Quote of the Day -- God, Woody and Me

 

Oh, yeah.

Entertainment Overnight -- Manhattan

Entertainment Overnight -- Flashback

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Entertainment Overnight -- On our 40th Anniversary this weekend

Quote of the day--on this life, living and this world

“It’s just an accident that we happen to be on earth, enjoying our silly little moments, distracting ourselves as often as possible so we don’t have to really face up to the fact that, you know, we’re just temporary people with a very short time in a universe that will eventually be completely gone. And everything that you value, whether it’s Shakespeare, Beethoven, da Vinci, or whatever, will be gone. The earth will be gone. The sun will be gone. There’ll be nothing. The best you can do to get through life is distraction. Love works as a distraction. And work works as a distraction. You can distract yourself a billion different ways. But the key is to distract yourself.”

--Woody Allen

With thanks and a hat tip to Matt Payton's Tumble-o-rama from whom I lifted this quote, earlier this week.

Links:  WoodyAllen.com - The Official Website of Woody Allen

Woody Allen - IMDb

Woody Allen - Wikipedia

Quote of the day--on "the Lord's day"

Think about it.

Two best introductions to New York via film intros

It occurred to me yesterday what the two best movie introductions are that are wonderful homages to New York City.

Here's the first--Mike Nichols' "Working Girl":



The second, though I show it second, is, likely, the best movie intro that is a paean and tribute to New York City, ever. Here, then, is Woody Allen's "Manhattan":



Aaaahhhhh....

Why?

Just because.

Best closing line of a TV documentary ever?

"In spite of all these lucky breaks, why do I still feel I got screwed somehow?" --Woody Allen, comedian, writer, actor, director, at the end of the PBS "American Masters" documentary on him and his life and work.

Quote of the day--on religion and superstition

“To me,there’s no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They’re all equally valid or invalid, really. And equally helpful.” --Woody Allen.

Link to original post: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/movies/15woody.html?_r=1&WT.mc_id=MO-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-WAF-091510-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click