A Woody Allen masterpiece The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) is original, funny and brilliant. The idea of a character walking out of a movie and entering "real life" is magical! I could relate to Cecilia (played by Mia Farrow) and how she escaped her drab life by watching movies. My childhood was not that great, but I found a way of escape in TV and movies. In junior high The Brady Bunch was one of my favorite shows. I would have loved it if Peter Brady had walked out of my TV and asked me to be his girlfriend. Swoon!
Ah, here's the Woody Allen film where my friend and I left off in our "James Bond/Woody Allen Tradeoff Film Festival" I told you about once! So, I've still not seen this movie - and I'm 1/12th gone through 2012 and my resolution to try to catch up on my Woody Allen movies. So many flicks, so little time!
ReplyDeleteMovies and TV can be a great escape when you are a kid. Maybe that isn't such a bad thing. I saw this movie so long ago - it was good.
ReplyDeleteCraig: Ya gotta see it! It's one of my favorites. Woody Allen seems to really enjoy creating stories set in the 1920s, 1930s. Mia Farrow was great in this film.
ReplyDeleteBelle: I still use TV and movies as an escape. Sometimes the real world can get you down.
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