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Manhattan [1979]

starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep
directed by: Woody Allen

Release Date July 10, 2000
I love art that conjures up a definite sense of place, and this film distills a romantic slither of New York. Woody Allen shows characters doing what they do in a city, going to bookshops, galleries and museums. They have conversations on the sidewalk, they meet in bars and department stores.

Their lives are chaotic and fractured, and they seem to have so many choices and no real work. They long for things they can't have while putting up with the downside of city life: the noise of neighbours and brown water. Meryl Streep, Mariel Hemingway and Diane Keaton are very all sexy in this film. Woody is witty and torn between these three beauties. Half of him is a believable character, the other half is a wry and engaging comedian.
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