I had Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue in my head and decided to take a look at Woody Allen's Manhattan again. The first four minutes of the film is a mini-movie unto itself. Allen narrates from a book he is trying to write, while Gordon Willis' stunning black and white cinematography explores the island of Manhattan and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue plays over the picture punctuating every image with glorious music.
While watching the film I tried to play close attention to the locations. Allen intended this film to be a love poem to Manhattan as it explored modern romantic relationships. Manhattan is an amazing film in every aspect, and New York City has never looked better. This film never gets old and two hundred years from now anthropologists and historians will study it to observe life in the latter part of the 20th Century.
At the Movie House rating **** stars.
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