I am not sure I watched all of Woody Allen films with Louise Lasser in it, but it sounds like BANANAS... Satirical, funny Woody at the threshold of his funniest films.
I thought WA lost his touch after ANNIE HALL, but CRIMES AN MISDEMEANORS, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, DECONSTRUCTING HARRY and the underrated HUSBANDS AND WIVES (with the great Judy Davis) are particularly good. His other films like SLEEPER, ZELIG and PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO are also good. Everytime I remember the scene between Dianne Wiest and John Cusack in BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, it never fails to make me smile. Cusack as a young writer told Wiest that he is writing a play for her on Broadway, and she said: "You are writing one for me? Awww, I am flattered that a writer will write a play with me in mind... who am I anyway... I am just a ... Broadway legend!" > We happened upon the middle of a Woody Allen movie last night and I'm > wondering if one of the WA afficionados on the list would be able to > tell me which one it was. It was quite old, with Louise Lasser, his > former wife, as his girlfriend. Just hysterical when she breaks up > with him. She says she wants to go off and help poor people, go help > people with leprosy, live in a leper colony. In desperation, Woody > says something along the lines of, "Leprosy! I love leprosy! Leprosy, > cholera, I love all the major skin diseases ..." We were laughing so > hard. Then the scene switches to him going to some South American town > called San Marcos where he becomes the patsy of their dictator and they > are trying to kill him ... he wakes up from being knocked unconscious, > feels the back of his head where he got butted with a gun, and says, > "No more Polish women!" We had to go to bed finally but we were > reviewing lines while going to sleep. I guess it's Woody when I found > him funny, as some people say they liked Joni best with the first few > albums (not my opinion, but from the outfits sported by some of the > audience members I've seen at her concerts, I'd say they're lookin' for > her to 'paint a Starry Night again, man!')
