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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTheFilmsofWoodyAllenSecondEditionTheFilmsofWoodyAllenisthefirstfull-lengthworktoexaminethedi-rectorasaseriousfilmmakerandartist.SamGirgusarguesthatAllenhasconsistentlybeenonthecuttingedgeofcontemporarycriticalandculturalconsci
2、ousness,challengingournotionsofauthorship,narrative,perspective,character,theme,ideology,gender,andsexuality.ThisrevisedandupdatededitionincludestwonewchaptersthatexamineAllen’sworksince1992.GirgusarguesthatthescandalsurroundingAllen’spersonallifeintheea
3、rly1990shasalteredhisimageinwaysthatrepositionmoralconsciousnessinhiswork.TheunionbetweenAllen’spublicandprivateselvesthatcreatedaspecialauraabouthimremainsintactdespitethedirector’sconcertedef-forttoseparatehisprivatelifefromhisscreenimage.Allennowassum
4、esapostmodernmoralrelativismandsensualrealismthatdifferprofoundlyfromthemoralsensibilityofhisearlierwork.SamB.GirgusisprofessorofEnglishatVanderbiltUniversity.ArecipientofaRockefellerFellowshipandotherscholarlyteachingawards,heistheauthorofHollywoodRenai
5、ssance:TheCinemaofDemocracyintheEraofFord,Capra,andKazan;DesireandthePoliticalUnconscious;TheNewCovenant:JewishWritersandtheAmericanIdea;andmostrecently,AmericaonFilm:Modernism,Documentary,andaChangingAmerica.iCAMBRIDGEFILMCLASSICSGeneralEditor:RayCarney
6、,BostonUniversityTheCambridgeFilmClassicsseriesprovidesaforumforrevisioniststudiesoftheclassicworksofthecinematiccanonfromtheperspectiveofthenewAuterism,whichrecognizesthatfilmsemergefromacomplexinteractionofbureaucratic,tech-nological,intellectual,cultur
7、al,andpersonalforces.Theseriesconsistsofconcise,cutting-edgereassessmentsofthecanonicalworksoffilmstudy,writtenbyinnova-tivescholarsandcritics.Eachvolumeprovidesageneralintroductiontothelifeandworkofaparticulardirector,followedbycriticalessaysofseveraloft
8、hedirector’smostimportantfilms.iiiTheFilmsofWoodyAllenSecondEditionSAMB.GIRGUSVanderbiltUniversityvCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBu