Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen

by Foster Hirsch

Overview

Woody Allen has carved out a unique place for himself in American movies, becoming our national auteur as well as the most prolific director in the country, and creating a singular world with each film he has released since his first movie in 1969. Foster Hirsch analyzes and celebrates that world in this expert study of the themes, visual style, and acting in each of Allen's films. With the addition of a new introduction and chapter covering the eleven movies Allen has made in the last decade, from Alice to The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, this is a vital book for Allen fans and students of film alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306810176
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	06/26/2001
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	521,789
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Foster Hirsch, a professor of Film at Brooklyn College, is the author of sixteen books on film and theater, including Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir; Love, Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life: The Films of Woody Allen; and Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King. He lives in New York.

Editorial Reviews

A highly readable account.

Film Quarterly

This book on Allen is excellent: thoughtful, well-written and right about the movies.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Recommended to anyone who enjoys Allen's work.

Kansas City Chronicle