A Scene From "Hannah and Her Sisters"

[gardenvarietypenis]

Yeah, but now he has 7 years of bad luck to live through.

[leeloo1967]

I love it!! My favourite Woody Allen film

[saqibk1]

Nice scene, Kubrick loved his films too. Woody is great.

[moviebuff995]

Absolutely fantastic scene and film- leave it to the Marx Bros. to convince someone not to kill themselves! Love it and it is so true that it really is the little things in life that make meaningful and it us worth it just to be a part if the experience

[emailkenny]

woody is crazy and hilarious as all out... the neighbors ringing the bell and knocking on the friggin' door is what makes me laugh the most. only woody can deliver like that while speaking to a much larger audience about belief and faith ;o) love him ;o)

[Pillarmoon88]

i felt that way many times

[Glinkaism1]

I like this.

[TadRapidly]

the key to being happy is to stop expecting the world to make you happy. I know, its a paradox. ;-)

[coyotesong]

@TadRapidly Well put. and exactly true. This is a great scene from America's pre-eminent moviemaker.

[circlegame666]

I love you tidesturn

[johnyzero2000]

As hard to believe even the most small and trivial thing like a funny movie can erase all the pain, depression and doubt. All of it gone in an instant.

[Beale64]

I know a lot of people love “Hannah and Her Sisters” and Woody Allen in general, but this resolution is completely flawed because it’s so Hollywood. There’s no way a hypochondriac with deep-seeded issues can resolve their problems by simply watching happy people in a movie. Life isn’t that simply. It’s okay to like this movie, but I don’t see how anyone can defend this ending.

[germansoccerfn]

@Beale64 It's called having an epiphany, and it can easily change a person's life.

[rafaguimaandrade]

@Beale64 who knows?!

happiness is in the small things of life...

[anthonyct]

@Beale64 Thank you! I love Woody Allen, but this ending always felt like it was influenced by the movie studio. Those deep-seeded issues are explored wonderfully in the film up until that point, and fortunately in his other movies as well (at times with much better, though not as optimistic, conclusions).

[AndresPajaro]

"don't you wanna be part of the experience?" such a great question... kudos to woody.

[NuclearPlanet]

Carpe Diem Mr.Allen, Capre Diem.

[rtmiyake2]

People who call suicide hotlines should just be sent a copy of DUCK SOUP - they'll never doubt their own being again.

[TheAlmightySmurf]

@rtmiyake2 I'd sooner send them a copy of Hannah and Her Sisters tbh.

[yak6ex]

It seems I've heard that song before, it's an old familiar tune. I know it well that melody.

[Ipoustigi]

nice

[iliketacos27]

Amazing, simply amazing.

[dewbunny110362]

great scene great perspective on life

[mf1932]

Definitely in my Top Ten favorite scenes of all-time.

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

When I first saw this scene I was fourteen and just starting to come out of a long depression. I seriously believe this helped. I've loved it ever since. <3

[903davesharonpoky]

I gotta check this whole movie out again! I just love this scene! Thanks for sharing it. Woody was really saying something here!

[AnthonyAmmo]

My favorite film scene of all-time

[nasplimp]

As absolute as this scene is. You will probably never see this type of thing In cinema again. There will never be another. Enjoy while you can. Wonderful scene. Wonderful film, wonderful writer and director.

[gabbimassi]

Thank you for putting this up. I've been searching for it for a while now.

Great soliloquy from a classic movie.

[2whombrother]

i've felt this fear at times, and woody allen helps put the world back into rational perspective, his insights on life and the fear that comes with it are wonderful and helpful.

[WalterSobchak1998]

the best part is Max von Sydow's monologue as Frederick. He and Barbara Hershey give one of the greatest acting scenes I've ever seen since "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf."

[stalepieforever]

um, guns don't go off when you toss them on the couch

[thebutschwacker]

@stalepieforever

Wow you is smart! You won the internets!

[anabel7xtina7]

Just what I was looking for, thanx for posting that! =-)

[ferferofer]

who plays that song???

[levanyzzuf]

You mean the song at the beginning? It's by Harry James I think.

[Kodachrome40]

Woody is right. This is what LIFE is all about.

[Kodachrome40]

Woody is right. This is what LIFE is all about.

[shadowontheway]

I've never seen this one before...so glad you put it up!

[squidlyj]

my favorite scene in the movie. if i'm ever suicidal i'll just watch this scene.

or duck soup.

[flyj2659]

that medley is stuck in my head!

name please!

[ayecandy]

I just love everything about this movie: great story, great cast, great soundtrack. Thank you for uploading!

[janotosinnumeros]

I love this scene so much, it means so much to me, to givi it a houmorus sense to something I'd been so depressed about, and that after all it is such a "who caaaaaaaares" kind of thing.

[khencke]

i never expected to get such an awesome existential insight from woody allen, of all people...but WOW, that was amazing. <3

[smokinbill]

I dont understand, there is nothing insightful about it.

[Badgerthegreat]

I live right next to that theater (it's on 99th St and Broadway). Unfortunately, it's closed down now.

[katladevote]

GENIUS!

[katladevote]

GENIUS!

[sunnyallthetime]

I just watched this film again today for the first time since it first came out. It's brilliant.

My favorite bit is when his father tells him what he thinks about death, "who thinks of such nonsense, now I'm alive, when I'm dead I'll be dead!"

[godfatherofwiseguys]

what was the song playing in the "Lucky I ran into you" scene

[Jbellaire]

If you're talking about the song at the beginning of the scene it's "You Made Me Love You".

