Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him. As he is about to be honored for his writing by the college that expelled him, he faces writer's block and the impending marriage of his latest flame to a writer friend. As scenes from his stories and novels pass and interact with him, Harry faces the people whose lives he has affected - wives, lovers, his son, his sister. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Woody Allen
Written By: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Robin Williams, Paul Giamatti, Billy Crystal, Demi Moore, Judy Davis, Elisabeth Shue, Jennifer Garner, Eric Bogosian, Mariel Hemingway, Tobey Maguire, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
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Deconstructing Harry belongs to 26 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (collaborative: moderated by kozan26 - 234 stars)
2. Academy Award - Oscar - ALL Best Picture, Directing, Acting & Screenplay Nominees (collaborative - 22 stars)
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djross | 88 97th |
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In a genealogy of the characters played by Woody Allen, starting with ANNIE HALL and MANHATTAN, passing through STARDUST MEMORIES, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS and HUSBANDS AND WIVES, this would be the terminus: the bleakest, most critical if not indeed despairing portrait (though perhaps of Philip Roth). Kind of Woody's WILD STRAWBERRIES, but he wanted to call it THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD: "All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it."
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Pickpocket | 9 93rd |
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Another great Woody movie. I love him playing such a drunk, foul mouthed womanizer. I guess people are just lying when they say Woody didn't make any great films in the 90's. This is the 3rd great one that I've seen from this period.
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KasperL | 55 39th |
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Experimental and unpleasant. And, as such, odd one out in Allen's filmography. A few trademark Woody zingers and some fun bits here and there, but overall, this wasn't a keeper for me.
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Moribunny | 55 44th |
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By 1997, I think Allen had exhausted his inspiration by, and his films had made enough references and tributes to, Fellini and Bergman. If Deconstructing Harry is supposed to be Allen's merger of 8½ and Wild Strawberries, that's just too much. He brings no genuinely new ideas, insights or jokes to this movie.
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| 1 | meerkat | 85 66th |
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Hilarious, fast paced, well written. In short, everything I adore about Woody Allen films.
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Anselmi86 | 74 59th |
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I thought for a while as I watched this that it would be the rare Woody Allen movie that I just wasn't wild about, but by the end I stood corrected. The film is highly egotistical and repetitive. So are some of his best works, but this one a little too much so. The thing I love about it is that Allen goes full-blown with my favorite of his best topics: the fear of death. I feel like he's been saving up on that death scene, and it pays off.
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wetwillies | 97 96th |
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Woody's sharpest, meanest film. It also feels at times like his short stories, as we are treated to some of his character's hilarious writing. Scenes like the out of focus man are hysterical! I also love the cast - so many great people in there. Woody's direction is crazy, with quick cuts that give the movie an almost documentary feel. It truly shouldn't be missed if you are a fan. "I think you're the opposite of a paranoid. I think you go around with the insane delusion that people like you."
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billkerwin | 90 83rd |
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For once, Woody shows us his disagreeable side, and I admire him for it. There are some really funny bits in here. And a good deal of cussing. I like the theme a lot too: art redeems life, and that is a good thing, since often the artist may be a complete failure of a human being desperately in need of the redemption art affords.
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