Play It Again, Sam
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069097/]
The Gist:
An early film in Allen's career. He actually didn't even direct it, but he wrote the play, then wrote the screenplay, then starred in the film so I figure he's still the main creative force on the picture. Anyway, the film is a lot more schtick than I had expected, very zany and almost off-putting for someone used to his more tempered hybrids of drama and neurotic comedy like Crimes and Misdemeanors, Manhattan, and so on. However, once I got past that I realized this film is quite genius in its own right and the final build with all the little fantasies and this awesome back and forth between an imaginary character and a real character in the same conversation is fantastic.
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