Woody Allen on Fidelity

“I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics.”

–Woody Allen, Manhattan (1979)

Movie Review: Manhattan (1979)

Manhattan is Woody Allen’s towering shot to center field… only to be caught on the warning track. Allen nearly hits a homerun–like 1977’s Annie Hall–but ends with a disappointing out.

Like most of Allen’s movies, Manhattan deals with complicated romantic relationships peppered with infidelities and neuroses. But this time the plot includes statutory rape, as Allen’s 42-year-old protagonist romances Mariel Hemingway’s precocious 17-year-old. Read more