Reconstructing Woody: Art, Love, and Life in the Films of Woody Allen
- ISBN-10
- 0847689905
- ISBN-13
- 9780847689903
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Mary P. Nichols
Description
For too long, the films of Woody Allen have been interpreted as expressions of deconstructionism, nihilism, and postmodern angst. In this pathbreaking new book, Mary P. Nichols challenges this, arguing that Allen's work, from Play It Again, Sam to Deconstructing Harry, is actually an attempt to explore and reconcile the tension between art and life. As witty and complex as its subject, Reconstructing Woody shows that Allen is immensely concerned with human ethics, goodness, and virtue.
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