The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen

For three decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolific-or as paradoxical-as Woody Allen. From Play It Again, Sam (1972) through Celebrity (1998) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Allen has produced an average of one film a year, yet in many of these films Allen reveals a progressively skeptical attitude toward both the value of art and the cultural contributions of artists. In examining Allen's filmmaking career, The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen demonstrates that his movies often questio

Author: Peter J. Bailey
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 04/19/2003
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.66w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780813190419

About the Author

Peter J. Bailey, professor of English at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, is the author of Reading Stanley Elkin.

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