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Stardust Memories (1980)

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Woody Allen's tenth film as writer/director, Stardust Memories opens with a scene reminiscent of the opening of 8 1/2 and continues to use that film for inspiration. Sandy Bates (Allen) sits in a train at a train station, the car filled with very unhappy looking people. In a train on another set of tracks, Bates sees a wonderful party going on. A beautiful woman blows him a kiss as the happy train pulls out of the station. Bates is a famous film director who has been invited to attend a festival

PG, 1 hr. 28 min.

Drama, Comedy

Woody Allen

Jul 5, 2000

United Artists

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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (8) | DVD (6)

Though there are laughs along the way, this is a truly mean-spirited picture.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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With its blunt, artless angst, the picture leaves you feeling depleted, squashed.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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It's the first Woody Allen film in which impotence has become the situation rather than the problem. This is a movie about a guy who has given up.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment (1)
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Invokes the mood of an early Fellini film as it swirls through the troubled recollections of a film director, played by Mr. Allen.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Woody Allen pays tribute to Fellini's seminal 81/2 in this stylized, self-reflexive, often irritating feature.

April 27, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Allen never seemed more indulgent, posturing, or physically repulsive -- and yet all the film's many strengths lie in its anatomisation of this nasty display.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

A disappointing outing, despite its many laughs and inside jokes.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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Woody at his most autobiographical.

January 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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One long cry of anguish about the price of fame comes perilously close to self-pity. And self-abuse.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

An overlooked Woody Allen gem

November 8, 2004 Comment
Shadows on the Wall

Stardust Memories is a somber meditation on the celebrity syndrome.

January 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

Woody Allen does Fellini -- and the result is one of his best films.

June 16, 2003 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Woody Allen rips off 8 1/2, and the results are often funny and visually intriguing.

May 28, 2003 Comment
Nitrate Online

Woody the pretentious; has some moments, but overall it's too self-conscious.

February 14, 2003 Comment
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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Sandy Bates: You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert. Stardust Memories isn't a movie that jumps to mind when you think about Woody Allen. It is nowhere near his best and actually may be my least favorite film

December 19, 2011
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Dear Mr. Allen,Your film is famous for it's quote "I don't want to make funny movies anymore. I look around and all I see is human suffering." And you're right, the world is filled with suffering, and that's exactly why you should make comedies. If I wanted to see human suffering I would turn on the news, read the

May 21, 2007
kenstachnik

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