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   From: stacia@io.com   
      
   James Neibaur wrote:   
   >   
   > in article p62dnY4jy_SofWOi4p2dnA@golden.net, madkevin at   
   > madkevin@golden.net wrote on 1/9/04 11:14 AM:   
   >   
   > > A "masterpiece" is usually a film that is considered to be exemplary by   
   more   
   > > than one person, and as you would appear to be completely alone in your   
   > > estimation of "Stardust Memories" place in Allen's canon   
   >   
   > He's not alone.  I consider Stardust Memories to be among Allen's very best   
   > films.   
      
     As I mentioned before, I'm not a fan of Allen's, but I love "Stardust   
   Memories".  It's the way he makes the audience, and his fan base, a   
   character in the movie that fascinates me.  There's a distinctly bitter   
   edginess to his characters, and many of the extras are borderline   
   grotesques.  Lots of anger, lots of hostility towards people, and while   
   you often see movies where the hostility between couples (or relatives,   
   or friends, or whatever) is examined, you rarely get a movie that   
   examines the hostility of an artist to his audience... or the anger the   
   artist has towards his art.  I think it's the gutsiest thing Allen ever   
   did.   
      
   Stacia   
      
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