It is my favorite ending of any film from all the Lean's, Kubrick's, and others of this world since the invention of the medium. The dance into the great Sergei Prokofieff's music at the end, dancing with death, is to die for. Great homage to Bergman. Way to go.
I love the steals of Bergman's double close up of Ullman and Andersen in Persona, and also the knight escorting him from The Seventh Seal. I think this was his funniest movie.
The music underneath the final monologue is from Prokofiev's soundtrack to Aleksandr Nevsky; the song at the very end which Death and Woody dance to is the Troika from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite.
I like the Prokofiev "Alexander Nevsky" music track starting at 2:34. I think more films should showcase some of the great recordings of other classical works (hopefully without thereby reducing the film-related work available to contemporary composers and ensembles).
My brother and I watched this when I was 14 and he was 12 (32 years ago!). I was taping to sound only on an old fashioned cassette tape recorder via a microphone (we didn't even have a video recorder!). I still have the tape of both of us rolling about on the floor in stitches! We missed half the film we were laughing so much!!
@ Nicecatholicgirl... it's one of my favorite all time lines... once when I came home to visit... one of my mother's friends was there and of course the conversation quickly led to why I was still single... and I told this woman that even though I wasn't married that when I was in my late 20's I had a very strong urge... to get divorced. PS... I was a catholic boy and as you probably already know... none of us were/are nice
"I never want to marry, I just want to get divorced." Hmm, is there a divorce before one marries syndrome? And then Boris came to the rescue? It's really metaphysical here, kinda reminds me of filling up the gas tank twice in one day during the work commute, and ever since, never happening again. Faulty gas tank? Blame Boris?Dunno.
"now if you'll excuse me im dead" XD man i bought this film for my bf for his birthday, he didn't seem to like it as much as I do. I guess we like different things.
Apparently Woody Allen originally wanted to use the music of Stravinsky but was disallowed so instead turned to the music of Prokofiev, a blessing in disguise if ever there was one.
@ShrugMeSilly245 It's marvelous, isn't it? It's Lt. Kiji Suite, Troika, by Prokofiev. I think I was the only 16-year-old blasting Prokofiev from my convertible, thanks to this film. Yeah - I "placed."
I saw my mother ROTFLing to this film when I was a teenager. Needless to say, seeing one's parent in that state made me very curious ;) I saw this film 17 times before I stopped counting. Now I'm watching it with my son. He sometimes says "wheat" all of a sudden.
The firm of Mishken and Mishkin is sleeping with Don Francisco's sister. Mishken is unhappy about this. In contrast, Mishkin is ecstatic and proposes. His happiness turns to suffering after the wedding rehearsal dinner at Treskie's. Don Francisco's sister gets divorced on Natasha's behalf.
Make me more films 'Woody Allen".I'll have to start writing them myself once he's gone & he's in his seventies now. Philosophy when it comes full circle makes everything all the more funny. Does anyone know of any other film makers who write & produce films of this kind? (The ones of the Nobler Mind :) )
João amava Teresa que amava Raimundo que amava Maria que amava Joaquim que amava Lili que não amava ninguém. João foi para os Estados Unidos, Teresa para o convento, Raimundo morreu de desastre, Maria ficou para tia, Joaquim suicidou-se e Lili casou com J. Pinto Fernandes que não tinha entrado na história
