Classicity and modernity

Rating: 8/10 (19 June 2001)

Instructive to see like such a time-bound film like ANNIE HALL preserves its "timelessness". 25 years after its rising, its 'technical' experiments (cross over of different pictures in one scene, abolishment of the "fourth wall", using of different genres like cartoon, etc.) are as funny as they might have been in 1977, because they are FUNCTIONAL and presumptiousless. The story reveals the very melancholic heart of its director, turning from jokes and sarcasm to tears and questions. Well-equilibrated, well-acted: a "modern classic" in the full sense of the word!