7 crazy early Woody Allen comedies

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Woody Allen always found unexpected, but at the same time touching ideas, so he immediately became popular. We invite you to see seven of his early works, in which there are especially many jokes on the topic of psychoanalysis, sex and Jewish roots.

What's new, kitty? (1965)

• Duration: 108 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 2.
• "Kinopoisk": 6, 9.

This comedy marks Woody Allen's debut as an actor and screenwriter. The success of this film provided him with an excellent reputation and immediately pushed his career forward.

What's up, tiger lily? (1966)

• Duration: 80 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 1.
• "Kinopoisk": 5, 8.

A couple of Japanese spy films would have flopped at the box office had they not fallen into the hands of young Woody Allen. With the help of editing and satirical voice acting, he turned them into a detective comedy about the search for an egg salad recipe, thereby saving the American International Pictures film company from losses.

Bananas (1971)

• Duration: 78 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.
• "Kinopoisk": 7, 1.

The title of this film is an example of a pun typical of Woody Allen's paintings. One of the meanings of the word "banana" is a crazy person. The nervous hero of the film, in order to return the girl's love, gets involved in a political struggle and gets so carried away that he becomes the president of the banana republic of San Marcos.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

• Duration: 88 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 8.
• "Kinopoisk": 7, 0.

An original collection of humorous answers to tricky questions about aphrodisiacs, sodomy, transvestite homosexuality, sexual perversion, scientific sexological research and ejaculation.

Sleeping (1973)

• Duration: 84 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 3.
• "Kinopoisk": 7, 0.

In this fantastic film, Woody Allen laughed at Elia Kazan's A Streetcar Named Desire, A Clockwork Orange and 2001's Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, and Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris. And the American Film Institute has recognized his daring work as one of the greatest comedy films in history.

Love and death (1975)

• Duration: 82 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 8.
• "Kinopoisk": 8, 1.

The genius of parody also reached Russian writers. Inspired by the works of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Woody Allen "mixed" a cocktail of an intricate plot, pretentious monologues on philosophical themes and comic anachronisms.

Sexual Comedy on a Midsummer Night (1982)

• Duration: 88 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 7.
• "Kinopoisk": 6, 7.

Another comedy on Woody Allen's favorite theme - three couples sort out love problems. They are helped by lustful doctors and nurses. As a result, they only become more confused and constantly find themselves in awkward situations.