Stardust Memories
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Template:Infobox Film Stardust Memories is a film written and directed by Woody Allen which was released in 1980; Allen considers this to be one of his best films in addition to The Purple Rose of Cairo. Influenced by and honoring the work of Federico Fellini, the film is shot in black and white in the style of Fellini's surrealist films of the 1960s, and examines the semi-autobiographical story of a famous filmmaker, played by Allen , who is plagued by fans who prefer his "earlier, funnier movies" to his more recent artistic efforts, while he tries to reconcile his conflicting attraction to two very different women, the mercurial and unstable Dorrie (Charlotte Rampling), and the earnest, intellectual Daisy (Jessica Harper). Allen, however, denies that this film is biographical and regrets that audiences interpreted as such.
The film featured Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Daniel Stern, Tony Roberts, and Amy Wright. Image:Rampling.allen.jpg Among the extended cast members was an ingenue named Sharon Stone, in her first film appearance, future political commentator Alan Colmes ("Hannity & Colmes," the Fox News Channel) in his first role, a young Brent Spiner, later famous as the character "Lieutenant Commander Data" on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Laraine Newman of Saturday Night Live fame.
Stardust Memories largely draws influence from the films of Federico Fellini, one of Allen's favorite directors.
It was nominated for a Writer's Guild of America award for "Best Comedy written directly for screen".
The background music is by the incomparable Django Reinhardt, who shows up in many other Allen movies.
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References
- Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation With Stig Bjorkman (1995), ISBN 080211556X