(Traveling through the Films of Woody Allen)
Title: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*but were afraid to ask)
Release Date: 6 August 1972
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Lynn Redgrave, John Carradine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068555/
My Rating: (8/10) ★★★★★★★★✩✩
Directing seven vignettes about sex, each edging toward perversion in some way, seems like it would be a wet dream for Woody Allen. Its obvious his sexually dark mind comes in handy with this work because each vignette is twisted while remaining stylistically clear, thematically consistent, and funny (okay, to varying degrees but each lands in some way). Highlights are the first vignette in which Allen plays a court jester who gets his hand stuck inside the Queen's chastity belt and the last vignette which takes place inside the brain/body of a man who is about to have sex with his date for the first time. For someone like me, looking back on Allen's career and trying to keep it in perspective, you can really see the burgeoning of a very masterful storyteller. It was refreshing to see each vignette look and feel so different while somehow managing to keep the very distinct Woody Allen style of comedy that he is known for. Pulling off a Fellini inspired short while treading the waters of Lake Neurosis seems like it could be very tricky to navigate, but Woody Allen does so skillfully and seemingly with little effort.
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