YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (Woody Allen)
There's no denying that Woody Allen is one hell of a writer. Like Tarantino, Allen can tell you a story through a single take involving pages of dialogue and manage to be gripping. Such is the case in YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER, which contains the signature Allen characters and themes and treatment. It's a relationship story, which is both peculiar and witty, similar in form and style with his MIGHTY APHRODITE, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA and even ANNIE HALL. It's an ensemble piece, where the characters' lives intertwine eventually, like Garry Marshall's VALENTINE'S DAY, and his upcoming NEW YEAR'S EVE. However, this work by Allen is far better than the mentioned Garry Marshall films, not to mention that it doesn't humiliate us with a cliche in the face, so that's one of the things we can be thankful for I guess. I wonder what ever happened to Marshall who directed such gems as RUNAWAY BRIDE and BEACHES. But going back to Woody Allen, he cha...