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Stardust Memories
1980
Sandy Bates is a comic filmmaker who no longer feels funny. When he ventures into serious cinema for a new challenge, he is not well received by the critics or the public, and he becomes depressed. Spending a weekend at Stardust Hotel during a retrospective showing of his films, Sandy reflects upon his life, art and .. Read more
| Starring | Charlotte Rampling, Woody Allen, Jessica Harper, Tony Roberts |
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| Director | Woody Allen |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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Stardust Memories
Sandy Bates is a comic filmmaker who no longer feels funny. When he ventures into serious cinema for a new challenge, he is not well received by the critics or the public, and he becomes depressed. Spending a weekend at Stardust Hotel during a retrospective showing of his films, Sandy reflects upon his life, art and relationships with three contrastingly different women: the beautiful but neurotic Dorrie, sensitive and talented violinist Daisy, and earthy mature Isobel.
| Starring | Charlotte Rampling, Woody Allen, Jessica Harper, Tony Roberts, Marie-Christine Barrault |
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| Director | Woody Allen |
| Studio | MGM |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 16 Jul 2007 Production year: 1980 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (2)
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A plainly autobiographical work which, while amusing and moving in spots, makes it doubtful that the writer/director/star can even now shake off his obsessions.
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The schlemiel strikes back: at critics, at sycophants, at pigeons ('rats with wings'), and at a universe that can... read more on Time Out
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Interesting intraspection
The script copies reality as Woody Allen plays a writer who wants to change from comedy to serious work.
However the film is focused on his relationship with the beautiful but suicidal Charlotte Rampling.
Funny in bits, sad in bits, I would mainly recommend this to someone wanting to understand the path of Allen's career. -
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Dithering Director's Dilemmas!
Some say this is one of Woody Allen's best films, which would be a matter of personal taste.
Certainly Woody would appear to be drawing upon his vast library of experiences as a celebrity and a much used/ abused egomaniac film making entrepreneur.
The occurrences during his film about a weekend convention at the Stardust Hotel could well be drawn from his true life experience as there are several familiar bells ringing about how humans try to exploit each other.
You will either like or loathe this movie, but there are several scenes which will take a long time to fade from your memory.
I think that the DVD was worth the money as long as Woody gives me an autograph and agrees to review a project or two with me! -
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