You're God's Answer To Job

[artemis20001000]

Woody, you are God's answer to job. We love you

[poppiesrule]

Why is this not the same version of the tune that appears in the soundtrack? Such a fantastic scene and such wonderful music, yet I can't find it anywhere.

[slye1991]

The first shot of the city skyline takes my breath away every time

[Sirgreaseflick]

Sadly, her sister, Margaux (she changed her name to match the Chateau Marguax her parents were drinking when she was conceived) died June 30, 1966, suicide. She was the fifth member of her family to commit suicide. She once stated: "It's like I'm genetically programmed for disaster." She will be missed. To clear up any false suppositions, Margaux did land the a $1-million contract - the largest then signed - with Faberge on May 20, 1975. Mariel, for me, is a stunner!!!!

[CurzonRoad]

Nice line... excuse me... but Woody Allen in a romantic lead ???

[TheHellbred]

Who is Job? I'm not what one would call religious. But I know a girl who is not only God's answer to Job, but is God's way of showing the angels that no matter what they can carve he can do about 10,000 better. And that's an understatement.

[Sei1863]

@TheHellbred That makes god sound like a childish, insecure asshole. And that's an understatement.

[doublemandala]

Seminal...

[Tigerlily21]

I would like it better if he said that to Diane Keaton in Annie Hall not young Mariel Hemmingway in Manhattan. I didn't find their relationship convincing at all.

[Agatheos]

Ahhh, that Job, I thought businesslike job. That was very confusing the whole time.

[Nutmegger80]

Message to Woody Allen and Gino O'Reilly: "Do not have relations with both a woman & her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness."

[jhvscs]

Such a great line

[Escepticus]

Maravillosa escena....yo digo que mucho en esta película se puede ver de manera simbólica o metafórica, como es el caso (para mí) de Tracy. Sin dejar de ser un ser humano, también podemos verla como un símbolo, una manifestación "metafísica" en la vida de Isaac (Woody).

Cuando me queda más claro esto es en la escena del otro famoso monólogo, cuando está Isaac en el diván y empieza a mencionar "cosas por las que vale la pena vivir", y que termina con la mención de Tracy...

[Joaopandao]

its hipnotic, it s CINEMA.

[sophieblout]

qué escena increible increible. realmente. y la fotografía... y Tracy

[PrinceMushkin]

I love the movie because I love NYC and the music is awesome, especially the music played in the horse and carriage scene. This movie works because the characters draw you in, they are interesting, very real. They are also seriously flawed, but very thought provoking. The music is the best part of the movie, very grand, like New York. Woody is like the ugly guy who struck it rich with a good looking Hemmingway,

[septip123]

in this movie Hemingway is the young Lolita, and in Deconstructing Harry, she's the aged, flawed angry woman.

sad

[ledaddyswing]

American women are nuts. Why? Because American life makes them that way. Tracy is an innocent, waiting to be "corrupted."

[Gabbrany]

Or, will she be "saved" by London?

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

I am not. :P

[cerzule]

That "God's answer to Job" monologue has to be one of the nicest and most romantic things someone could ever say to another person. Beautifully written!

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

Yea it is. And I know exactley what he's talking about, even though I'm a girl. Sometimes you look at somebody of the opposite sex and just think "wow. good is such an artist. just, wow." :) Physical attraction at its most meaningful.

[SmackNcrack01]

no wonder he ran off with his step daughter!!!

[zim83]

Regardless of what some people here write, Mariel Hemingway's Tracy character is one of the most beautiful ever written by Woody Allen.

[ratedr739]

This is so not right...

[mindrunfree]

Genius.

[chlrldud74]

You're God's answer to Job...The best line in a movie ever...

[electriccherry02]

This is like, the best movie ever. Besides Clockwork Orange.

70's was just the best time for movies

[maxineweiss]

The song is called "He Loves & She Loves", written by Gershwin. I believe it's from an old 1920s movie called 'Funny Face'. There's a wonderful CD called "Gershwin Without Words" that has all instrumental versions of , pretty much, the whole Gershwin songbook. I don't know who did the versions for this movie. It's probably listed on the end credits. Percy Faith, the Boston Pops, and other orchestras have instrumental Gershwin versions, too.

[lime155]

what's the name of the song during the carriage ride?

[tigertbalm]

When I first watched this I was the same age as Tracy and couldn't see how she could be attracted physically to him. I still feel the same way many years later!

[kolst8406]

Manhattan: Great moviemaking seasoned with pedophilia.

[SingHouse]

it shares that in common with death in Venice

[ifironyatall]

good comparison

[lenified]

Not even close to pedophilia. Pedophilia is an attraction to prepubescent children & most times it is the fact that they are so young which a pedophile is attracted to. Isaac is clearly put off by the fact that she's so young, which would make it hard to even consider it ephebophilia, which is attraction to adolescents. I just think a young spirit in an old body (Ike) & an old spirit in a young body (Tracy) fell in love and happened to be born 30 years apart.

