"Deconstructing Harry is still all about Woody Allen himself, though you might wonder to what extent Woody Allen is deconstructed."
Deconstructing Harry
Director: Woody Allen
Main Cast: Woody Allen, Elizabeth Shue, Demi Moore, Billy Crystal, Bob Balaban
Year: 1997
Harry Block, played by Woody Allen, is a writer suffering from writer’s block. At this suffering period, he recollects his old love stories and failed marriages, meets his beloved psychologists and starts talking with his characters he created for his novels. He still hates sun and nature, he is still self-hated. As like other Woody Allen’s Film, Deconstructing Harry is still all about Woody Allen himself, though you might wonder to what extent Woody Allen is deconstructed.
It is not easy to see humbleness in Woody Allen’s films, but Woody Allen regards himself as B-grade film director is still convincing. He sincerely leaves the highest grade to those he really admires and tributes them in his movies. Roger Ebert says the story of Harry Block is simply the storyline of Dr. Isak Borg in Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries, Ebert’s writing is flawless yet I don’t really feel it; I rather think that the infernal scene at the end is a wonderful dedication to Federico Fellini. Woody Allen adds his own input saying the 8th floor of infernal, which specializes for those working for media, is already full.
