ALVY
(pointing toward the
apartment after a
short pause)
So, did you do shoot the photographs
in there or what?
ANNIE
(Nodding, her hand on
her hip)
Yeah, yeah, I sorta dabble around,
you know.
Annie's thoughts pop on the screen as she talks: "I dabble?
Listen to me-what a jerk!"
ALVY
They're... they're... they're
wonderful, you know. They have...
they have, uh... a... a quality.
As do Alvy's: "You are a great-looking girl."
ANNIE
Well, I-I-I would-I would like to
take a serious photography course
soon.
Again, Annie's thoughts pop on: "He probably thinks I'm a yo-
yo."
ALVY
Photography's interesting, 'cause,
you know, it's-it's a new art form,
and a, uh, a set of aesthetic criteria
have not emerged yet.
And Alvy's: "I wonder what she looks like naked?"
ANNIE
Aesthetic criteria? You mean, whether
it's, uh, good photo or not?
"I'm not smart enough for him. Hang in there."
ALVY
The-the medium enters in as a
condition of the art form itself.
That's-
"I don't know what I'm saying-she senses I'm shallow."
ANNIE
Well, well, I... to me-I... I mean,
it's-it's-it's all instinctive, you
know. I mean, I just try to uh, feel
it, you know? I try to get a sense
of it and not think about it so much.
"God, I hope he doesn't turn out to be a shmuck like the others."
ALVY
Still, still we- You need a set of
aesthetic guide lines to put it in
social perspective, I think.
"Christ, I sound like FM radio. Relax."
And here's the scene. The subtitles are about 2 minutes into the action.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Great Scene: "Annie Hall"
Annie Hall has a scene that is perhaps the best pedagogical tool to convey what subtext is. Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) is having a drink with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). This is basically their first time alone together and there are definitely some undercurrents going on in with what they're saying and Allen literally posts that subtext so viewers can read it -- to great comedic effect.
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