comment #1

NYCBusybody says ...

There is no difference between most New Yorker elites and the French. What's the difference between Wells and a Frenchman? Wells isn't American, he's European in his sensibilities.
Which is fine, but it's always odd when coastal elites pretend to be culturally American.

comment #2

le corbeau says ...

So early Woody Allen is now, what, Manhattan? Alice? Sweet and Lowdown?

I remember when early Woody Allen was Bananas and Sleeper... though to me his career still divides into two halves, the six movies before Annie Hall and the 31 films (so far!) from Annie Hall on.

comment #3

Me says ...

As a big fan of the Befure Sunris/Sunset movies, I am actively looking forward to this one. Hopefully it'll make it to DC in movie form rather than having to just see it on DVD.

comment #4

DavidF says ...

A near-pointless tech note...the film was shot on DV and then converted to 35mm.
How long has Woody been shotting digital?
Remember how crrrrrazy Lucas was deemed to be 5 years ago when he shot Episode II on DV?
Since then it's seemed largely relegated to indie films and FX-heavy stuff like Superman Returns and Sin City.
No one notices - or at least no one comments - on any difs between film and DV anymore.
Given Woody's fast style of shooting it seems like a natural medium for him...but what's more interesting is how no one even talks about the DV thing anymore.

comment #5

north holly says ...

this is great. nothing is provided but an excerpt of a positive variety review ... and nycbusybody attacks wells. good morning!

comment #6

Dixon Steele says ...

David F, DV is Digital Video, which mostly looks like crap (Tadpole, Pieces of April).

The films you mention are shot on Hi-Def, which is very, very different.

comment #7

le corbeau says ...

"what's more interesting is how no one even talks about the DV thing anymore."

That's because it's not noticeable most of the time. You'd never have known Apocalypto was shot that way, for instance, except every once in a while there was a running-through-trees shot that looked video rather than film.

comment #8

le corbeau says ...

Oops, I should have noted that I too meant the Hi-Def systems, not standard DV.

comment #9

Circumvrent says ...

DavidF, Delpy directed the film, not Woody.

Raises an interesting question though: could Woody ever be coaxed to shoot digital? I could sort of almost see it happening.

comment #10

nola says ...

Sounds like a good, funny movie.

NYCbusybody you do know it's possible to appreciate other cultures and still be American.

comment #11

Hejla says ...

"What's the difference between Wells and a Frenchman? Wells isn't American, he's European in his sensibilities.
Which is fine, but it's always odd when coastal elites pretend to be culturally American."

As a European I find this completely innacurate. From my perspective Wells(judging from this blog only) comes off as VERY VERY American. He's quite often a kneejerk liberal, and this even further emphasizes his Americanness. Being liberal(in the way that the word is used in the US) implies a very different way ot thinking from the typical "European" way of thinking.

comment #12

Hejla says ...

"What's the difference between Wells and a Frenchman? Wells isn't American, he's European in his sensibilities.
Which is fine, but it's always odd when coastal elites pretend to be culturally American."

As a European I find this completely innacurate. From my perspective Wells(judging from this blog only) comes off as VERY VERY American. He can often be a kneejerk liberal, and this even further emphasizes his Americanness. Being liberal(in the way that the word is used in the US) implies a very different way of thinking from the typical "European" way of thinking.

comment #13

DavidF says ...

I missed that Delpy directed - my bad.
And I didn't realize they distinguished between the different kinds of digital cameras in listing them.

I'll dig myself out by agreeing with circumvent that it seems like a natural thing for Woody to do.

comment #14

Craig Kennedy says ...

I don't speak Varietese so pray tell, what's a "walk-and-talker"?

comment #15

christian says ...

i think woody will try dv, but he's a purist.

comment #16

nemo says ...

"Which is fine, but it's always odd when coastal elites pretend to be culturally American."

Geez louise, people in Lincoln and Omaha Nebraska in some ways have more cultural connectons with people in New York and San Francisco than they do with people in western Nebraska towns like North Platte and Scottsbluff. Does that make people in Lincoln and Omaha "not culturally American"?

comment #17

corey3rd says ...

Why shouldn't Woody make his movies in video since DVD is how a majority of his audience sees them.