Deconstructing Harry

Woody Allen wrote, directed, and stars in this very dark comedy about a novelist, Harry Block, who says with admirable honesty, "I'm a guy who can't function well in life, but I can in art." So far, Harry has made his way through six psychiatrists and three marriages (one, conveniently enough, with ...more

Deconstructing Harry is Wild Strawberries (1957) New York-style, as Woody Allen looks to Ingmar Bergman again for creative inspiration, and comes up with a story that deals darkly, if hilariously, with his purported propensity for using his famously troubled personal life as fodder for his art. Once again displaying his command of the medium as well as his endless capacity for self-examination, Allen parodies his signature neuroses, references his past work, and uses jump-cuts, flashbacks, and ...more