Annie Hall

1) Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.

One thing that we discussed in class that can relate to the screening, Annie Hall, is about point of view that is in chapter. 9. The camera functions as a tool that allows the audience to be the viewer's eyes and provides a point of view. When their is a first person narrator it can be onscreen and or off-screen. In Annie Hall, Woody Allen's character does a great amount of point of view shots. When he is being interviewed by the camera and when he is doing some scenes where he is watching himself in the film doing his daily routines. 

2)  Find a related article and summarize the content.  (on the film, director, studio, actor/actress, artistic content, etc.) You can use the library or the internet.  Cite the article or copy the url to your journal entry. Summarize in your own words the related article but do not plagiarize any content.

Woody Allen's character, Alvy Singer, looks at the word miserably. The writer named Vincent in this article discusses, "Alvy Singer's freewheeling, self-deprecating, funny, and sorrowful search for the truth about his on-again, off-again affair with a beautiful young woman who is as emotionally bent as he is." The film also goes into a little detail about how Alvy never truly commits to his love for Annie Hall. At the end, when it is too late, it is esenctially too late.

 http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF173AE562BC4951DFB266838C669EDE

3) Apply the article to the film screened in class.   How did the article support or change the way you thought about the film, director, content, etc.?

 This article really did not support or change the way I thought about this film. It was a very simple film and easy film to watch. This is because of the flow of the film and how Woody Allen's character got to talk to you during the scenes as if he was giving the viewers an inside scoop. 

4) Write a critical analysis of the film, including your personal opinion,  formed as a result of the screening, class discussions, text material and the article.  I am less interested in whether you liked or disliked a film, (although that can be part of this)  than I am in your understanding of its place in film history or the contributions of the director.

Annie Hall is a very interesting film that has caught a lot of people's eyes over the past decades. It was said, in the article, that Woody Allen has a great way of casting roles for his film. Even in Annie Hall hos cast may or may not be famous then but those are a group of people in that film who are still very relevant in today's film world.