Friday, July 02, 2021

Movie review - "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985) ****

 Kind of depressing. But Woody at his peak. Funny, inventive, beautiful production design. Mia Farrow is excellent as a waif, ditto Jeff Daniels as the character who steps out of the movie screen and the actor who plays him.

Fellow movie characters are played by John Wood, Zoe Caldwell and Van Johnson - they are terrific fun. Danny Aiello is all too believable as Farrow's horrid husband. Diane Wiest appears as a hooker. There were a lot of hookers in Allen films.

The ending is mean. But also perfect.

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