Stardust Memories

I honesty think this is Woody Allen's best film and I've seen them all. Sure it's a "homage" to Fellini's masterpiece "8 1/2," but it's a personal film that truly Woody's. I love the visuals, the philosophies, the aliens and the... Full review

I was very surprised to find out that Stardust Memories is dismissed by both critics (at least some of them) and viewers as absolutely unwatchable Allen's film, his most chaotic attempt to claim that he can not stand his fans. I... Full review

Stardust Memories seemed to me, like a film that becomes too artsy for its own good. While Memories displays wisdom about life, it forgets to portray the characters inside a basic human life. Plus, he left New York! He came back... Full review

Stardust Memories (dir. Woody Allen, 1980) When the BBC's celebrity television gardener, Alan Titchmarsh, published a recent and racey debut novel about a sex symbol who happened to be a celebrity television gardener, his effort was critically panned. While the first... Full review

This movie is fantastic. I really like watching this cause the diaolgue is really smart and clever. If you like pure dramas with alot of humor, then you should watch this.... Full review

Another black and white Woody Allen movie but it is still really funny. I like this one alot and should be watched by everyone. Go watch it.... Full review

One of my least favorites among Allen movies but still really good. That is how good his movies are, even his suckiest ones are good.... Full review

A self-indulgent yet enjoyable fantasy by Woody Allen, where he models his style after Fellini's "8 1/2". Allen plays a world famous film star/director not unlike his real self, who's now approached a mid-life crisis and has tired of making "funny... Full review

No one talks about this Woody Allen, but it has it's funny parts in it. This has some of Woody Allen's famous quotes in it. It may be boring at times, but the majority of the time it is really funny.... Full review

It seems that Stardust Memories does not get the credit that it truly deserves. Everyone has such distaste for this film because they thought that this was an autobiography and it was Woody's attack on his fans/critics. Woody himself has said... Full review

Woody Allen has always loved jazz and the great mainstream American popular music.....Stardust Memories is a disappointment.....it develops as a portrait of the artist's complaints..... ... Full Review

Woody Allen 's tenth film as writer/director, Stardust Memories opens with a scene reminiscent of the opening of 8 1/2 and continues to use that film for inspiration. ... Full Review

the film has an underlying angry tone....Allen is to be commended for broadening the psychology and themes of his films....Allen fails to blend successfully with the comedy..... ... Full Review

This profoundly autobiographical film.... ... Full Review

His 'early, funny' films, that everyone complains he no longer makes, were good exactly....Tactically adopting his most autobiographical persona yet, Allen finally lets his anger loose.... ... Full Review

Ripe fruit and a lovely strawberry and lemon thyme 'soup' didn't quite make up for the basic baking error. In the opening scene of the film Stardust Memories, Woody Allen is trapped in a gloomy, half-empty train carriage and stares... ... Full Article

In the famous opening scene of Stardust Memories , Woody Allen realises to his horror that he's trapped in a carriage occupied by grotesques, as the train opposite, filled with gorgeous partying passengers, pulls away. ... Full Article

Introspection is key to an artist's imagination. Reflecting life is one thing. Inspecting the inner existence is an equally important facet. In essence, it's the ultimate expression of self, a sense of what makes a mind tick, a brain bubble,... ... Full Article

Now I cringe whenever I read that magazine - often finding three of four paragraphs in a row that seem to be talking about wildly different things and then a fifth paragraph that ostensibly seems to "pull it all together". ... Full Article

After 50-plus years in show business, Woody Allen's heard it all. He's been hailed as a comic genius and attacked as a self-indulgent narcissist. His films have been celebrated as cultural events ( Annie Hall , Manhattan , the list... ... Full Article

Here it is: the most controversial film in the Woody Allen canon. Coming on the heels of such classics as Annie Hall and Manhattan , 1980's Stardust Memories continues to take heat from many critics and fans for its pretentiousness,... ... Full Article