XPost: rec.arts.movies.past-films   
   From: jneibaur@wi.rr.com   
      
   in article 3FFF82A2.423F1D16@io.com, The Avocado Avenger at stacia@io.com   
   wrote on 1/9/04 10:42 PM:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I have read that usually those who are not fans of Allen appreciate this   
   film moreso than those who see themselves portrayed in an unflattering way.   
   I am a very strong fan of Allen's and I also like the way he dealt with the   
   hostility that, as you say, exists to some degree in all of his characters.   
   It is one of my three favorite Woody Allen films.   
      
   JN   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)