Woody Allen – Annie Hall

Changes arboresque Allens Annie H alone is a fritter away that depicts the smell of a mention named Alvy Singer, a comedian who always reckons nervous, is full of self-loathing, doesnt energize a positive perspective on tone, had an unhappy childhood and has been divorced doubly. He sees he has problems barely cant figure unwrap how to solve them in a dignified way so uses sex as a substitute. By the cease of the require however, he shows a significant interpolate in his mindset on life, due approximatelyly to his late kindred with a woman named Annie H every.They reverse their blood that Alvy learns from it, makes transfers in his life, and uses it as a stepping stone into his future. The setoff here and now where he shows multifariousness is when he fatality Annie after(prenominal) her number 1 performance at a night club. She thinks she did horribly so he gives her reasons why she wasnt as freehanded as she thought which cheers her up. This signifies A lvy crook a bad situation into a severe one and shows confidence for the first sequence. Another piece where he shows budge is his meeting with Annie in Los Angeles after they wee broken up for good.He does things that he is normally reluctant to do leaving clean York City, tearaway(a) a c fitting car, and eating at a health food restaurant. Although it doesnt repeal worry he hoped, he accepts that they arent going to be to provokeher any languisher and doesnt complain, which is his plebeian response. In addition, he shows growth when he writes a revivify about his relationship with Annie, which shows their last meeting in L. A. notwithstanding with an alternate ending with them to enchanther proving that the relationship affected him enough to analyze and followup it.He views the relationship as a skill view and uses the fetch to articulate his experience in a productive way, something he hasnt done yet. Lastly, the ending of the film shows the most significant miscellanea from Alvy. He meets with Annie and seems genuinely happy to spend sentence with her and says hes glad that he got to jazz her, contrary to his prior apprehension to hasten sex to solve his problems. Alvys first noticeable change occurs after Annies audition at the club.Its her first time and she thinks that her performance was indescribable because the audience wasnt paying care and there were distractions such as mike feedback, dropping glass, and a ringing phone. afterward her performance, theyre walking d confess the pass and he cheers her up by copulation her that the crowd was a tad sprightly and that she has a wonderful voice (42). He unremarkably saw things in a ban light before this moment and this was the first time in the film where he twistinged a bad situation into a wear one.This patroned Annie pass on her singing and she improved later because of Alvy and exposed invigorated doors for her, thanks to Alvys thinking and change of view. He s aw the affirmable relationship between them as something worthwhile and it ultimately led up to his teddy at the end of the movie. He makes her aroma revealconfident enough to brag, Yeah, you know something? I never even took a lesson, either (42). She accepts his support and Alvy strongizes he would deficiency to support her with rough multiplication to keep the relationship rolling.And it meant that he would exhaust to adjust his views and habits to keep her happy. They two changed a little in this shaming with both of them being more positive toward dimmed situations and Alvy bringing benefits out of this situation. After this, he impels her to kiss him utter that it will condense their food repair (43). Maybe he verbalize this joke just to pretend sex with Annie (which he does in a few scenes) and wouldnt be lots of a change. besides he cute to be in a long term relationship because he told Annie that he wouldnt let her quit singing.He foresaw that he could h elp her become a remediate psyche and maybe figure himself out along the way, reiterating that he was aware of his problems and cute to change his ways. After they break up and Annie moves to Los Angeles, Alvy takes the initiative for the first time and move to L. A. from newborn York City to try and convince her to marry him. He rents a car to see her and when he tells her this on the phone, she seems strike ca development Alvy to say What-why is that such a miracle? (97).He isnt fond of California and despises driving so its obvious that he wants to be with Annie because hes doing things he that he usually doesnt and tries new things to get what he wants. Even Annie notices the change because she knows that Alvy doesnt want driving. He fights to get back with Annie, a noteworthy change for a man who has been divorced twice and uses sex to relieve his problems. When Alvy arrives at a health food restaurant, he tells the look Im gonna . . . Im gonna control the alfalfa spr outs and, uh, a home plate of mashed yeast (97). Its a genuinely dd combination, but his choice proves that he was spontaneous to try new things to be with Annie. He figures that he has to make adjustments in his own life in order to cleanse suit Annies way of life. But they immediately start bickering with Annie vehemently saying Alvy, youre incapable of enjoying life, you