Movie a day #377 - Bullets Over Broadway

[jenna2891]

one more, for good measure. i remembered this film when i added the bronx tale thread. chazz's role in this is reminiscent of his real life writing for bronx tale. i'm a huge woody allen fan, but i think even non-fans will enjoy this one.

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One of Woody Allen's best films of the '90s, Bullets over Broadway stars John Cusack as a virtual Woody surrogate, a neurotic, Jazz Age writer whose new play sounds wooden and unrealistic to a low-level mobster (Chazz Palminteri) assigned to watch over his boss's actress-girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly). When the hood starts contributing better story ideas and dialogue than what the official playwright can conjure, questions (not unlike those of Amadeus) about the price we pay to make art at the expense of other responsibilities are intriguingly raised. Palminteri gives a very interesting performance as the enforcer waking up to the desperate (and almost feminine) demands of his own creative psyche, and Dianne Wiest (who won an Oscar), Tracey Ullman, Jim Broadbent, and Jennifer Tilly are very funny together playing the ensemble cast of Cusack's play. --Tom Keogh

 

[Ryanwb]

There is just something hot about Jennifer Tilly, but I can't place it.

 

[Chaplin]

I think a big reason that this movie is liked by even Woody-haters is because he's not acting in it. There's no denying, that at least until the mid-90s, he was the best comedy writer in Hollywood.

 

[jenna2891]

I think a big reason that this movie is liked by even Woody-haters is because he's not acting in it. There's no denying, that at least until the mid-90s, he was the best comedy writer in Hollywood.

yes, although there's a fine line there. cusak does a good job of being the woody proxy, but not everyone he casts in the woody role does. example: will ferrell in melinda and melinda. i would rather have had woody playing the role, or ferrell not playing it like woody.