Slog - Comments on True or False? http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false Love and Death is the funniest movie there is. "If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."... Copyright 2007 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:59:57 -0800 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:14:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle um. did I miss this one?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449236 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:08:14 -0800 Comment by Andrew Wright Close to true, although I think Sleeper may juuuust barely edge it out in terms of sheer belly laughs. I mean, really, what beats The Orgasmatron?

]]> Andrew Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449241 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:16:50 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Super Troopers might be funnier. Woody Allen's acting makes me gag.

]]> Amy Kate http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449245 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449245 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:19:19 -0800 Comment by Goldy True. Absolutely true.

]]> Goldy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449248 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449248 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:23:09 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Woody was terrific back in the seventies. Sleeper and Bananas are hysterical. And who can possibly forget the look on Gene Wilder's face as he checks into a hotel with a sheep in Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449254 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:32:22 -0800 Comment by David Schmader No, Love & Death is a million times funnier than Sleeper and Bananas and all that crap, and may be the funniest movie ever. It's definitely the funniest performance Diane Keaton's ever done.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449260 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449260 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:46:03 -0800 Comment by microveldt That is so very true. The only movie that even comes close is Young Frankenstein.

Sleeper is cute, and Bananas gets points for the Howard Cosell scenes. But Love and Death has it hands down, if only for using the word jejune.

]]> microveldt http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449262 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:00:44 -0800 Comment by GDC I would throw out "Zelig", "Everything...about sex" and "Stardust Memories" in the Woody Allen category, though that is really just to throw out some of the very funny yet obscure Woody Allen movies you should see if you haven't.

]]> GDC http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449277 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:25:47 -0800 Comment by MvB I'm for Love & Death getting top honors. So many elements almost come together in it, then stagger off and fall down a hole. Priceless.

]]> MvB http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449278 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:26:07 -0800 Comment by Allen Fan Woody Allen is a genius and has made the most important American films. I'm glad to live in a cultured, educated, city that understands this auteur. Most Americans are to ignorant to grasp the importance of this artist otherwise he'd be the richest man in Hollywood.

]]> Allen Fan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449285 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:37:26 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle He's ok. He's a lot shorter in person, but just as funny.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449305 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:07:58 -0800 Comment by craig false. but it's very good.

]]> craig http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449320 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:27:09 -0800 Comment by Queequeg (Russian Princess lays back after having incredible sex w/ Woody Allen)"My God! That was Amazing!"
(Woody Allen) "Yeah, I practice a lot by myself."

]]> Queequeg http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449368 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:51:44 -0800 Comment by Dan Aloi Dude -- YES!!! It's about time somebody asked this question. I LOVE this movie. And I first saw it at 14, long before I'd ever seen a Bergman film. Now that I know everything he's making fun of (almost), it's even funnier. It's soooo absurd and smart and wacky, I think someone who doesn't laugh at SOMEthing in it is severely stunted as a human being.

]]> Dan Aloi http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449376 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:10:23 -0800 Comment by NOT EBERT Ah yes - "War and Peace" = "Love and Death." Brush up your Tolstoy. Lines like: "We'll divide his letters - you take the consonants, I'll take the vowels." Wondering what dessert Keaton will serve for dinner in a Siberian setting: "Ah, sleet - my favorite." The Idiot's Convention. My first hearing of the word "meeskite". Czar Alexander complaining he doesn't have a dessert named in his honor as Napoleon does. And the brilliant use of Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kije Suite" as the sound track. The old serf walking around with a clod of dirt intoning that everyone should own some land. The movie is a masterpiece and may only be surpassed by "Harold and Maude."

]]> NOT EBERT http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449537 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:39:09 -0800 Comment by sleestak In all seriousness, I was wondering just the other day how it is that I love this movie, yet nobody I know has even seen it.

"Don't get me wrong - I love him like a brother...just not one of mine".

]]> sleestak http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c449600 Arts Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:34:47 -0800 Comment by Gomez Wasn't that the one that ended with Woody luring the giant breasts into the giant bra tied to trees?

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c450303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c450303 Arts Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:03:05 -0800 Comment by erosive-esophagitis <a href=http://erosive-esophagitis.net>erosive esophagitis</a> all about

]]> erosive-esophagitis http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c455351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/true_or_false#c455351 Arts Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:14:14 -0800