In the past, I've found live-tweeting a bit awkward because I don't like the idea of dividing my time between the movie and my cellphone, so I knew if I were to do this again, I'd have to pick a movie I was already well familiar with, and I did: Annie Hall. I'm gonna attempt to summarize my experience live-tweeting the movie last night, as part of #TCMparty.
It began for me with the perhaps to-be-expected condemnation of Woody Allen the man, as opposed to the artist. I didn't re-tweet whoever tweeted that. It's all been said and discussed plenty of times by now. I think we can all agree that Woody may be a scumbag, but he's still an excellent filmmaker.
#TCMparty making right turns on red lights always confused the hell out of me when i lived in the midwest.
— Rich Watson (@ratzo318) February 24, 2015This was towards the beginning, where Woody's character makes a crack about Los Angeles. I remember biking in the Columbus streets and coming to a stop light and wondering why the cars behind me were honking, even though I was in the far right lane. It confused me at first, then it pissed me off, until I realized why they were honking. Woody's contempt for driving is something I can totally relate to.#TCMparty it could've been worse. That guy could've been on his cellphone.
— Rich Watson (@ratzo318) February 24, 2015
The hilarious Marshal McCluhan scene on line at the movie theater. Here's a fun fact I re-tweeted:
Scene where Allen pulls out McLuhan, Allen initially wanted Federico Fellini or Luis Buñuel ^JW #TCMParty #AnnieHall
— TCM Party (@TCM_Party) February 24, 2015...and naturally I related to this:How many THOUSANDS of times I lived through this NYC movie line scene in #AnnieHall #TCMParty
— Alan Hait (@alanhait) February 24, 2015I wished I could've recognized more of the movie theaters seen in Annie Hall, but I suspect they're all gone by now, and at any rate, they were before my time anyway.Here's a particularly clever observation:
How Tony Roberts has never been cast as Will Ferrell's father in a movie -- I'll never know. #TCMParty
— Bill McQuillen (@bmcquillen) February 24, 2015
Tony Roberts! A Music & Art graduate.
#TCMparty diane keaton totally rocks that vest and tie.
— Rich Watson (@ratzo318) February 24, 2015
She totally does. I've made her the favorite actress of the female lead in my novel, who even says "La di da" a couple of times.
For years, I used to think that Vija looked like her, which is funny because she's a big Woody fan and she often seems to me like a Woody character, so sometimes, in my mind, I conflate her with Keaton, or at least, a Keaton character in a Woody film. (Now I'm convinced Vija looks more like Sissy Spacek.)
Keaton has aged quite gracefully over the years. I like to think she has at least one more great comedic role left in her. What would a director like, say, Alexander Payne do with her?
Also:
#TCMParty My wife said she wore the #AnnieHall look back in high school. It was all the rage.
— David Crocker (@davidhcrocker) February 24, 2015I believe it.#TCMparty 'i got a license but too much hostility'
— Rich Watson (@ratzo318) February 24, 2015Anyone who lives in New York will understand this line.#TCMparty this Brooklyn Bridge shot kinda has its bookend in MANHATTAN with the shot of them sitting on the bench
— Rich Watson (@ratzo318) February 24, 2015 This is what I was thinking of...
...but I don't know if I made that clear. When I typed on my cellphone, I was going as quick as I could so I could tweet it while the scene was still fresh in people's minds. One person got it, at least.
Walken makes everything better :) ^JW #TCMParty #AnnieHall
— TCM Party (@TCM_Party) February 24, 2015
Fairly sure this has been scientifically proven.
Annie Hall marked the end of the real funny slapstick Woody. #TCMParty
— higgins (@JQ_Higgins_III) February 24, 2015Agreed. He'll never make another Sleeper or Bananas again. That said, someone also tweeted that she couldn't decide whether Annie Hall or Hannah and Her Sisters was better. I was gonna tweet in favor of Hannah (which I also love) but the more I thought about it, the less sure I was. One day I'll have to re-watch Hannah.Diane's song is just mesmerizing. She's a good singer, but that's incidental. Her charisma makes it impossible to look away. #TCMParty
— The Real Autumn (@AutumnRinaldi) February 24, 2015Especially when all she's doing is just sitting there!Cinematographer Gordon Willis lit Cali scenes in bright sunlight, #NYC scenes as overcast. ^JW #TCMParty #AnnieHall
— TCM Party (@TCM_Party) February 24, 2015Gordon Willis! Queens native.Most of us need the eggs. True enough. #TCMParty
— higgins (@JQ_Higgins_III) February 24, 2015
At the end, and a little bit afterwards, I had a brief exchange with a couple of others about where this shot is (Lincoln Center) and about movies in New York in general. If I had been tweeting on my laptop, I could've sent them this link.
Overall, I'd have to say that it was easier to get into live-tweeting this time, but I was familiar with the movie, so that wasn't difficult. Pretty sure I'll do this again this year.
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