I saw some gossipy web site mentioning A Rainy Day in New York, looked it up and found saw that it was mired down in release hell and lawsuits due to the PR disaster over Allen's sex problems and wondered. I saw lots of his movies "back then", generally liked them and wish I could see some more, though without the understandable issues that storm about Allen himself.
I watched the trailer to the new one. Allen was always the best with New York movies, but yeah, I understand. This one seems to be cute but probably underwhelming. It reminds me of the New York I know, rainy nights, the West Village, etc, so it has appeal, but then, it also has Allen's name on it, so I probably won't see it unless it's hacked.
What now? I'm guessing that this movie is a dead issue, but is there anybody out there who can be a new or surrogate version of Allen, without the personal sleaze? Will there be a time when all is forgotten and someone resurrects his movies? It would not be the first time that the movie world eventually forgot about an actor or director's sins later.
I watched the trailer to the new one. Allen was always the best with New York movies, but yeah, I understand. This one seems to be cute but probably underwhelming. It reminds me of the New York I know, rainy nights, the West Village, etc, so it has appeal, but then, it also has Allen's name on it, so I probably won't see it unless it's hacked.
What now? I'm guessing that this movie is a dead issue, but is there anybody out there who can be a new or surrogate version of Allen, without the personal sleaze? Will there be a time when all is forgotten and someone resurrects his movies? It would not be the first time that the movie world eventually forgot about an actor or director's sins later.