Celebrity is sad because it is a sign of Woody Allen still
reeling from his battle with Mia, the decline of his art, and way
it makes one re-interpret the older movies. And sad to see
Kenneth Branaugh do a WA imitation. And sad to see Judy Davis
play the same role over and over (although she did shine at
becoming a local tv personality).
There were a couple of moments that were glimmered: KB is kicking
out his girlfriend just at the moment the movers are bringing her
boxes into the apartment. He fooled around with leaving the
camera on one character (almost documentary like) and so we see
their reactions and only hear the disembodied voice of the other
character(s) in the scene.
He already parodied cheap religious art in Hannah, but he does it
again here with the guy who fills Sacred Heart Jesus' with red
liquid that spurt out when he's squeezed. He throws in a hopeful
line that life sometimes brings fortune and good luck, despite
our best intentions to be sad.
And his attempt to parody a celebrity culture seemed half-hearted,
probably because it's almost impossible to satirize. Real life
has already gone to any image he could have produced.
