Talk:Love and Death

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the plotline involving the Countess, her jealous lover and his duel-gone-awry with Allen's character is an homage to Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night.

An homage? No, they just stole the idea outright. User:Gareth Owen 10:44, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

• That's the nature of satires, don'cha know. Wahkeenah 10:57, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

While an homage to Bergman the scene also is a parody of the same situation that takes place between Pierre, his wife Helene and her lover in Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' and the snow covered landscape where the duel takes place is lifted from Bondarchuk's 1969 version of the film of the same.User:MarnetteD | Talk 00:25, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Best?

Since Allen now calls Match Point his best film, I've changed the text to say he considers Love and Death one of his best. --Andersonblog 05:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Polish joke?

I don't really think the line cited as a "Polish joke" is that at all. "Polish jokes" were more broad than this particular line, and I also thinks it takes some wind out of the proceedings to imply that Allen couldn't resist adding a "Polish joke" just because they were popular in the 1970s. I'd like to remove it, unless anyone has valid objections...? PacificBoy 23:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Everyone I've ever quoted that joke to immediately got the point. I reworded the intro a little bit. I'm guessing you weren't around then and don't quite get it. But it's kind of like one of Robin Williams' early standup performances, where he picked up a huge speaker and put it on his shoulder: "Look at this, a Polish 'Walkman'!" Wahkeenah 23:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:55, 2 January 2008 (UTC)