Stardust Memories (1980)
Stardust Memories (1980)
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Cast
as Sandy Bates
as Dorrie
as Daisy
as Isobel
as Tony
as Actor
as Shelley
as Vivian Orkin
as Jack Abel
as Sandy's Sister
as Sandy's Mother
as Critic
as Sandy's Father
as Sandy's Analyst
as Sandy's Secretary
as Old Man
as Jerry Abraham
as Sandy's Analyst
as George
as Sam
as Pretty Girl on train
as Studio Executive
as Sandy's Manager
as Sandy's Press Agent
as Sandy's Accountant
as Sandy's Lawyer
as Dick Lobel
as Mrs. Payson
as Libby
as Dancer to 'Three Little Words'
as Question Askers at Screening
as Reporter at Screening
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Fan in Lobby
as Dr. Paul Perlstein
as Cabaret Patron
as Cabaret Patron
as Hostility Victim
as Hostility Psychoanalyst
as Fan Outside Hotel
as Fan Outside Hotel
as Friend of Sandy's Sister
as Police Sergeant Arresting George
as Autograph Seeker on Boardwalk
as Autograph Seeker/Assassin
as New Studio Executive
as Woman in Ice Cream Parlour
as UFO follower
as UFO follower
as UFO follower
as UFO follower
as UFO follower
as UFO follower
as Eulogy Audience
as Armenian Fan
as Cop Arresting Sandy
as Singer of 'Three Little Words'
as Studio Executive
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Critic Reviews for Stardust Memories
All Critics (25) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (7) | DVD (2)
Though there are laughs along the way, this is a truly mean-spirited picture.
With its blunt, artless angst, the picture leaves you feeling depleted, squashed.
One long cry of anguish about the price of fame comes perilously close to self-pity. And self-abuse.
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.
Invokes the mood of an early Fellini film as it swirls through the troubled recollections of a film director, played by Mr. Allen.
Woody Allen's altar is the art of filmmaking, and Stardust Memories is his crisis of faith.
Audience Reviews for Stardust Memories
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 of his. I found it unlikable in a lost every way. This is odd because it is Allen paying his respects to Fellini and one of my favorite movies, 8 1/2. But just because you use Fellini type images and elements of plot from 8 1/2, doesn't mean you are making a worthwhile movie. This is just a bore of a film and probably Allen's most annoying. Sandy Bates is a talented director. He makes funny movies and when he decides to change direction and start making more serious pictures, he gets pressure from studio heads to stick to the comedy. While he stays at the Stardust Hotel, while attending a festival of his films, he has memories of the past and his loves. Along the way, we see him spend a great majority of his time fighting fans off who want to go him movie ideas and who want to shower him with praise for being such an intelligent filmmaker. This whole experience got tedious after the first twenty minutes and became the most disappointing of any Woody Allen film I have ever seen. It isn't a movie I would ever recommend, but obviously people do like it, so I might just be crazy. I'll stick to Hannah and Her Sisters and Match Point; you can have this garbage.
Super Reviewer
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 newspaper, or walk down the street of any major metropolitan city. No one wants to pay $12 dollars to be reminded that the world sucks. Next time you feel like popping a Bergman film into your DVD player, please re-watch Sullivan's Travels instead. Your devoted fan, Ken
Super Reviewer
Some scenes/shots remind me of Fellini. Some, of Bergman. The typical (and great) Woody Allen´s "philoshopical comedy". One of his best films.
And a plus: Charlotte Rampling is stunning!
Super Reviewer
Stardust Memories Quotes
| Sandy Bates: | To you I'm an atheist. To God, I'm the loyal opposition. |
| 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. |
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