Annie Hall

I liked "I was at an Alice Cooper thing where six people were rushed to the hospital with bad vibes." It's kind of cheesy, but I love it nevertheless.

that frog-eyed bitch who talked Dylan into mud really irritated me
and i love that scene where Alvy and Diane Keaton chase live lobsters around their kitchen, trying to put them in a pot of boiling water for dinner. Woody cracks jokes, and both of them are giggling and having a wonderful time. Later, Woody tries the same date with another girl, and she just stands there; "what's the big deal?". The look on Woody's face is so sad.

"There's the nasal membrane." great stuff.

same with the whole killing the spider scene

"would you like some chocolate milk?"
"chocolate milk? what am i, your son?"

I also liked the whole red light bulb thing. And then later he says (and I only remember this because I have it written down) "I tried everything- you know, the soft music and my red light bulb..."

where and why have you written that down?
i think thats interesting

I still haven't seen this film either, but being as Marshall Mcluhan appears as himself I probably should give it a try.

[QUOTE=Ballerina]I also liked the whole red light bulb thing. And then later he says (and I only remember this because I have it written down) "I tried everything- you know, the soft music and my red light bulb..."[/QUOTE]
Do people really do that, the red light light bulb? I've only seen it in sitcoms and at a very starnge hotel party called: Fear of a Red Planet which involved psychoactives and the most distatseful cocktails engineered.

I think Skippy Handleman tried it once on family ties when he brought a girl back to his dorm room.

that's way too seedy of a lightbulb color

[QUOTE=ArcherDylan27]that's way too seedy of a lightbulb color[/QUOTE]
The people throwing the party were seedy as well. Fortunately there were other parties on the same floor.

[QUOTE=ArcherDylan27]where and why have you written that down?
i think thats interesting[/QUOTE]
My memory is absolute shit, so I write down quotes I like when I watch movies. And then these scraps of paper get lost on my desk and I find them a while later and half the time half the quotes don't seem as good anymore. I saw the piece of paper that the Annie Hall quotes are on just the other day, so it was conveniently nearby. I had "I forgot my mantra!" written down, too.

Only place I've ever seen a red light bulb is in darkrooms. As in where you develop photos.

[QUOTE=Ballerina]Only place I've ever seen a red light bulb is in darkrooms. As in where you develop photos.[/QUOTE]
Oh [I]right[/I].... they have a [I]non-skeevey [/I] use as well....

So, that whole "red light district" thing, is that because they've got red light bulbs? Do they [I]actually[/I] have red light bulbs?

[QUOTE=Ballerina]My memory is absolute shit, so I write down quotes I like when I watch movies. And then these scraps of paper get lost on my desk and I find them a while later and half the time half the quotes don't seem as good anymore. I saw the piece of paper that the Annie Hall quotes are on just the other day, so it was conveniently nearby. I had "I forgot my mantra!" written down, too.[/QUOTE]

oh i remember everything but i write down things from banal to monumental
but everything is so random..that no one would be able to crack my code or patterns
and maybe that's point...its a sort of individuated secret visual/phrase diary
..so far i got two books and their great to look back on
I like that you do that, though
for some reason...

[QUOTE=Ballerina]So, that whole "red light district" thing, is that because they've got red light bulbs? Do they [I]actually[/I] have red light bulbs?[/QUOTE]
Yes, at one point they did, they were specially designated areas where illict business could be transacted without penalty.

[QUOTE=ArcherDylan27]oh i remember everything but i write down things from banal to monumental
but everything is so random..that no one would be able to crack my code or patterns
and maybe that's point...its a sort of individuated secret visual/phrase diary
..so far i got two books and their great to look back on
I like that you do that, though
for some reason...[/QUOTE]
I had an ex girlfreind that did that. Her journal was a hurricane of fragmented ideas without tangible references to people, places or dates.

the only bridges are in her own mind
and that's kinda the neatness of it

[QUOTE=ArcherDylan27]After more than 3 comparisons to Diane Keatons Annie Hall i decided to blindly buy it outta the 9.99 bin at DVD Planet...I still am not sure if the comparison was a sly insult or compliment.
I gotta say though i really don't know how i've gone this long without seeing it
it was one of the sweetest films ive seen in awhile
I fell in love with Alvy he was really attractive to me..something about neurotic jews! and/or new yorkers
the qoutable one-liners are fun too
"I forgot my mantra!"
I imagine it woulda meant more to me if i was alive back in the 70s but still it's such a great movie to see.[/QUOTE]
Christopher Walken's little scene was hilarious.

if you haven't done so already, then check out Allen's "Manhattan." It's not as film geeky as "Annie Hall," but the black & white color give it more style.