[LiveAtLeeds2]

So amazing

[RubyTuesday717]

The Marx Bros. = Something to live for.

[bernardop]

Woody is a master, and like every real master, hi is not afraid of putting his own personal dilemas in film...awesome

[floridatodaychuck]

thanks for the cut.

[rufus10000]

And I love this cut, when he says , "...and put the world back into rational perspecitve..." and next you see a brilliant but totally absurd scene from Graucho Marx ... and that shows you, how absurd life is. The most rational way to handle it, is just to laugh about it. Brilliant WOody

[buffilms]

@rufus10000 just saw this movie last night. nice insight rufus

[sombreve]

My favourite scene too. No doubt! When Woody talk about God it doesn't matter if He exists or he doesn't. It's just the sentence.

[janejones11]

A wondeful movie, one of his masterpieces.

[TokenTim101]

one of the most brilliant scenes ever made

[Humanzy]

The philosophy of existentialism really. You cannot prove the supernatural because it's very nature is inexplicably by rule of nature, which is all that we can test. So for the duration of your life you must define who you are by your own standards.

[dyinglikeflies]

And after death, we get new standards? There is no supernatural to "define", prove or test.

[iscerlata]

i love movie

[DanNolan22]

Thanks for posting!!! My favorite scene, too!

[italioguy]

"Well, last month you thought you had a Malignant Melanoma" - .... Woody: "Well, with a sudden dark spot appearing on my back".... Woman: "It was on your shirt......"

Woody: "Well, how was i to know, everyone was pointing to my back"

HANNAH ET HER SISTERS! GREAT, SILLY, FILM, WOODY'S BEST AND MY FAVORITE!

[Greenleafff]

Once again Allen's trying to answer the question: what's the meaning of life? And, in this case, the answer is- try to enjoy your life. I like that and it's fine with me.

[lucasbig]

Woody Allen's films are the only films that tug my heart, tickle my funny bone, AND think at the same time.

[canichoosethisname]

Woody's character in this movie is exactly how I feel about dying. It scares the beejesus out of me, and I feel the same sense of bewilderment that he does when he looks around and sees people calmly accepting the concept.

p.s. Astrosecret, you're a very sad individual. It only took eight actual words of yours to work that out.

p.p.s. Manhattan and Annie Hall, and this, are hard to beat as his best movies, but his funniest would have to be Love and Death.

[Weirfan69]

I second that sentiment about Allen's attitude towards death. Most of the people I know are all complacent about it, mostly b/c of some religious belief or another, and I'm terrified. I love Woody Allen <3.

[moveefrk]

my fav. WOODY ALLEN---yes, ANNIE HALL is great too, so is MANHATTAN, but I can cozy up to HANNAH any time.

[klwurste]

i love this

[MosheNL]

You were dumb to watch it and stick money in the Yid's pocket.Its okay, we give 20% to charity as Commanded.How's your thithe?

[falzaabi]

hehe nice

[wayne763]

It's a good lesson to clear your head with a good walk, there are no drawbacks to it. Maybe getting hit by a car, caught in the rain, stepping in dogshit, and bumping into someone you don't want to see. That's all I can come up with. My favourite line in this movie is Woody narrating about Nietzsche's philosophy of eternal reccurence and saying "Great, I'd have to see the Ice Capades again, it's not worth it."

[eppursimuove64]

Allen: the best american director.

[perspicaciouscritic]

Wow, Woody's dialogue in this scene is so life-affirming. I need to rent this film again. Thank you for posting this.

[solidsn2004]

He's such a brain!!!

[cbus03]

Thanks for this. This scene means a lot...

[cbus03]

I love this scene so much. Thank you thank you thank you.

[zim83]

Best Woody Allen film along with "Manhattan", in my opinion. And one of the best films of the 1980s.

[iloveram]

I agree, this is my favorite Woody Allen film. Manhattan, Annie Hall, Stardust Memories, Match Point and Interiors are other masterpieces that are nearly on the same level but my personal favorite next to Hannah and Her Sisters is Play It Again Sam and maybe Bananas next.

[tlinsk]

This is one of Woody's best films. As a student of philosophy, I can honestly say that Woody Allen is the most interesting existential philosopher out there. His humor brings to light deep insights about the human condition. What a terrific film.

[wayne763]

I disagree that Woody is a philosopher in any way, shape or form. More like someone who read a Time article about a certain philosophy or an encyclopedia entry and made a joke from it.

[shastasladybear]

Thanks so much, just watched this scene on TV and looked on youtube and HERE IT IS! :-) FANTASTIC!!!

[chorizofrito]

All the movie is completely amazing!!

[vintajo]

I always think about this scene when I'm feeling kind of crappy about everything.

[weikko79]

Me too.

[ziegfeldgrl]

same

[maharajohn]

it's Duck Soup

[AttheCircus]

Andr4s

Duck Soup (Freedonia's going to war)

[ahahahayeahright]

this is my favorite part of the movie as well - i'm so glad someone had the foresight to upload this! thank you!!

[D9l3tt]

Thank you for posting this - a wonderful clip. Do you have any more clips from this film?

[Andr4s]

Which Marx brothers movies is that?

[brighteyes097]

Duck Soup.

[echosmyron]

Hey thanks for this!

[Andr4s]

This is my favorite scene too it is just so powerful, I love Groucho Marx and I love Woody Allen, is great.

[weikko79]

A great scene, though what precedes it is even better.

[karoro1128]

I have seen this movie just now....

It is amazing