Why do people like Woody Allen?

As a lifelong Woody Allen fanatic, I can try to answer this but, as I have often found, he is an acquired taste and there are plenty of people who just don't dig Woody no matter how much experience they've had with him. About which, fair enough. read more

There might never be another person like Woody Allen. Also he still uses a typewriter and single-handedly invented the modern comedy. Love. read more

Until recently, with the exception of Annie Hall, my only Woody Allen experience was the later stuff - Vicky Christina Barcelona, Midnight in Paris, To Rome With Love, Blue Jasmine. I watched Sleeper on Netflix a few weeks back and couldn't believe how different it was - heavy on the physical comedy and pratfalls, ragtime music, it was like a vaudeville show. read more