Keeping in mind how every soul is different, I can still safely endorse that ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ got most of the deep love-philosophy conversations wrong. Allen’s dialogues sadly emerge a spoilsport(a rare case) – with a lot of ‘meh’ pretenses masqueraded as punches for a silly forced laugh, or the philosophy of the young generation’s love. Not that Allen movies have always been plot-heavy – it’s always the dialogues and cast that cast their spell. An obvious string of misadventures happens with them be it together or alone, and that’s it. All this keeps on happening with no apparent purpose, and the fan I’m of the storyteller Woody feels underwhelmed perpetually.Īs obvious from the title, the two prime manipulators of the narrative are Rain(little of it) and NYC, where two young people in a lovey relationship arrive to spend a weekend. Somehow, there is enough sunshine peeping through the windows as it rains outside on the streets. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has shot the never disappointing New York City here with a classic vintage touch – so we see the characters sit in carriage rides as they pass through Central Park, or play the cocktail piano at the Carlyle hotel. ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ is again an ‘Allen being Allen’ movie – two visionary souls sharing their perspectives about art, world, and life while walking across the splendidly shot serene locations, as a suitable track plays in the background. The same holds true with his latest 2019 release. As appealing as “Woody Allen is filming again in New York” may sound, most of what is witnessed on-screen feels half-baked though shot exotically. His cinematic return to the States got checked with Irrational Man(2015), to finally settle at the bustling New York again in his last movie – Wonder Wheel(2017). Later he steered his filming locations towards the artistic aura of Europe with Match Point(2005), and continued portraying the alluring European cities for a decade, as a backdrop to his distinct “Allen” genre. Sticking to this picturesque city for filming appealing rom-coms, the success of his Annie Hall(1977) and Manhattan(1979) took his cinema to places. The association of Woody Allen with New York dates back to his first feature film in 1965.
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