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Stardust Memories, 1980
English
USA
Profile of Stardust Memories
Stardust Memories can be described as clever, contemplative, and offbeat. The plot revolves around self discovery, themes of unfulfillment, and artists and showbiz. The main genres are drama and comedy. In terms of style, Stardust Memories is postmodernist, is surreal, and is talky. In approach, it is realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Stardust Memories is located in New York. It takes place in the 20th century. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Stardust Memories
Marking perhaps his first public consideration of himself as an artist, Woody Allen's STARDUST MEMORIES is also a bold narrative exercise that recalls the European cinema that Allen admires. Allen stars as Sandy Bates, a celebrated filmmaker who travels to a weekend retrospective of his films. There, he is assaulted by his fans and critics, and can only find refuge in the companionship of his friend's wife Daisy (Jessica Harper of SUSPIRIA fame), and in his memories of an intense relationship with beautiful but insane Dorrie (Charlotte Rampling). As the weekend continues, he struggles with his feelings of inadequacy, haunted by the repeated comment "I liked your earlier, funny films better."
The most obvious point of reference for the film, as many have pointed out, is Fellini's 8 1/2: both deal with filmmakers questioning their own purpose and path, both combine comedy and pathos, and Allen's use of black and white cinematography and scenes of absurdity seem lifted almost directly from Fellini's film. Allen's examination of his career employs a nearly plotless structure, driven more by character and theme, with a rather daring temporal editing structure that causes his memories of the past to flow neatly into the present. It differs from his later films that deal with similar thematic material, such as the caustic DECONSTRUCTING HARRY and CELEBRITY, in that Allen seems to place equal blame on both himself and those he feels expect too much from him. STARDUST MEMORIES is truly unique, a film made by an artist on the edge of a divide in his career and considering if his actions are worthwhile or even legitimate. Although it may not be for everyone, for anyone with even a passing interest in Allen it must be seen.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 26 September 1980 |
| Runtime: | 89 min |
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as Sandy Bates
as Dorrie
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- 18.October.2008
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- by: mishehu
- mishehu rated this movie
10/10Must See
