Crisis in Six Scenes (2016)
Director: Woody Allen
Watched: 9/11/18
Rating: 6/10
Favorite Episode: #5
"Chaos in One Episodic Film"
Miley Cyrus exceeds expectations, even outshines. Had no idea she could actually act, let alone enliven a scene. Elaine May came out of retirement for this, but her slurred lisp grates. John Magaro has some monologues that show potential. Unfortunately, ultimately plays an archetype. Press pause on the once wondrous Woody Allen. 6 scenes, around 24 minutes each. 2.5 hour film. Some witty banter. Cyrus echoes thoughts as she berates the "mindless cowardly follower" that is Allen. Humorous altercations- bombs made, rooftops escaped, briefcases exchanged, authorities encountered, engagement nearly effaced by radicalism, dubious marriage counselor advises husband to pay wife for sex.
fun and laughs plus wit, a propaganda sitcom; call for raw zealots?
Contrived, pretentious name dropping of revolutionists- Castro, Guevara, Lenin, Mao, Marx. Other scholarly names- Dean, Jefferson, Salinger, even Job. Takes place in suburban Connecticut during 1960s Vietnam Era. Starts with a middle class couple living peaceful though eccentric lives. Ends with an entire house full of radicalists, elderly book club members, therapy patients, surrogate son and fiance, family friends, and city maintenance men. Translation? Chaos.
long film in six scenes, largely spent in trite squabbling. left irked and weary.
Press play. Woody Allen plays a geeky paranoid hypochondriac Jewish author involved in show business. That sounds familiar. Strong supporter of Freudian psychology, in show business, and engages in an implausible relationship. That still sounds familiar. Jarring, often unsuitable music including jazz. Now it literally sounds familiar! Alas, his love interest- here, his wife- is relatively close in age. Well, maybe not so familiar?
prolific oeuvre, but stale acting subpar script- time for curtain call? ---- Haibun is a prosimetric (written partly in prose and partly in verse) poem with simple yet unique rules. A title, followed by a prose-like paragraph. Afterward, a simple poetic haiku adds more descriptive and creative elements. The most common form is one prose paragraph followed by one Haiku, but variations alter the sequence and quantity. #Haibun #PoemReview #TVSeriesReview #Political #Revolutionary
"Chaos in One Episodic Film"
Miley Cyrus exceeds expectations, even outshines. Had no idea she could actually act, let alone enliven a scene. Elaine May came out of retirement for this, but her slurred lisp grates. John Magaro has some monologues that show potential. Unfortunately, ultimately plays an archetype. Press pause on the once wondrous Woody Allen. 6 scenes, around 24 minutes each. 2.5 hour film. Some witty banter. Cyrus echoes thoughts as she berates the "mindless cowardly follower" that is Allen. Humorous altercations- bombs made, rooftops escaped, briefcases exchanged, authorities encountered, engagement nearly effaced by radicalism, dubious marriage counselor advises husband to pay wife for sex.
fun and laughs plus wit, a propaganda sitcom; call for raw zealots?
Contrived, pretentious name dropping of revolutionists- Castro, Guevara, Lenin, Mao, Marx. Other scholarly names- Dean, Jefferson, Salinger, even Job. Takes place in suburban Connecticut during 1960s Vietnam Era. Starts with a middle class couple living peaceful though eccentric lives. Ends with an entire house full of radicalists, elderly book club members, therapy patients, surrogate son and fiance, family friends, and city maintenance men. Translation? Chaos.
long film in six scenes, largely spent in trite squabbling. left irked and weary.
Press play. Woody Allen plays a geeky paranoid hypochondriac Jewish author involved in show business. That sounds familiar. Strong supporter of Freudian psychology, in show business, and engages in an implausible relationship. That still sounds familiar. Jarring, often unsuitable music including jazz. Now it literally sounds familiar! Alas, his love interest- here, his wife- is relatively close in age. Well, maybe not so familiar?
prolific oeuvre, but stale acting subpar script- time for curtain call? ---- Haibun is a prosimetric (written partly in prose and partly in verse) poem with simple yet unique rules. A title, followed by a prose-like paragraph. Afterward, a simple poetic haiku adds more descriptive and creative elements. The most common form is one prose paragraph followed by one Haiku, but variations alter the sequence and quantity. #Haibun #PoemReview #TVSeriesReview #Political #Revolutionary