Last night I lectured on Annie Hall in my Script Analysis class. That was fun. This film is by far my favorite laugh-a-minute comedy about a failed relationship. In fact, it’s a perfect anti-dote when you’re afraid you may have come down with a touch of the festivalitis. I have lectured on this film many, [...]
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A Touch of Festivalitis
This morning I learned from A.O. Scott of The New York Times, that I am a “festivalist.” Perhaps the more apt designation would be to say that I suffer from “festivalitis.” Actually, neither of these are strictly Scott’s terms. He coined the word “festivalism” to identify the over-wrought tendency among film festivals to program dark, [...]