Comments on: WHATEVER WORKS d: Woody Allen http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/whatever-works-woody-allen-larry-david/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Fiorehttp://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/whatever-works-woody-allen-larry-david/#comment-479628 David Fiore Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:25:21 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-479628 nice review here--I especially like the "social experiment" angle... Woody the director is explicitly playing god with these characters... shuffling them around and seemingly asking his audience--hey, does THIS work? the relationships and character development that emerge from this process NEVER aspire to the "fidelity" of psychological realism--and I think that's all to the good... the narrative takes the same pragmatic approach to telling love stories that its protagonist advocates re: love Dave nice review here–I especially like the "social experiment" angle… Woody the director is explicitly playing god with these characters… shuffling them around and seemingly asking his audience–hey, does THIS work?

the relationships and character development that emerge from this process NEVER aspire to the "fidelity" of psychological realism–and I think that's all to the good… the narrative takes the same pragmatic approach to telling love stories that its protagonist advocates re: love

Dave

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