I saw this film last week at the local Art House theater where I run an Indie Movie group. The turn out was very good for a Tuesday night. Sadly, no one came to the group. So we didn't have a discussion about the film afterwards. It was too bad because Woody creates films that should be talked about.
Cafe Society was often hilarious in all the changing and swirling around among a family who leads a rather drab life in New York. I was astounded by the change in Jesse Eisenberg's character. He goes from almost like a virgin when he moves out to LA to suave playboy when he moves back East. The film thrives on sexual situations and various other subplots which all come to a head in the end.
This film was Allen's first movie to deal with a historical period in quite some time, the immediate post-war era in the US. The period decor is very much displayed. The khaki colored party attendees show how well people were living off of movies in those days. And the contrived situation the Steve Carell, Eisenberg, and Kristin Stewart find themselves in is intriguing. Woody also dramatized the past in Midnight in Paris another of his films which I like so much. For a few years he was mostly in Europe. Midnight in Paris, You will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Vicky Christina Barcelona, and To Rome were all set in Europe. Last year's Irrational Man with Joaquin Phoenix was set in Rhode Island. I wonder where next year's film will be set?
The film got a great audience reaction after the credits rolled. Almost everyone in the audience stayed seated and kept looking at the screen. I got up and left before the lights came on. I don't know why I don't stay seated? It takes a lot of people to make a film and I should learn to appreciate all the work in goes into to make a film.
Can't wait to see next year's film. I guess I could get by on the amazon.com series Allen is doing? Perhaps.
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