This wasn't my favorite Woody Allen movie in comparison to Annie Hall but it wasn't bad. This film is like all other Woody Allen films, it deals with his fear of death/dying and his love for women. Throughout the film Allen seems to be looking back on his past relationships and tries to figure out what went wrong. It seems to me that Woody Allen is more of a method actor. All of the characters he plays in his films are all the same and seems to represent what I would assume Woody Allen is like in real life.Overall I would not personally recommend this as one of my top favorite Woody Allen films

Review: This film felt more like a series of sketches than a whole movie. The storyline is all over the place and I didn't have a clue what was going on most of the time, but I understood the main concept which was that the popular filmmaker is fed up with the critics questioning his work and his love life is a right mess. Basically, it's your usual Woody Allen movie, were he uses every chance to get his leg over. As this movie was made in the early 80's, I can actually imagine Woody Allen's life being like it is in the movie, with the paparazzi constantly on his tale, fans asking for autograph and many beautiful women on his tale but it eventually leads to him losing the plot. He eventually becomes tired of making funny movies and I have actually witnessed this after watching a lot of his movies. He seems to sway from comedy to drama through his career so he obviously had this problem in his real life. Anyway, the film is funny in parts but the storyline is sketchy. Watchable! Round-Up: After watching a few of Woody Allen's movies, I'm beginning to see a pattern with the box office takings, which isn't that great. He only started to make serious money when he decided to stick to writing and directing, which must have been a tough decision because he seems to be the main character in most of his earlier projects. He still adds some of his warped sense of his humour to his latter scripts, but he doesn't have that million words per minute, annoying humour, which I saw in some of the scenes in this movie. At the end of the day, this is a watchable movie which is better than some of his latter projects, but I'm still struggling to understand the mind behind his work.Budget: $10million Worldwide Gross: $10.3millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there Woody Allen movies about a popular director who is going through a nervous breakdown because of the pressure of being a comedy genius and his constant problems with relationships. 5/10

Alright so every great artist takes some inspiration from the colleagues in their field in modern times. And clearly u can tell throughout Woody Allen's work the inspiration he receives from European directors, Fellini and Bergman. But in this movie he hits u over the head with 8 1/2 directed by Federico Fellini, and unlike Hannah and Her sisters, which was largely inspired by Fanny and Alexander directed by Ingmar Bergman, his tribute falls short of worthy. Woody Allen is a Dissatisfied Director who agrees to spend a weekend at a film festival honoring his movies. He's swarmed by fans trying to tell him story ideas, asking for autographs and telling him how much they like his earlier works. Throughout the weekend, He meets and falls in love with different women too. Like I said earlier, this film feels a lot like a dream or a fantasy in parts like 8 1/2. It also feels like Woody is saying to his fans to back off after his previous movie was criticized. I think the story is great and the cinematography fits well in black and white. Te acting also works with the story but no performance is special. And the music is typical Woody Allen jazz.Overall above average movie but fails to be a great tribute to Federico Fellini, and 8 1/2.6/10

Stardust Memories seems to be a somewhat divisive Woody Allen movie. In it Allen plays a film director who attends a retrospective of his work at the Stardust Hotel. While there he is constantly harassed by fans who bestow unconditional devotion on him. His contempt for them is quite clear. It's this last bit that has made this movie so divisive amongst Allen fans. A few seemed to have taken some offence at this. Allen has been at pains to say that Stardust Memories isn't autobiographical at all. Well, no one can say for sure but to be perfectly honest a movie where Allen stars as a film director frustrated with a public who want him to make more funny films when he wants to make serious ones really sounds a little bit autobiographical but what do I know? Like several of Allen's movies this one is shot in black and white. It's one of his most interesting looking films. There are several comic segments taken from the movies in the retrospective scattered throughout the film. These are all beautifully conceived, funny and original. Their fantastical nature only adds to the interesting aesthetic, along with a beautiful montage of images of Charlotte Rampling towards the end. It's overall a visually bold film. The combination of comic fantasy, flashbacks and serious drama make for involving viewing.Overall, Stardust Memories is one of Allen's finest efforts. Its combination of the autobiographical and the inventive is very successful. It's a movie that probably deserves at least two viewings in order to fully appreciate it. Furthermore, it ends with a very nice little twist that just makes it even better.