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Shadows and Fog (1991)
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Woody Allen (written by)
Release Date:
20 March 1992 (USA)
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With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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Not for everyone, but what is???
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Kirby | ... | Killer |
 | Woody Allen | ... | Kleinman |
 | David Ogden Stiers | ... | Hacker |
| James Rebhorn | ... | Vigilante |
| Victor Argo | ... | Vigilante |
| Daniel von Bargen | ... | Vigilante (as Daniel Von Bargen) |
| Camille Saviola | ... | Landlady |
| Tim Loomis | ... | Dwarf |
| Katy Dierlam | ... | Fat Lady |
 | Mia Farrow | ... | Irmy |
 | John Malkovich | ... | Clown |
 | Madonna | ... | Marie |
| Dennis Vestunis | ... | Strongman |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Doctor |
 | Lily Tomlin | ... | Prostitute |
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85 min
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Iceland:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG
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Based on a one-act comedy play called "Death", published in Woody Allen's "Without Feathers" (1972), the play and movie are themselves a pastiche of Franz Kafka's work in general, and of his novel "The Trial" in particular.
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Prostitute:
The only love that lasts is unrequited love.
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WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN
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It's amusing to see people getting so upset at not "getting" a film others call great that they'll denigrate not only the film, but the people who made it and anyone who does like it. There seems to be a lot of that with Woody Allen. Stand-up comics aren't supposed to make great films. Fortunately, Woody doesn't care what people think he's "supposed" to do.
And make no mistake, "Shadows and Fog" is a great film. Not merely an homage to the German expressionists, it abounds in the philosophies Woody has discussed in all his films: god, love, death, sanity and craziness, honesty, cruelty, tyranny, humanity. The characters in this, one of the best of his screenplays, are all individuals, all facets of Woody's immense understanding of the common man. The scene in the brothel is stunning in its casual ordinariness. Kleinman (translation, "little man,") is all of us, in the shadow and fog of confusing times. Consider the line he delivers just before he blows pepper in the crowd's face: "I never did anything to deserve getting in trouble." The irony here is that much of the fascism that overtook Europe came because too many good people did nothing. The lesson was as significant when Woody made the film as during the time depicted, and just as significant today. A great film, 10/10.