Friday 5 June 2015

Everyone Says I Love You (1996 Woody Allen & scr)

For WA credits completists - they're at the end. Ha! Edward Norton singing begins it.

Most entertaining, intriguing comedy musical to Cole Porter set in Venice and Paris (and New York - shown in all four seasons and once again looking spectacular and unlike anyone else's New York - it's that Carlo di Palma again).

Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Goldie Hawn, Alan Alda (these two have the best voices), Woody, Natalie Portman, Tim Roth, David Ogden Stiers.

Highlights include the great song 'Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think' performed by ghosts, a multitude of Groucho Marxes (Woody included) and a truly sensational one take dance number by the Seine with Goldie literally flying.

I did wonder though whether the beautifully choreographed and funny dance numbers might have worked better with a bit of cutting - the long takes sort of work against them somehow.

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