From: magelman@msn.com   
      
   Thanks for the feedback and insights.  I agree that the big obstacle will be   
   avoiding discussion about his personal life.  But, I'm sure it can be done   
   once I put some ideas out there that Woody may be more in touch with the   
   students and their anxieties than they might think.   
      
   I'm probably gonna dabble between Annie Hall, Stardust Memories and Play it   
   Again, Sam.  They seem relevant on all levels to any discussion about   
   sociology.   
      
   Frankly, my modest hopes are twofold.  (1)  That it will be more discussion   
   than lecture.  But if they know very little about him, then that becomes a   
   little bit of a problem.  (2) And most important - try to reveal that Woody   
   is in fact a strong social voice; one that is most certainly worth listening   
   to.   
      
   Thanks again for the feedback.   
      
   Michael.   
      
      
    wrote in message   
   news:1111607546.155918.24080@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...   
   > Sounds like a great idea, Michael.  I'd love to hear what you come up   
   > with, how you present it and what the reaction was.   
   >   
   > In my own experiences, I've found that women relate far easier to Woody   
   > films than males I know.  The biggest problem I have with introducing   
   > friends of mine to Woody is that they're so often unfamiliar with him   
   > other than pointless junk like "he raped his daughter" or something.   
   >   
   > I'm taking Advanced Film Making in university myself right now and have   
   > written two essays on Woody films, one being on the use of jump cuts in   
   > Deconstructing Harry and the other being on Annie Hall as a guide to   
   > graceful aging for the baby boom generation.    I wrote on how Woody   
   > uses the film Annie Hall to show the rewards for conviction of   
   > knowledge, and uses friends and other characters in the film to show   
   > the criticisms of the generation growing old and how easy it is to fall   
   > from grace if you're not serious about whatever it is you think you're   
   > supposed to be about in life.  And of course, the battle between the   
   > cerebral and the visceral qualities... and how, in the end, Woody's   
   > character, despite being something of a mentor to Annie, ends up   
   > realizing he too learned a thing or two from her emotional innocence.   
   >   
   > For your above points, I would suggest Crimes & Misdemeanors and/or   
   > Stardust Memories for point #1.  Point #2 might best be understood with   
   > Hannah & Her Sisters and/or Husbands & Wives, since both deal with   
   > Woody's perception of the female.   
   >   
   > I would agree that Annie Hall is the prototype for nearly every   
   > romantic-comedy worth it's salt (and then some), so that's a perfect   
   > example for #3, though certainly something can be said for Manhattan   
   > taking it a level further.   
   >   
   > I would also try and include some references to his more modern work,   
   > to prove he's still vital.   
   >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)