Referentiality and the Films of Woody Allen

Referentiality and the Films of Woody Allen is a scholarly collection that provides expansive exploration of the auteur's use of intertexuality, referentiality, and fusion of media forms. Its scope is framed by Allen's intermedial phase beginning in 1983 with Zelig and his most recent film.

'There is a case to be made that Woody Allen is the preeminent film artist of his generation. He is certainly one of the towering masters of American film. This thoughtful and rigorous collection of essays explores all aspects of his amazing career.' Douglas McGrath, Screenwriter, Bullets Over Broadway

'In this collection Allen's movies experience their first book-length immersion in film theory. Some of the essays seek to illuminate his texts through pointing up the wide range of referents he invokes throughout his huge oeuvre; others respond to his reliance upon self-involved protagonists by concentrating not on the designs in Allen's carpets so much as on the designs in theirs. Readers interested in knowing where film criticism may be going will discover some very substantial answers within the chapters of this book.' Peter J. Bailey, author of The Reluctant Art of Woody Allen and editor of A Companion to Woody Allen

Autorentext
NassimWinnie Balestrini, Karl Franzens University, Austria Giacomo Boitani, National University of Ireland, Galway María Elena de las Carreras-Kuntz, California State University, Northridge, USA Britta Feyerabend, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Germany Michael Fuchs, University of Siegen, Germany Martin Hall, York St. John University, UK Allan Havis, Playwright, USA Naama Harel Emory University, USA Zachary Ingle, University of Kansas, USA Wieland Schwanebeck, TU Dresden, Germany Klara Stephanie Szlezák, University Passau, Germany D. E. Wynter, California State University Northridge, USA

Inhalt

Notes on Contributors
Preface; David Desser
Introduction; Klara Stephanie Szlezák and D. E. Wynter
PART I: INTERMEDIALITY AND FORM
1.: A Simulated Life; Britta Feyerabend

2. Woody Allen's : A Seductively Scented Flower Performing in a Theatrical Bubble; Nassim Winnie Balestrini
   PART II: EUROPEAN ART-CINEMA AND THE AUTEUR
3. 'Thank God the French Exist': Exploring the Referentiality of the Formal Elements of Film in ; Martin R. Hall
4. Two and a Half: Nostalgia, Modern Parody, and Fellini in , , and; Giacomo Boitani
   PART III: GREEK MYTHOLOGY REVISITED
5. Oedipus or the Wrecks of the WASP Disguise; Naama Harel
6. Woody Allen and the Absurdity of Human Existence: Origin, Legacy, and Human Agency in and ; Michael Fuchs
   PART IV: LITERARY MASTERS OF 19TH-CENTURY REALISM
7. 'A Full Meal, with a Vitamin Pill and Extra Wheatgerm': Woody Allen, Dostoevsky, and Existential Morality; Zachary T. Ingle
8. 'Darling, Have You Seen My Strindberg Book?' Dialogism as Social Discourse in ; D. E. Wynter
   PART V: REFERENTIALITY AND TRANSCULTURAL IMMERSION
9. Guitar and Cultural Trespass in ; Allan Havis
10. 'Hi Mr. Hemingway': Time and Space, Travel, and Literary Heritage in ; Klara Stephanie Szlezák
    PART VI: IDENTITY: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND PERFORMANCE
11. Woody and 'Woody': The Making of a Persona; Wieland Schwanebeck
12. Magical Tricks and Ingmar Bergman: Referentiality in ; María Elena de las Carreras-Kuntz
    Index