Annie Hall (1977), from director/actor/co-writer Woody Allen, is a compelling masterpiece of priceless, witty and quotable one-liners within a matured, focused and thoughtful film. It is a bittersweet romantic comedy of modern contemporary love and urban relationships that explores the interaction of past and present, and the rise and fall of Alvy Singer's (Woody Allen) own challenging, ambivalent New York romance with his opposite - an equally-insecure, shy, flighty Midwestern WASP female: Annie Hall. (Diane Keaton)
The major theme of the film is that there are severe limitations in life (death and loss are the two most prevalent), but that art forms (such as the printed word, films, and plays) have the power to reshape reality and provide some measure of control, thereby compensating for life's limitations. Though his true relationship had failed, Alvy writes a play based on his love-affair with Annie. The only difference in the play is that Annie doesn't walk away from Alvy......
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