Film Masters: Woody Allen (90s)

Woody Allen

The 90s were still good years for Woody AllenDespite this, towards the end of the decade, it was beginning to intuit what his cinema would be in the new millennium, a lower-level cinema, where it seems that the director had run out of good ideas, and he could not continue a long time at that rate.

Again the filmmaker returned to shoot one film per year, this time, unlike in the 80s, each one was released in a different year. Thus he began his journey in the new decade with "Alice" in 1990, a film that again, and for the umpteenth time, sent him his invitation to the oscars gala as a nominee in the category of best original screenplay, which he declined very politely as is his custom.

Shadows and fog

In 1991 he rolled “Shadows and fog"With his comedy touch, Allen tries to recreate the spirit of the expressionist cinema of the 30s from films such as" The Vampire of Düsseldorf ". A more than interesting result.

A year later he returns to the drama with great success with "Husbands and women". The tape got the Bafta for Best Screenplay and the Guldbagge award for best foreign film, it was nominated for the César for best foreign film and nominated for the Oscars for best screenplay and best supporting actress, for Judy Davis, which was also nominated for a Golden Globe and won the National Board of Review for this film.

In 1993 it was the turn of “Mysterious murder in Manhattan”. Woody Allen put aside the drama and planted a mix of comedy and thriller on the bill that showed that he was still in good shape, but to everyone's surprise, even though he was better than others of his that if they received them, he did not win any awards.

Bullets over broadway

Woody Allen was once again very present at the Oscars in 1994, or at least his film from that year. "Bullets on Broadway" received 7 nominations, and although Allen finally received neither the director, nor the scriptwriter to which he was nominated again, the one who did receive it was Dianne Wiest as a supporting actress. The actress also took the Globo de Oro and the New York Critics Circle Award. The film was nominated for best screenplay at the Baftas.

Also in 1994 he adapted his own work called "Don't Drink the Water" which in Spain was renamed in its format of TV movie "He uses them in the Russian zone."

In 1995 with Mira Sorvino and another great script he returned to give another masterpiece. The impeccable actress took the Oscar, the Golden Globe, the National Board of Review, the New York Critics Circle Award and the Bafta nomination, Woody Allen another nomination for the collection for best original screenplay.

With "They all say I love you"Allen wanted to pay tribute to the musical in 1996. A film where perhaps that small decline in the level of the film master will begin to be noticed, but not for that, far from it, a bad film.

Dismounting Harry

The last years of the 90s seems to be that the genius began to notice the exhaustion of shooting a movie per year, but that was not why he was going to stop shooting masterpieces, if “Everyone Says I Love You” seemed that it was somewhat weaker than the usual, his 1997 film “Dismounting Harry"It could be said that it reaches the level of his best films" Annie Hall "or Manhattan". Once again the filmmaker is nominated for best original screenplay.

But giving everything to "Disassembling Harry" makes his next film not so brilliant, we begin to discover what Woody Allen will be in the XNUMXst century, a director who insists on making films every year when perhaps his ideas do not give much . «Celebrity»In 1998 it is no longer at the level of many of his works, although it is still a good film and has memorable moments.

Agreements and disagreements

In 1999 he rolled “Agreements and disagreements" A great film. Woody Allen ends the 90s by giving one of lime and one of sand. The film had two great assets Sean Penn and Samantha Morton, both Oscar and Golden Globe nominees as actor and supporting actress.


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