The title of this article somewhat belies the seeming simplicity of the action.
After all, if you want to rent a Woody Allen film it's simple: you just need to drop in on your local DVD rental place or add it to your list online and away you go. And that would be true if the title was 'How to Rent A Woody Allen Film'.
Renting several of this talented director's films, however, is enough to lead to fatigue, disillusionment and cynicism. All of things, in fact, that Woody Allen protagonists usually feel, minus some very beautiful women.
Why this Allen-attack, this Woody-wrangled DVD rental fiasco Well, because although Woody Allen has written and directed some modern classics he's also done a lot that's just ok and a few things that are absolutely dire.
If you want to watch them all you need a strategy to get through it. This is a cinematic Everest that many have tried and failed to reach the pinnacle of.
Finding the films that he's directed is a simple task and it's doubly simple if you use a rental site with a decent search facility such as Blockbuster DVD rental.
Then, to keep things simple, narrow it down to those films which Allen has directed - as opposed to those for which he merely contributed to the writing or acted - those he's directed are the ones with a really distinctively Allen-ish style.
Even having done that you're left with fifty-four films so it's strategy time.
First, make yourself fall in love with Allen. This is easily done. Just grab a copy of Annie Hall or Manhattan for your first film.
Sine you'll get this when you're on your DVD rental free trial too the warm glow that it'll likely to create will only help.
Next, make sure you keep mixing the Allen oeuvre up to keep your interest up.
Pick a more recent title such as semi-questionable potboilers Vicky Christina Barcelona or Match Point and then switch back to a bona fide classic like Zelig to avoid decrying Allen as a Euro-phile.
Move onto some comedies - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex is a very light watch and so is Take the Money and Run.
Once you're getting nicely ensconced in these then sit down and watch The Purple Rose of Cairo - Allen's movies eating themselves.
The plot is about a film watched by Cecilia - Mia Farrow - who then watches as the film's protagonists emerges from the black-and-white film into the colorful real world on the other side of the cinema's screen.
Take a meander through some of the other films but make sure you end on a high note: I'd go for one of Allen's most optimistic films Hannah and Her Sisters.
How To Rent Woody Allen Films
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