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Summary: Woody's magnum opus portrail of the theater!
Review: One of the best features about "Bullets over broadway" is its start studded cast. John Cusack and Chazz Palminteri did a splendid job .Cusack is a writer of the theater who is anxious to get his play on broadway while Palminteri is a bodygaurd who actually turned parts of the play around to make it great. Diane Weist , Jennifer Tilly and Tracy Ullman stood out even more as actresses (not to be forgotten that Weist won an academy award for her role in the film)."Bullets" does not included Allen as an actor but dos capture his brilliance as a writer and director. This movie is one of his more serious efforts and yet its a film that can often be seen more than once . For viewers who dont know much about the theater its a great opportunity to learn about the stereotypes of the theater industry . This critically aclaimed film is to be considered one of Woody Allen's best pictures so far.
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Summary: YEAH!! Go Woody! Go Woody! (So I'm manic...)
Review: The lines in this film are great, the sets are great, the portrayal of theatre is great, the way violence is managed without becoming gratuitous is great, the actors are great, and the plot is pretty good too. Just watch it!
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Summary: DVD lacks features; Situations funny, but dialogue not.
Review: The plot situations are humorous, but the dialogue itself is only ho-hum funny. The truly funny parts are sparse, though the last scene is excellent. The violence is too random and shocking for a "black comedy", and only diffuses the plot's focus. Last, the DVD itself has virtually no special features.
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Summary: "I'm NOT An Artist, Thank God"
Review: These last two words were what SHOULD have been added to the last line of the film to make this excellent movie even better. John Cusack, in one of his better roles, plays an aspiring playwright during the 1920s, and considers himself to be a great one--although he later learns that he really isn't. Like his Marxist-inclined intellectual friend Flender (Rob Reiner, looking very much the part), Cusack thinks that art is of supreme importance, perhaps even more important than human life itself. Discussing art in a Greenwich Village cafe, Reiner gives the analogy of a burning building: if you could rush in and save only one of two things--a human being or the last known copy of Shakespeare's works, which would you save? His answer, of course, is Shakespeare's works. Why say such a horrible thing? Because to intellectuals, art "lives." You'd have no right to "deprive the world of this great art" just to save the life of "an anonymous human being," he says. Cusack agrees. But this belief is put to the test when in order to save a work of art, gangster Cheech (well-played by Chazz Palmentieri) actually commits murder. Cusack then realizes that no work of art is worth a human life after all. At this point, Cusack says, "I'm NOT an artist."
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Summary: The lack of creativity facing the life itself!
Review: This film is ione the most satisfactory works in all Woody career .
Since a film maker privated of creative breath , seeks inspiration in the gangster memories . He will be his adviser in every detail concerned with the internal moods of an underworld guy , his feelings , the intimate behavior .
So , this incisive plot wil carry both of them to cretae an amazing four hands script , with the ironic atmosphere and smart gags as Woody Allen knows to get it .
Funny premise , delightful and haunting dilema underneath the laughs .
One of my ten favorite Allen movies.
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Summary: Wonderfully entertaining and subtly profound
Review: This is a very entertaining film about the theater business and its uncomfortable relationship with artists but, beneath all the surface fun is a deep yet subtle examination of what an "artist" truly is. Allen manages to show quite convincingly that artistry is not about wearing the right beret and living in Greenwich Village--it's about how far you'll go for your vision. Chazz Palmintieri is brilliant as the thug who'll go so far, he'll even shoot a bad actress. Never before has the artist been so originally and hilariously portrayed.
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Summary: Hilarious, clever, and witty from beginning to end!
Review: This is a very, very, very funny film taking place in the Roaring Twenties. It's hard to describe what a great movie it is. Just see it!!!!!!!!! I'm not in the mood to write a review!!!
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Summary: Theater, humor, and excitement!
Review: This movie is my all-time favorite. Anyone who has participated in the theater will appreciate the accurate portrayal of theater stereotypes. Those who aren't interested in theater will love the humorous lines and mobster action scenes that occur throughout the movie. The best thing about this movie is that you can watch it repeatedly and discover something new every time!
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Summary: decent
Review: this movie was enjoyable, but not the best woody allen i've seen.
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Summary: Sad and Brilliant
Review: Warning- if you want to become a filmmaker, director or anything of that sort, then you will feel great grief in this great Woody Allen movie. For those sort of people, this is no comedy- only a big deppresive movie. A great one though.I admire John Cusack. He tries to keep away from [bad stuff]in his career. He only fell once (Con-Air), but that's a mistake easily forgiven after this, Cradle Will Rock and some other movies. I remembered Diane Wiest's name from somewhere- she was the mother of the family in Tim Burton's flawed-but-marvelous Edward Scissorhands. And eventhough I was greatly annoyed by her character, she deserved the Oscar. In fact there was only ONE character I wasn't annoyed with- John Cusack's. I truly felt sorry for him and his crusade to become a decent director. Woody Allen's screenplay is great- espacially Diane Wiest's dialogue is awesome. One of my favourite movies of the 90's. I wish I had the heart to watch it again.
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