This perfectly marvelous style has given us more than a few classics over the last 40 years, but it’s also what makes The Purple Rose of Cairo such a uniquely satisfying affair. And of course, this loquacious malcontent will be surrounded by charming postcard-perfect Manhattan streets or delightful European gardens, and between all the wisecracks charged to the expense account of pseudo-intellectuals, as well as nudges to fellow Ingmar Bergman fans, there will at last be an inescapable melancholy about the finality of life that all people must face, particularly Woody. One of these lovable neurotics will also be a male lead in a plaid shirt who, depending on the decade, Woody himself will play. There will almost certainly be several anxious and witty characters that have great comic timing in all things related to self-deprecation and sex. Often when stepping into a Woody Allen movie, you have certain preconceived notions about what to expect.
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