Movies
August, 1979
Woody Allen's Manhattan, set to Gershwin tunes and photographed in glorious black and white by cinematographer Gordon Willis to resemble a lot of romantic old movies--the way they should have been, if not quite the way they were--is a sad, hilarious and scintillating love letter to New York. That's only for starters. As another step forward in the evolution of Woody Allen from freewheeling funnyman to Very Important American Film Maker, Manhattan marks Woody's return to comedy, but a new kind of...