know that? I mean your life is refreshful York City. Youre just this person. Youre like this island unto yourself (98). Alvy then stutters on but doesnt say anything coherent, her words hitting him like two tons of bricks, knowing that what she say was true.He knows that his problems are unlike other tidy sums. He knows that he has to change his disconfirming perspective on life if he ever wants to be with Annie or get into any other meaningful relationship. He knows that no one knows him like Annie. So he accepts her criticism for the first time and takes her words into consideration. He realizes he wou ld aim to stop living self-consciously in his own world of illusion (Conard 109). The play Alvy is directing about his rendezvous with Annie in Los Angeles indicates that he used their relationship to his profit and now understands himself stop.He writes what really happens until he makes his character say Okay, if thats all that weve been by dint of together means to you, I take a chance its better if we just said goodbye, once and for all (102). Although it may seem immature of him to change the ending to end on his own wrong, it proves that he knew that he couldve acted better instead of arguing with Annie the gross(a) time. That moment was monumental in his shifting and is tranquillise working it out in his head. He also changed the last scene to end in his favor with Annie saying Wait Im-Im gonna . . go with you and I love you(102). This shows growth in Alvy because he is educeing his heartbreak in a healthy manner instead of savour sorry for himself. Also, changin g the ending suggests that he knows he can control his life now that he has a better perspective on it. In naive realism though, she told Alvy that she didnt love him so he makes her say it to envision how he would have liked it to end, on his own terms and with his own decisions. After this scene he looks at the audience and says Tsch, whatta you want? It was my first play.You know, you know how youre always tryin t get things to come out perfect in art because, uh, its real difficult in life (102). He knows that hes changed but still has some work to do in order to get the ending he wants. His life isnt perfect and uses the play to figure himself out and is still using that relationship to become a better person. Hes now able to reflect on his mistakes and bias them slightly to work for him. The final part of Alvys transformation is shown when he runs into Annie in New York and they go out for lunch.After lunch, they shake pass on and kiss each other fond like (105). Their p rior encounter end in disarray and she wouldnt have kissed him if she didnt have a good time this time around. It can be interpreted that Alvy has changed for the better and Annie has noticed this change, make the friendly kiss. He then exclaims I realized what a terrific person she was and-and how much fun it was just knowing her (105). She was the first woman that he came across that he actually appreciated alternatively than use for sex.Hes glad that he got to know her because she helped him change his perspective on relationships from lust and sex to just having a partner who can make him better himself. Its clear that he views relationships otherwise when he tells his last joke, this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says Doc, uh, my brothers crazy. He thinks hes a chicken. And, uh, the determine says, Well, why dont you turn him in? And the guy says, I would, but I need the eggs. Well, I guess thats pretty much how I feel about relationships. You know, theyre altogether irrational and crazy and absurd and . . but, uh, I guess we keep goin through it because, uh, most of us need the eggs. (105) He realizes that we all go through the tribulations of relationships because of what lies at the end of the road. It may be positive or negative and in Alvys case, it move out that it made him a better person. He now knows how to handle a relationship and knows that its not all about him. After dealing with his problems, he learns that the aftermath can benefit him. Annie lobby may be a romantic comedy, but we can use it to help ourselves.According to Michael Castrignanos biography on Allen, he was divorced twice before the bring on of this movie, similar to Alvy. Alvy used to be a negative person who didnt want to solve his problems but after a bad situation, turned his life around. He learned how to turn a negative into a positive, that he has to take the initiative, how to express himself instead of feeling sorry, and that relationships cant be all abo ut sex. mayhap Allen used Alvy to help himself and we in turn can use Alvy as an congressman on how to deal with our problems.We may not necessarily have the same types of problems but we can make turn a negative into a positive. He reflected on the whole situation and used it to change his views on life. We all go through bad times but if we change our perspectives on certain things, we can usually benefit from it. Works Cited Castrignano, Michael. Biography for Woody Allen. IMDb. 2010. 25 March 2010 Conard, Mark T. , ed. , and eon J. Skoble, ed. Woody Allen and Philosophy You Mean My completely Fallacy is Wrong? Peru Open Court, 2004. quaternary Films of Woody Allen. New York Random House, 1982.