this is Woody's first film, and it shows; while all of his directorial work through 1975's Love And Death can be reasonably described as little more than jokes strung together on film, Take The Money And Run is by some measure the most rudimentary in its approach. not that there's anything wrong with it, of course! the mockumentary frame is an able vessel for the disjointed setup-punchline-proceed approach, and it's interesting to observe some of his sensibilities (at least pertaining to said early work) emerging fully-formed while others develop as we watch. as debuts go, it's great, particularly the full-speed-ahead pre-title sequence.
Friday, March 23, 2007
woody allen's TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (1969)
this is Woody's first film, and it shows; while all of his directorial work through 1975's Love And Death can be reasonably described as little more than jokes strung together on film, Take The Money And Run is by some measure the most rudimentary in its approach. not that there's anything wrong with it, of course! the mockumentary frame is an able vessel for the disjointed setup-punchline-proceed approach, and it's interesting to observe some of his sensibilities (at least pertaining to said early work) emerging fully-formed while others develop as we watch. as debuts go, it's great, particularly the full-speed-ahead pre-title sequence.
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