It's been 11 years since I began this series highlighting movies I
wished more people knew about. I'm rerunning it from the beginning
because I still think these are movies you might have missed.
If you've even heard of this movie, I tip my hat to you. It is a rare one.
This is Woody Allen's love letter to musicals, Hollywood love stories, and New York, this is the tale of a wealthy family's year. It is told as a musical, with the large cast of well known actors all doing their own vocals. The songs are classic, fit into unexpected situations, and occasionally accompany dance routines. The actors don't come off as professional singers or dancers, but have just enough awkwardness to lend everything a sincere, realistic feel. As with many musicals from earlier times, the plot is a simple vehicle to move everything along and much of the pleasure is in seeing the movie unfold.
I have seen this one, and yesterday I just watched Whatever Works!
ReplyDeleteOf course, it isn't surprising that I would have seen a musical film. I'm a huge nerd for them.