[QUOTE=ArcherDylan27]oh i remember everything but i write down things from banal to monumental
but everything is so random..that no one would be able to crack my code or patterns
and maybe that's point...its a sort of individuated secret visual/phrase diary
..so far i got two books and their great to look back on
I like that you do that, though
for some reason...[/QUOTE]
At one point I thought I had tons of movie quotes, but it turned out I had more book quotes than anything. But that's not my point. My point is, every once in a while I'll be reading a book and, not wanting to fold down the corners of the pages of books I own or borrow from someone (as opposed to library books, which are often in shitty condition anyway), I'll write down a page number on a scrap of paper. And this scrap of paper will end up on my desk like everything else. And then I'll find it a couple of months later and all there is is a page number, often there isn't even a book title and I've switched books a couple of times by then so I don't know where it came from. But yeah, no one would be able to crack any sort of code that my stuff has either. I've got shitloads of Post-It's and scraps of paper and memos and a lot of them make little or no sense. I love sorting through them, though.

[QUOTE=ArcherDylan27]the only bridges are in her own mind
and that's kinda the neatness of it[/QUOTE]
Yes, but it also described too much of our relationship to be healthy.

[QUOTE=ArcherDylan27]
"I forgot my mantra!"[/QUOTE]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves this line. Woody Allen approaching random strangers for advice, and the strangers helping him out as if they know each other is great.

oh yes the perfect tanned blonde couple he goes up too for relationship advice

Alvy - Here, you look like a very happy couple, um, are you?
Blonde Girl - Yeah.
Alvy - Yeah? So, so, how do you account for it?
Blonde Girl - Uh, I'm very shallow and empty and I have no ideas and nothing interesting to say.
Blonde Guy - And I'm exactly the same way.
Alvy Singer: Ahhh I see. Wow. That's very interesting. So you've managed to work out something?

[QUOTE=Popcultjunkie]Christopher Walken's little scene was hilarious.

if you haven't done so already, then check out Allen's "Manhattan." It's not as film geeky as "Annie Hall," but the black & white color give it more style.[/QUOTE]

Alvy's face is priceles when Walkens character is driving them home

and i heard Manhatten was up there...more stylish and not on the same league, script wise as Annie..but i'll give it a shot nonetheless

[QUOTE=Ballerina] But yeah, no one would be able to crack any sort of code that my stuff has either. I've got shitloads of Post-It's and scraps of paper and memos and a lot of them make little or no sense. I love sorting through them, though.[/QUOTE]

even in your own head they don't make sense?
it's fun to retrace your mental steps in order to figure out how you even came to writing what you wrote down..how you found it interesting enough to put it down to paper

[QUOTE=ArcherDylan27]even in your own head they don't make sense?
it's fun to retrace your mental steps in order to figure out how you even came to writing what you wrote down..how you found it interesting enough to put it down to paper[/QUOTE]
Well, it's not that they don't make sense. It's just that they aren't really relevant anymore. Something like "READ OVER WHITE SHEET FOR LAW!!!" means nothing to me anymore. I'm actually going through some of these right now because I'm looking for something on my desk, and one of the highlights is:
"Ms. Mainville's absence:
[U]Day 1[/U]
Wallace writes "parliment" on the board"
That was great. Why are social studies teachers illiterate? A teacher I had one year kept misspelling "fascism." I just love the papers that I can look back on and go "heh." And then there are the random notes to self about songs to download or books to read.

none of my teachers could draw or spell either
I dont know what that says about them
but bringing it all back to Annie Hall

"Those who can't do, teach"