A funny quote from Woody Allen's Manhattan:

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Man: "I heard you quit your job?"

Isaac: "Yeah, a real self-destructive impulse. You know, I want
to write a book, so I, so I ... Has anybody read that
nazis are going to march in New Jersey, you know? I
read this in the newspaper, we should go down there, get
some guys together, you know, get some bricks and
baseball bats and really explain things to them."

Man: "There was this devastating satirical piece on that on the op-ed
page of the Times. It is devastating."

Isaac: "Well, well, a satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but
bricks and baseball bats really gets right to the
point."

Woman: "Oh, but really biting satire is always better than physical
force."

Isaac: "No, physical force is always better with nazis. Cos
it's hard to satirize a guy with shiny boots."

[rumguy]

1. so much talent

yet so much corruption...

[mopinko]

2. side splitting

guts falling on the floor.

[kskiska]

3. I'm afraid that Woody's genius won't be appreciated by Americans

until long after he's gone, if then. He's an icon in Europe.

[politick]

7. I don't understand when peoiple say that

He's ben huge in America. Certainly not a blockbuster, but we've let him make 35 films! He's very much appreciated, just not by everyone. And he's certainly an icon.

I remember talking to a French friend of mine, and he was telling me that the French have a special relationship with Woody Allen that we Americans can't understand. I just stared blankly at him.

PS. I think "Manhattan" is my fave. Allen film. Or "Sleeper." It's just so beautiful.

[kskiska]

9. Don't get me wrong – I love Woody

and have seen most of his work, but he himself admits his films haven't been huge successes in the U.S. He does very well in large cities, but seems to go over the heads of the red state people, who'd rather watch Mel Gibson. I wish it were otherwise.

[politick]

11. Fair Enough

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[Monkey see Monkey Do]

4. Love it. Thanks for that. nt

[VolcanoJen]

5. One of my favorite films. "Devastating satirical piece..."

This is a little off-topic, but I always loved the way that movie poked gentle fun at full-of-themselves-pseudo-intellectual-types, with dialogue invoking an obscure NYTimes op-ed piece.

Humor within humor is priceless. Woody was the best, when at the top of his game...

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6. What's funny is he's satirizing a kind of New Yorker. If I remember...

...correctly, this scene was a cocktail party at the Museum of Modern Art.

He's satirizing people who think satire is enough.

It's so funny.

It's devastating.

[VolcanoJen]

8. It's devastating because it's so real, so tactile, so damned accurate.

The only reason, especially in the late 70's, to quote a NYTimes Op-Ed piece would be to puff yourself up. It's so transparent that it stings.

God, I love that movie.

[kskiska]

10. I like his line:

"I love him like a brother – David Greenglass."