Thursday January 27th was Alan Alda's Birthday. I celebrated by watching, in my opinion, one of his best performances, in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Crimes and Misdemeanors is another Allen masterpiece. He explores new themes of morality, guilt, criminality, happiness and asks the question, is it possible to live with the knowledge of committing some great immoral act.
These are themes that Allen would continue to explore in his films Match Point and Cassandra's Dream.
Crimes and Misdemeanors features and all-star cast, with the story revolving around five men each with a different view of what is moral and what is not. Alda as a successful TV comedy producer, Allen as a struggling idealistic filmmaker, Martin Landau as a successful Ophthalmologist, Jerry Orbach as Landau's brother and a man with a shady background, and Sam Waterson as a rabbi who is slowly going blind. All five men's lives are connected by blood or marriage. The film's focus is on the romantic relationships of Landau and Allen and the movie ends with the two men exploring the moral consequences of their actions.
Crimes and Misdemeanors is an amazing film from one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century.
At The Movie House rating **** stars
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