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Friday, 2022 Febuary 4th
issue 13
the first 49 1/3
of Woody Allen’s movies
Themes, Visions, Conceptions, Explorations, Genres, Styles, Tools, & Techniques
tracing the intricately interwoven skeins & threads & tapestries with
the editors
In listing our rating and rankings
(
Playing
the Parlor
Game:
Estimating & Investigating, Debating & Evaluating, Ranking & Rating the Movies
)
for each movie that we take note of, included are:
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our rating among the eight tiers:
top:
astounding masterpiece
2nd:
superbly excellent movie
3rd:
extremely good movie
4th:
quite good movie
5th:
fairly good movie
6th:
slightly good movie
7th:
somewhat interesting
8th:
nearly merely diverting
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our overall ranking among all
49 1/3
movies
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our ranking:
C:
among the
35 1/3
comedies
DcC:
between the two drama-cum-comedies
D:
among the 12 dramas
Six of Woody Allen’s
49 1/3
movies were made in black and white, the first in 1979 and the most recent one in 1998.
Here we note just some of the many themes that he has explored in a number of different genres.
(Often within the same movie, several of these explorations will be encompassed.)
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the Dostoyevskian murder-&-punishment tetradecalogy
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Woody Allen acted in it
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rating & rankings
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1971
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7th
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#47
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C:
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Bananas
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1973
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6th
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#43
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C:
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Sleeper
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1975
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5th
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#38
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C:
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25
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Love and Death
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1989
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top
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#17
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CD:
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1
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
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1991
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top
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#12
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C:
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10
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Shadows and Fog
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1993
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2nd
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#23
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C:
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Manhattan Murder Mystery
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1994
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top
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#6
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C:
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5
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Bullets over Broadway
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2005
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top
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#16
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D:
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4
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Match Point
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2006
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5th
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#39
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C:
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Scoop
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2007
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top
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#13
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D:
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3
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Cassandra’s Dream
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2013
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top
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#2
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D:
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1
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Blue Jasmine
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2015
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2nd
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#21
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D:
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6
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Irrational Man
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2016
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3rd
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#27
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D:
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Café Society
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2017
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2nd
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#24
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D:
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7
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Wonder Wheel
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the mystical-magical fantastical-phantasmagoria heptalogy
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Woody Allen acted in it
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rating & rankings
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1975
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5th
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#37
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C:
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Love and Death
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1982
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5th
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#40
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C:
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A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
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1985
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3rd
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#28
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C:
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
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1990
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top
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#10
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C:
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Alice
or (original working title)
The Magical Herbs of Dr. Yang
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1991
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top
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#12
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C:
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Shadows and Fog
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2006
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5th
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#39
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C:
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Scoop
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2011
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2nd
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#20
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C:
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Midnight in Paris
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the kept-woman enslavement hexalogy
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Woody Allen acted in it
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rating & rankings
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1989
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top
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#17
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CD:
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
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1990
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top
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#10
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C:
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Alice
or (original working title)
The Magical Herbs of Dr. Yang
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1994
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top
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#6
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C:
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5
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Bullets over Broadway
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2010
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top
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#18
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D:
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5
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
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2013
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top
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#2
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D:
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Blue Jasmine
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2016
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N
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3rd
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#27
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D:
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Café Society
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the mobster-&-corruption-&-thievery hendecalogy
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Woody Allen acted in it
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rating & rankings
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1969
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7th
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#48
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C:
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Take the Money and Run
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1984
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3rd
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#29
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C:
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Broadway Danny Rose
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1987
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top
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#9
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C:
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Radio Days
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1994
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top
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#6
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C:
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5
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Bullets over Broadway
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1999
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4th
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#31
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Sweet and Lowdown
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2000
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5th
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#36
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C:
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Small Time Crooks
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2001
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4th
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#34
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C:
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
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2007
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top
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#13
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D:
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Cassandra’s Dream
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2013
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top
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#2
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D:
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Blue Jasmine
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2016
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3rd
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#27
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D:
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Café Society
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2017
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2nd
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#24
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D:
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Wonder Wheel
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the notoriety-&-fandom-&-fame-&-infamy henicosalogy
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Woody Allen acted in it
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rating & rankings
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1980
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top
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#7
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Stardust Memories
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1983
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4th
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#32
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C:
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Zelig
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1984
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3rd
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#29
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C:
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Broadway Danny Rose
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1985
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3rd
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#28
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C:
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
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1986
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top
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#3
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C:
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2
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Hannah and Her Sisters
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1987
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N
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top
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#9
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C:
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7
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Radio Days
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1989
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5th
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#38v
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below
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C:
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Oedipus Wrecks
(a vignette; one of three that comprise the anthology movie
New York Stories)
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1991
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top
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#12
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C:
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10
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Shadows and Fog
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1994
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top
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#6
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C:
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Bullets over Broadway
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1997
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top
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#19
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C:
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13
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Deconstructing Harry
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1998
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top
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#14
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C:
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Celebrity
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1999
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4th
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#31
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D:
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9
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Sweet and Lowdown
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2000
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5th
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#36
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C:
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Small Time Crooks
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2002
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4th
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#30
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C:
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Hollywood Ending
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2004
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3rd
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#26
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CD:
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Melinda and Melinda
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2006
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5th
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#39
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C:
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Scoop
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2007
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top
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#13
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D:
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3
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Cassandra’s Dream
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2010
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top
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#18
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D:
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5
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
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2012
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6th
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#45
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C:
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To Rome with Love
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2018
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6th
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#46
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C:
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A Rainy Day in New York
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2020
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2nd
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#22
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C:
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Rifkin’s Festival
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the dread-&-denial-of-death-&-specter-of-afterlife decalogy
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Woody Allen acted in it
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rating & rankings
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1975
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5th
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#38
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C:
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Love and Death
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1977
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top
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#4
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C:
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3
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Annie Hall
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1980
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top
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#7
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C:
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6
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Stardust Memories
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1982
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5th
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#40
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C:
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A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
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1986
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top
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#3
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C:
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2
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Hannah and Her Sisters
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1997
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top
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#19
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C:
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Deconstructing Harry
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2006
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5th
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#39
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C:
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Scoop
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2010
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top
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#18
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D:
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5
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
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2014
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5th
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#37
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C:
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Magic in the Moonlight
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2016
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N
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3rd
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#27
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D:
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8
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Café Society
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We will trace these further, along with other visions, conceptions, styles, tools, and techniques of his
(
more
to
come
on this
).
Copyright 2022 The Cool Publication Company.