[kolst8406]

The general definition of pedophilia is the act of an adult having sex with a child, and she's still a child. He's got a "young spirit" like a self absorbed teenager has a young spirit. The bottom line is he's 44, she's 17. It's taboo. I will grant you that it's more taboo now than it was in 1980.

[lenified]

pedophilia = prepubescent child

ephebophilia = middle & late adolescence

once pubic hair is formed, it is no longer pedophilia.

a hallmark of pedophilia is attraction to the fact that the child is so young, which is clearly not the case with ike and tracy. ike is attracted to the fact that she's so mature... more mature than mary, actually.

don't take my word for it. check any general dictionary, or for even more info, check any psychological dictionary.

[kolst8406]

Word definitions are not set in stone; they evolve over time. Pedophilia has become known, generally, as sexual abuse of a minor, not just prepubescent children, but also minors under the age of consent (see Wikipedia for more details).

[lenified]

The age of consent in New York State is... 17.

Just because pedophilia has become a blanket term for many age defined sexual disorders in the popular lexicon does not make you correct in using it, particularly given that you now know what the real term is and that the dimensions of the relationship hardly meet any real standards for the term.

[lenified]

I guess the point I'm trying to make is in no shape or form could anyone lump something like ancient Greek pederasty and Ike's relationship with Tracy together. Not only is she legal under state law, but she's a fully physically developed highly intelligent intellectual and emotional equal (some would argue superior) to him. I mean she's actually taller than him. This is a relationship between equals (which was the point of the whole movie, I think), not one of predator and prey.

[kolst8406]

I knew the various definitions of pedophilia before you responded to this post. I consciously chose to use it rather than an arcane word. It's true that what he's done is not illegal; she's barely of age; he's walked up to the line. It's been a long time since I've seen the movie, but, as I remember it, the Allen character has been humiliated by his ex-wife, the Meryl Streep character. She's become a lesbian and written a bestseller about their relationship and his inadequacy as a lover.

[kolst8406]

His humiliation causes him to turn to the 17 year old. It's true that he's immature, but he still has decades of experience on her. She pales in comparison to the Diane Keaton character, who is fully a woman with strong opinions. The Allen character has a fling with the Keaton character, and, in a sense, it reestablishes his manhood. As a man, he can't stay with the Hemmingway character. Talk of young and old spirits is bs, imho.  She is a kid, not his equal when it comes to experience.

[lenified]

Diane Keaton's character is the least mature person in the entire movie. Very booksmart, but very immature & very selfish. She clearly hides her deep-seeded vulnerability beneath layers of snobbish intellectualism and elitist entitlement. Notice every time the conversation takes a more socially complex turn, she goes (paraphrasing), "I know I am a beautiful woman, but..."

[lenified]

The Meryl Streep character is lashing out against Ike very immaturely, Yale is leading a pretty awful double life that ended up hurting both women, Ike is meandering lost and determining his self worth by the women he can manage. Meanwhile Tracy is just there the whole time, certainly lacking in experience, but still carrying herself with more dignity and regard than anyone else in the story. The precociousness of her character vs the immaturity of the others is the entire point of the story.

[kolst8406]

The only immature character I remember is Isaac. The Diane Keaton character certainly had more walls up than Tracy, but that seems normal to me. Let's see how open Tracy is after living another 10-20 years.

[lenified]

I guess it's always open to interpretation, but for me, Mary was the least mature character in the movie. Walls weren't the problem. The problem was that she was deeply insecure and completely unsure of herself, and it manifested itself as an emotional maturity that was reminiscent of my high school days.

[ledaddyswing]

unbelievable - that great gershwin theme from "girl crazy", the sound of the carriage, the incandescent images of gordon willis and then to top it all off, allen uses rear screen projection! great stuff.

[pretzelina]

In this type of relationships......the man always loses all......

[coolrepublica]

I beg to differ. Strongly.

[vinciano]

not exactly.

she's 18 and he's 44.

[wsmith68]

Nothing as cute as Mariel could ever be wrong...(sigh)

To say this is a great film, well...breathing is overrated.

[pivetu]

molaria si el allen no fuera pederasta

[AZzRaeL]

Qué escena para más perfecta.

[berrim]

oh you people, get off your moral high grounds and enjoy this great film

[Lubinka]

:( so I guess...this is the end.

[chabeloesdios]

i'm 24 and she's 45, is it wrong?

we both feel great.

[YahIDontKnow]

@EliraSTAR1

Your naive.

[EliraSTAR1]

@YahIDontKnow yeah your probably right

[EliraSTAR1]

@YahIDontKnow interesting.

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

@chabeloesdios

That's not wrong at all. It's fine. You're both well into adulthood, I don't even think its weird.

[Baalsaack]

@chabeloesdios Nothing wrong with her, but there probably is something with you.

[MrBillcale]

@chabeloesdios  she was 17.. 17!~

[gretyc]

she's seventeen and he's 42. But yes, it's still wrong.

[ladylusciouz]

she's sixteen and he's 40. this is wrong.

[vapianola]

meraviglioso, secondo me