Everyone says I love you - Woody Allen (1997)

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The essence of life is undoubtedly ?Love'. This eccentric family tale illustrates love and its uphill and downhill effects followed by family feasts. The story relates to DJ who is the daughter of Joe Berlin (Woody Allen) and Steffi Dandridge (Goldie Hawn). Steffi is now married to Bob Dandridge (Alan Alda). DJ has three sisters Skylar (Drew Barrymore), Lane and Laura (Nathalie Portman) and one brother Scott (Lukas Haas). The story begins in New-York where we meet Skylar and her boyfriend Holden Spence (Edward Norton). They are indeed a lovely couple... The story stretches through New York, Venice and Paris and the flow is in all the four seasons of the year. Each transition is illustrated by throwing a spotlight into Central Park. ?Everyone says I love you' is one of the rare musical comedies of the 1990's. This musical comedy by Woody Allen inscribes the comeback of this artistic style into the US lifestyle of fun and frolic and emotional importance.

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[...] Concerning “Everyone says I love : this film is a romantic and familial comedy but also a musical comedy and finally a fairy- tale (III). I. Everyone says I love you as a romantic and familial comedy Everyone says I love you starts in New York during the spring. Contrary to the tradition of love movies, Woody ALLEN introduces characters without transition: A love song introduce the story: Skylar and Holden are singing “Just You, Just with passers-by: young mothers; old ladys ; tramps and also Yves Saint Laurent models. Then Djuna, nicknamed DJ, starts speaking and introduce her family. [...]

[...] Extract 12'48 16'16 We notice others Minnelli's references: Montmartre streets like in American in Paris”, but also the omnipresent subject of the family as in “Chant du Missouri”, and finally the same succession of the four seasons. Furthermore, for both, seasons transitions are emphasized by the same symbols: bathe, sport and trips for summer; Halloween for autumn; Christmas and a big fir tree for winter. Contrary to classic musical comedies, Woody ALLEN does not respect the tradition of unity of place: Indeed the story takes place in New York, Paris and also Venice, his favorite's cities. III. Everyone says I love you as a fairy-tale Like in classic fairy-tales, decors, costumes, love declarations, etc . [...]

[...] Extract 3'32 5'42 then 8'10 to 8'51 PAUSE Joe, DJ's dad, played by Woody ALLEN, has a lot of problems with love and women 9'38. Throughout this film, familial and love scenes succeed one another showing eccentric, complicated and sometimes narcotic character, like usual in Allen's movies. Having swallowed twice her ring, (the funniest moments of this film) Skylar is getting married with Holden; DJ has a new boyfriend everyday; Joe, her dad, is a desperate lover; and Lane and Laura, half-sisters of DJ, are in love with their classmate. [...]

[...] Conclusion With “Everyone says I love Woody Allen combined 1930s musical sensibilities with his familiar themes to a mixed result that divided audiences and critics. Many considered this film as homage to earlier musical comedies such as Minelli's movies for example. Mainly films of Woody Allen reflect his strange and lunatic personality. Furthermore, Woody says that some of his movies related his unstable love life. Indeed after two weddings and two serious relationships, Woody Allen began a 12-year relationship with Mia Farrow; they never married but they adopted two children and had one biological child together. [...]

[...] For example, here is the scene of Grandpa Funeral, during which we still attend a quarrel between Scott and his father Bob. Extract 58'00 1'00'13. And the film is concluded by a final moral: everyone should love each other. II. Everyone says I love you , a musical comedy Since the beginning of the film, trough songs and dances, we visit New York: The Central Park, like in Minnelli's movies, then poppies of the Magicien d'Oz, Park Avenue, etc . [...]