Moviegoers at Woody Allen’s cinema
Stardust memories (1980), The purple rose of Cairo (1985) and Radio days (1987)
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Eviternare.vi11.13994Keywords:
Art, Audience, Cinema attendance, Film makers, FilmsAbstract
Woody Allen's cinema has always had a particular predilection for the ritual of the movie theater and how filmgoers appreciate and feel the films they watch. Woody Allen himself is a spectator of the works of other artists, who often shows true devotion for them. However, from his point of view as a creator, throughout his work, he sets his characters as spectators in cinemas, museums, and theaters, as well as readers of masterpieces of world literature. Thus, it is glimpsed how non-artist characters make use of manifestations such as cinema, music, and radio, by being mere spectators who consume art as an escape, even in some cases, preferring it over life. Through an analysis focused on the characters of Stardust Memories (Allen, 1980), The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen, 1985), and Radio Days (Allen, 1987), diverse types of spectators will be contemplated within the work of the New York director: these combine the different gazes that are facing a movie screen, the work that is enjoyed, and the artist who creates it. In an era, the current one, in which the movie theater is losing its aura in favor of more homemade options, it is interesting to observe how, between bitterness and nostalgia, several fictional spectators’ gazes are reflected.
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