Deconstructing Harry details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Billy Crystal, Bob Balaban, Woody Allen, Eric Bogosian, Demi Moore, Elisabeth Shue, Julie Kavner, Mariel Hemingway, Stanley Tucci, Judy Davis, Robin Williams, Amy Irving, Kirstie Alley, Judy Davis, Caroline Aaron, Richard Benjamin, Caroline Aaron /, Tobey |
| Director: | Woody Allen |
| Genre: | Comedy - Animated, British, Television |
| Studio: | WESTEND FILMS |
| Name | Discs | |
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Deconstructing Harry |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 32 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | English |
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One of Allen's finest, certainly his most revealing
By Philip Concannon from London , 11 May 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
Woody Allen's extraordinary film is one of the most self-critical and revealing films I've seen for some time. Allen stars as Harry Block, a writer who has lost a number of his friends because the characters in his latest novel bear a scarcely concealed resemblance to their lives. From this point 'Deconstructing Harry' skips between Harry's torment and scenes from the novel.
What makes this film so special is the aggression Allen shows in analysing his own life and art, any criticism you can make of him he's probably made it himself first. Added to this is the fact that it's easily one of Allen's funniest and most sustained recent features. Certainly the film is his most foul-mouthed and bitter(alongside 1992's Husbands and Wives), but it's a lot more satisfying than his recent insipid comedies.
Allen also employs some inspired fantasy sequences including Robin Williams as an actor literally losing focus and a meeting with Satan(Billy Crystal). Best of all is the wife who interrogates her husband about his former life and dicovers some incredible secrets.
These scenes help break up the narrative and provide a balance to Allen's attempts at 'Deconstructing Woody'. Mean-spirited and self-obsessed it may be but rarely has the use of film as a psychiatric's couch been so entertaining.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(21)Woody Allen on top form
By Nearvana (10 reviews) , 30 Oct 2012Woody Allen is prolific, and somewhere along the line there's going to be a film of his you love. Annie Hall? Hannah and Her Sisters? A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy? ... to name but 3 of my favourites. And now to add to that list is Deconstructing Harry. It's absolutely a return to top form for Allen, and if you like any of his films you've got to like this one. Yes, it does visit themes from his past (not least the above mentioned), but it still adds something new in the brilliant cutting from the title sequence onwards. And in the visual effects of the out of focus man. Throw in the usual neuroses, great one liners, mixtures of fact and fantasy. To me, it doesn't need anything else. But it also has a great theme song!
WATCH THIS FILM!!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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not the best
By a customer from london , 22 Mar 2011very dissappointing from woody
its actually quite disjointed- Was this review helpful to you?
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Another Allen classic.
By Fliddy (16 reviews) from Wales , 17 Nov 2010I love this film. It has all the Woody Allen traits needed to be a classic. Especially love the fight between him and his ex-wife. We actually hear the 'C' word too!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Nothings perfect.......
By a customer from Kent , 19 Jul 2010THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Deconstructing Harry - or Woody Allen?
By a customer from Bristol , 14 Dec 2009I've always thought that Woody Allen films are more or less guaranteed to be entertaining and fun. Whether I've changed or he has I'm not sure but Deconstructing Harry made me feel queezy on a number of counts. There was a joke about a 'black hole' from the black woman who is a prostitute and lots of bondage, sado masochistic images of naked women in hell. And the rest of the film was peppered with uncmfortable moments of a simialr kind.
Also no real laughs. Made me feels depressed. I wondered if that was because the rather unlikable main character was more of the real Woody Allen.- Was this review helpful to you?
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