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Overview

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6.5/10   6,037 votes
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Director:
Woody Allen
Writer (WGA):
Woody Allen (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
20 March 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
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
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
It would kill you to be confused by a film? more (62 total)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
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. more
Quotes:
Kleinmann: [Last lines] What better way to spend the rest of my life than... than to help you with... with those wonderful illusions of yours!
Roustabout: It's true. Everybody loves his illusions.
Magician: Love them? They need them like they need the air.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Woody Allen: A Life in Film (2002) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
WHEN DAY IS DONE more

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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
It would kill you to be confused by a film?, 5 March 2001
Author: Bobs-9 from Chicago, Illinois, USA

I just saw `Shadows and Fog' for the first time this weekend, and while I can't say that it immediately became my favorite Woody Allen film, I did find it a very thoughtful and interesting film (not really a comedy), and an exceptionally beautiful film to look at.

I know this is frowned upon at the IMDb, but a lengthy and very negative review on this page of `Shadows and Fog,' along with a critique of Woody Allen in general, has gotten my dander up, and I felt like putting in my two cents. Why on earth should I, or any film lover, care about how successful a film is financially? Why should I care if a majority of movie patrons like a director's films or not? From my perspective, some of the stupidest trash makes the most money and sells the most tickets. Sure, I liked Jurassic Park -- saw it several times at the cinema, bought the video -- but not because of how much money it made, or how many other people were going to see it. It was because it was fun, and I liked it. Does that mean I should damn more esoteric directors (like Woody Allen) to oblivion? There are directors whose work I don't always understand, but God bless them, if they have the opportunity and the drive to get their cinematic vision realized, more power to them. I don't necessarily have to like their work, or go to see it. But on the whole, I'd rather be talked-up-to then talked-down-to, and being a little confused by a film has never permanently damaged anyone, so far as I know.

So calm down out there, you art-house-haters! It's just entertainment. Read your 20th century history. Limiting entertainment to its lowest common denominator has been tried and tried. No good has ever come of it, to my knowledge.

And incidentally, if you have a predilection for Woody Allen films, and like the look of old black and white expressionist cinema, give `Shadows and Fog' a look. It would maybe kill you?

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