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Perhaps the most unique film of his career, Woody Allen's ZELIG not only stands as a technical triumph for a director not often associated with the technological aspect of filmmaking, but also utilizes a documentary aesthetic that Allen has not often used before or since. One of the first major mockumentaries produced (it was released a year before THIS IS SPINAL TAP), ZELIG combines voice-over, footage both historical and faux-historical, and staged interviews with famous intellectuals to tell the story of Leonard Zelig (Allen), the "Chameleon Man" of the 1920s and '30s who has since been largely forgotten. Zelig creates a media sensation when he is discovered, for he seems to have the unique ability to transform himself to fit in with whomever he finds himself--when encountering Greeks, he becomes Greek; surrounded by fat men, he becomes heftier. But his condition leaves him open to exploitation, and the only person who believes in him is ambitious psychologist Eudora Fletcher (Mia Farrow). Technologically the film is a marvel, especially when the production history is taken into account. Allen wanted the film to appear genuinely from the period, and the footage shot was reportedly captured on equipment used during the 1920s. Even more astonishing is the manner in which Allen and other cast members were smoothly integrated into old photographs and film footage, some with distinguished historical figures, years before the advent of seamless digital techniques and over a decade before a similar strategy was used in FORREST GUMP. The setting and the aim for verisimilitude allow Allen to explore one of the most serious themes of his career: the assimilation of Jews and other immigrant groups into American culture, although the subject is still tempered by his intelligent verbal wit (for example, the voiceover explains: "As a boy, Leonard Zelig is frequently bullied by anti-Semites. His parents, who never take his part and blame him for everything, side with the anti-Semites"). Allen sees this desire for assimilation as a necessary part of cultural inclusion, but recognizes its dangers, as being a "Chameleon Man" seems only one step away from outright fascism.Product Identifiers
UPC0027616860491
eBay Product ID (ePID)3391250
Product Key Features
ActorMia Farrow
RatingG
Movie/TV TitleZelig
DirectorWoody Allen, Allan Stewart Konigsberg
FormatDVD
Release Year2001
GenreComedy
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Leading RoleMia Farrow
Film CountryUSA
Release Date20011106
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- 17. Okt. 2023
A good Woody Allen movie
The reason I ordered this dvd is because I am a big fan of Woody Allen. But this movie is mostly in black and white because it is meant to look like it was made before colored movies in the 1920's and 1930's. I think they also use film or tv footage from Germany of Hitler and make it look like Zelig or Woody Allen was actually there at the time. So if you want to see modern special effects and computer animation, this not the movie for you. A summary of the story is Zelig somehow imitates other people that he is around and a female psychiatrist evaluates and studies him to try to make herself famous. Zelig and her eventually have relationship with each other. This movie has some funny moments but not hilarious and the story focuses too much on Zelig's psychiatrist rather than on him. One funny moment in this movie is when Zelig flys a plane upside down all the way across the atlantic ocean from Germany to the US.
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- 19. Sep. 2018
absolutely brilliant, milennials will hate it!
its simple, woody made some of the most entertaining character studies in film history and there will never be anyone like him. this film is geniusBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. Aug. 2019
Brilliant film
This is one of Woody Allen's best films, brilliantly conceived.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 11. Feb. 2025
Watch Zelig. It is one of Woody Allen’s best works.
Woody at his finest work. He truly is a genius.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 07. Mai. 2020
Clever
Love this movie!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Mai. 2024
Great deal
Great dealBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 11. Mai. 2020
odd.
very funny.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 11. Dez. 2019
Looks great
Looks greatBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Feb. 2017
Movie
Great movieBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
