New York Nostalgia and Woody Allen
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New York has an amazing history, with an amazing number of talented people who have found themselves making a career here. One of the most visible New Yorkers is the inimitable Woody Allen. Interestingly, even this born-and-bred New Yorker is starting to comment that Manhattan is getting to be too expensive, and he’s filming more often in Paris these days. But this New Yorker has had quite a life here, so far. Born in 1935, he worked as a stand-up before earning a few paying gigs with the likes of Sid Caeser, who later hired him on his staff, where he learned his comedy-writing chops. He has written plays that were Broadway hits, and have also had a good deal of stage life, Don’t Drink the Water, and Play It Again, Sam.
His early films are considered by some of his die-hard fans to be among his best, because of their rapid fire jokes, total abandonment of reason to the silliness of the situations, and their freshness that still holds up over the years. But it was his Annie Hall that really attracted the attention of the world at large to his abilities. This film, with Diane Keaton, is a sort of neurotic philosopher’s stone for romance in the U.S. in the 1970s, and speaks to subsequent generations as well. He has, of course, made an astounding number of films since then, and has won awards and acclaim from critics and audiences all over the world. Woody Allen grew up in New York at a time when it was possible to see Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis, and has remarked that he feels he was born too late. There’s no telling whether the New York we visit now will be more or less remarkable, or what kind of history might be in the making.