Disney would do to it in the end.
Tough question. The Oscars have always been totally irrelevant to whether or not I have any interest in a movie. On the other hand, they do have a significant impact on how much a particular actor, director, etc gets paid....
Since I was never a Woody Allen fan, am turned off by gratuitous sex, am far more attracted to characters (and actresses) who conduct themselves with dignity I don't think I will be checking out Annie Hall anytime soon, thanks for sharing the warning.. yes I am something of a prude and proud to be
I was in my 20s Mid-to-late 20s... I've always loved science fiction so Star wars was a special treat that spring. I was entirely blown away by the special effects of the movie. The acting was rather clunky but I could see the actors were rather new (except for Alec Guinness ) so I could forgive that. The force was obviously the Tao. -- what we Gnostics call the ALL and therefore it came from a world view I appreciated.
Annie Hall was also a pretty good movie in the Woody Allen 'style' of movies. He could be rather pompous and whining, but also brilliant, and very funny.. all at once.
As a kid I remember when Jaws came out. It was to my mind the first movie to make a major splash. Okay maybe I did intend that pun. At the time I didn't know what a blockbuster was. But to me this was a watermark. Before that point movies were boring for grown ups but now finally movies with adequate pow Zoom had entered the world. Shortly thereafter followed by Star Wars. I was a kid my tastes were very shallow. Pow zoom was good enough for me.
But I recognize that this point that grown ups liked serious films. And that Oscars were basically for grown ups. I thought was let them have their oscars. We finally had movies for us.
I also remember Woody Allen at the time. And I remember thinking that he was overly preoccupied with sex and that this could lead to some troubles down the road.
Now that I'm older I finally do appreciate the movies that the Oscars used to celebrate. Back in the days when we made good movies. And yes I've even come to the point where I can appreciate movie with diminished levels of pow Zoom. But I still think Adam West should have gotten the Oscar for Batman.
No one did. Jaws invented the concept of “blockbuster”.
Be seeing you!
I saw both movies in that year. This is gonna be interesting...
Star Wars was like Andre The Giant, It didn't need the title to be a draw.
George should have won at least one Oscar, he was robbed.
Wow, the comments section here is great for old film recommendations. Will be trying to watch those
Having never actually seen Annie Hall, I can almost guarantee it was more deserving of an Oscar than Star Wars. I say this because, as much as I liked SW, I'm also aware it does the bare minimum in almost every way, except for Special Effects. Story, acting, and directing were all pretty good (some might even say clunky), but I'm betting Annie Hall put in a lot more effort in almost every way... except for effects.
Full disclosure: I am NOT now, nor have I ever been a Woody Allen fan. However, Annie Hall is definitely more of an Oscar-esque film.
I haven't seen _Annie Hall_ (or much of Woody Allen's work, really) to pass comment, but this was an interesting format.
Looking at what was in the mix for the Academy Awards at different times is something I've thought about before. Particularly, if films that win hold up today or seeing what the public felt deserved to win versus the Academy.
Sort of shows that things don't change too much over the years, though I wouldn't mind seeing more of your thoughts on this type of thing.
As a 13-year-old boy, Annie Hall did not exist. I'm not sure Woody Allen existed in my world. At some point I knew there was a movie by that name. At no point did it ever, ever crossed my mind to view it.
I can now say that it has crossed my mind to view it
Woody Allen is innocent.
I had a pair of the mentioned glasses, I called them " Trotsky "
I NEVER liked Diane Keaton ,Thought she only was in his movies because she was his girlfriend,
Even at 18 years old I could see nearly ever scene was cut and pasted form other movies, ( the obi wan " Villainy" speech was taken from "Tarzan's new york adventure", Jane speaking the line) Having said that we went every week for six months watching Star Wars, I never had so much fun watching a cinema film, To this day.
As much as I've loved Star Wars since it came out, I don't think it should have won the Oscars, nor should movies like it. There has to be SOME incentive for Hollywood to try something a little different from time to time. I think Star Wars' technical Oscars were well deserved, however, seeing as how Lucasfilm pushed the entire industry forward with Star Wars' ground-breaking visual effects, editing and sound quality and, of course, John Williams single-handedly changing the landscape of film scores.
Decades earlier, "Star Wars" would've been a lock for Best Picture. Back in the day, movies that were both well-done artistically and made big returns at the box office were major Oscar contenders. It wasn't until the 1960s that there was more of a shift to heavy artistic films having the edge over popular films. Of course, there were exceptions (like "Oliver!" winning Best Picture for 1968), but by the 70s the trend was in place. I think "Rocky" won by virtue of being optimistic, as opposed to it's competition, in a deeply cynical era. But the Academy could only do that once, so "Star Wars" was out. In 1980, though, "The Empire Strikes Back", both a box office hit and a more complicated story, should've at least gotten a nomination for Best Picture. (By the way, I was surprised by this piece; I was certain "Close Encounters" got a Best Picture nomination.)
Damn, I'm seeing a trend in education and
entertainment(me,17,in1978),reality is more
horrid than any fiction,2024. Quit school and
joined the army,1978.living the nightmare
,2024. Dang it!
Don't forget the method for counting votes when there are multiple candidates is not always straightforward. The process of voting can lead to 'wrong' results. I'm confident that many awards have been given to undeserving movies because of this.
I remember the Oscar’s in 78. I was a Star Wars fan, and I was angry when Annie Hall won.
I vowed never to watch another Woody Allen film again. To this day my boycott has held up.