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Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Love and Death |
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In a 1975 film set in Russia (but shot in Budapest and Paris), Woody Allen spoofs Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Ingmar Bergman with the story of a coward and pacifist who accidentally becomes a highly-decorated hero in the war against the invader Napoleon. There are many great scenes and lines (from his childhood meeting with Death, to flirting with and meeting the Countess Alexandrovna, to his spiritual thoughts in prison the night before his scheduled execution), and even slapstick. Lively Prokofiev compositions fill the score.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Love and Death |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- soldier
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Russian
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- dictator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Russia
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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