Exactly: what makes C&M so effective is that Woody's story is off to the side, commenting on the main plot with Landau. Allen gets a lot of solid laughs from Alan Alda, playing what could be considered a nasty parody of himself. That Alda's character "gets the girl" at the end was the perfect sour cherry on top.
There have been a few good Woody Allen movies since the 1990s, but for the most part, his movies have devolved into lazy nostalgia. Personal scandals aside, he's just not very interesting these days.
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Date: 2020-09-19 03:50 am (UTC)There have been a few good Woody Allen movies since the 1990s, but for the most part, his movies have devolved into lazy nostalgia. Personal scandals aside, he's just not very interesting these days.