Stardust Memories (1980)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Woody Allen

Guionista:

Woody Allen (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 septiembre 1980 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama

Plot:

While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Plot Keywords:

Weekend | Filmmaking | Fan | Hotel | X Rayed Skeleton

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Woody meets Federico in the Stardust Hotel

Reparto

Woody Allen	...	Sandy Bates
Charlotte Rampling	...	Dorrie
Jessica Harper	...	Daisy
Marie-Christine Barrault	...	Isobel
Tony Roberts	...	Tony
Daniel Stern	...	Actor
Amy Wright	...	Shelley, Sandy's Bed Hopper
Helen Hanft	...	Vivian Orkin
John Rothman	...	Jack Abel
Anne De Salvo	...	Sandy's Sister
Joan Neuman	...	Sandy's Mother
Ken Chapin	...	Sandy's Father
Leonardo Cimino	...	Sandy's Analyst
Eli Mintz	...	Old Man
Bob Maroff	...	Jerry Abraham

También conocida como:

Recuerdos (Spain) [es]
Recuerdos de una estrella (Spain) (video title) [es]

Duración:

91 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Brazil:14 | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

Compañía:

Rollins-Joffe Productions

Trivialidades:

Feature film debut of Brent Spiner.

Citas:

Jack: What is it the comedian says when his jokes are going well? "I murdered that audience"...”I killed 'em"...”They screamed"...”I broke 'em up."
Sandy Bates: Yeah. So-so what are you saying? Are you saying that someone like-like myself or... or Laurel and Hardy, or-or Bob Hope are furious?
Jack: Furious or latent homosexual.

Conexiones de Película:

Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Homer vs. Lisa and the Eighth Commandment (#2.13)" (1991)

Banda de Sonido:

Three Little Words

Woody meets Federico in the Stardust Hotel

I was very surprised to find out that Stardust Memories is dismissed by both critics (at least some of them) and viewers as absolutely unwatchable Allen's film, his most chaotic attempt to claim that he can not stand his fans. I found it insightful and witty satire that cleverly (as always; if anything, Woody is a very clever man) fuses the comic and the serious.

Sandy Bates (Allen, of course) - a comic director who does not want to make funny films anymore "because there is so much suffering in the world" (the scene reminds so much of Sturgis's "Sullivan's Travels"). Sandy is depressed because his new "serious" film is not well received by both critics and public and he is spending a weekend at Stardust Hotel during showing of his films. While there, he reflects upon his life, art, and relationships with three different women. Sounds familiar? Like 8 1/2, anyone? You are absolutely right. Woody meets Federico in the Stardust Hotel. The film is delight in gorgeous black and white. It is funny, touching, angry - all in the same time. The film was made twenty four years ago and I am very happy that Sandy - Woody had realized that to help the world IS to do what you do the best - funny movies. "The people survived because they laughed".

One more thing - Charlotte Rampling is breathtaking.

9.5/10