"Natasha, to love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefor, to love is to suffer. Not to love is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness I hope your getting this down."
Funniest film ever, if you were counting laughs a minute. That would of course be pointless but takes nothing from the fact that this is one of Woody's best. Shame he doesn't make them like this anymore...
It's a very complicated situation,cousin Sonja. I'm in love with Alexei. He loves Alicia. Alicia's having an affair with Lev. Lev loves Tatiana. Tatiana loves Simkin. Simkin loves me. I love Simkin, but in a different way than Alexei. Alexei loves Tatiana like a sister. Tatiana's sister loves Trigorian like a brother. Trigorian's brother is having an affair with my sister, who he likes physically, but not spiritually.
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NuclearPlanet
"Natasha, to love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefor, to love is to suffer. Not to love is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness I hope your getting this down."StefanoEarnest
One of the funniest, most quotable films out there. "Sonja, you look more beautiful standing here than you do in person."jdjudge
"Wheat."Neville
"What a novel idea ..."Has anyone made a list of all the great Russian novels played with in this scene? In the whole movie?
whambeat
Classic Woody Allen. The definition of a good satire.Wise Jake
Wheat... lots of wheat... fields of wheat... a tremendous amount of wheat...Warrison
I find Woody's movies hit and miss. More misses than hits. This was a hit.JG96
Funniest film ever, if you were counting laughs a minute. That would of course be pointless but takes nothing from the fact that this is one of Woody's best. Shame he doesn't make them like this anymore...angelInstead
A smashing parody of our great classic literature, or at least people's perceptions of it!TiRex
The ratio of laughs per minute here is almost unbeatable. Great movie.NuclearPlanet
It's a very complicated situation,cousin Sonja. I'm in love with Alexei. He loves Alicia. Alicia's having an affair with Lev. Lev loves Tatiana. Tatiana loves Simkin. Simkin loves me. I love Simkin, but in a different way than Alexei. Alexei loves Tatiana like a sister. Tatiana's sister loves Trigorian like a brother. Trigorian's brother is having an affair with my sister, who he likes physically, but not spiritually.dimach
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Great movie. This podcast goes very well with it. Touches among other things on the novel dialogue, bergman references etc.http://projection-booth.blogspot.dk/2013/01/episode-98-love-death.html
ClassicLady
I just don't find a single thing funny about Woody Allen. This movie was absolute nonsense.