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planktonite
Check out “match point” by woody Allen. It’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
Scramblejams
Then you should try its richer forerunner: Crimes & Misdemeanors
wolfi1
I still like his "Love and Death"
maroonblazer
"Love and Death" is fantastic. As are "Bananas", "Play It Again Sam" and "Manhattan".
leephillips
Woody Allen is a comic genius, but I think my favorite movie of his still is his first one, "What's Up, Tiger Lilly." I rarely meet anyone who's seen it.
planktonite
Have you seen the ghost writer?
wellpast
that’s not Allen, it’s Polanski but it’s also great
planktonite
I find it to be very similar to match point, and just as good. It’s a funny coincidence that both directors are who they are isn’t it?
garyrob
Check out Annie Hall! Very different from match point, and VERY funny
throwaway415415
"Whatever works" is his best work imo.
ajmurmann
So happy to see this mentioned in several comments. I love the movie so much, but most people seem to dislike it for some reason.
seizethecheese
Say what you will about Woody Allen as a person. My understanding is that Amazon is holding the rights to a movie that has been created, and refusing to publish it.

Movies are not the product of a single person, but of thousands. It's tragedy to prevent this massive amount of effort from seeing the light of day.

nathanvanfleet
But Netflix owns it, and likely doesn't see it as a profitable thing to release it.
myhf
Actually copyright is given to producers to incentivize them to produce and disseminate creative works. If copyright law is not functioning as intended, we have a moral imperative to abolish it.
simongr3dal
As long as the compensation of any of the workers didn’t depend on the financial success of the movie does it really matter?
maroonblazer
Compensation construed broadly includes future work based on your portfolio. If one did stellar work that otherwise would have yielded future opportunities had the work not been shuttered then the answer is "Yes."
gamblor956
A movie doesn't need to be released for the crew to get credits.
JetSpiegel
It does to count as credits to the most important group: the audiences.
throwaway415415
Yes. A lot of the work could have been badly paid but great for one's portfolio.
seizethecheese
Absolutely. What does the financial aspect of this have to do with anything? A movie created and never viewed is a cost to society with no benefit.
sureaboutthis
It's the thing nowadays. Some person allegedly does something wrong and movies and books get pulled off the shelves robbing us of the opportunity to see sometimes great pieces of writing or art.

Also see Kevin Spacey. Book burning anyone?

gdsimoes
I was ready to agree with you but Kevin Spacey was a really bad example.
sureaboutthis
Kevin Spacey is a tremendous actor and we all had a lousy close for fans of "House of Cards".

One bad example makes my statement incorrect? Even one of the online magazines or newspapers had an article stating the same as I just a few days ago. So I'm wrong?

Here is a bad example but Ted Danson did black face at a party about 20 years ago. I presume he will now lose his TV job and be banned from Hollywood while all episodes of "Cheers" get pulled. I am shocked this hasn't happened already.

thought_alarm
What are the most important Woody Allen movies?

I'm thinking:

    1977: Annie Hall
    1979: Manhattan
    1986: Hannah and Her Sisters
    1989: Crimes and Misdemeanours
    1992: Husbands and Wives
    1993: Manhattan Murder Mystery
    2005: Match Point
    2008: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    2009: Whatever Works
    2011: Midnight in Paris
    2013: Blue Jasmin
Have I missed anything?
JetSpiegel
Just watch them all and forget about the duds. The SNR is still high enough the be worth it

Radio Days is my personal favourite, but I haven't seen them all yet.

gattilorenz
Play it again Sam, The Purple Rose of Cairo
dolphin1986
I think Stardust Memories is his best work.