Wednesday, September 03, 2008

ALICE (1990, USA, Woody Allen)


ALICE (1990, USA, Woody Allen)
Very Fifth Avenue, very Catholic wife of workaholic is smitten with bad back, bad conscience when tempted with – what else, it's a Woody Allen movie – an extramarital affair. Chinese herbalist says the problem is her heart not her body, and his cure – involving invisibility, travel to the past, and the ability to live out her fantasies – brings unexpected, spiritually satisfying change. Perhaps Allen's most eccentric film – and that's saying something! – a bizarre mix of Lewis Carroll, J.M. Barrie and Charles Dickens that ends up somewhere near Somerset Maugham. Julian Fox: "An odd little fable." Indeed.

HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE PAINTED VEIL

No comments: