It's hard to think for oneself. Not for everyone.

It's great seeing this underground a comic get a big audience on Leno. Less hyped than Louie but generally funnier.

It's great seeing this underground a comic get a big audience on Leno. Less hyped than Louie but generally funnier.

Yeah, Waterston played the blind Rabbi in Crimes And Misdemeanors, and Orbach was the hitman, but they never shared the same scenes; didn't think they met there.

Yeah, Waterston played the blind Rabbi in Crimes And Misdemeanors, and Orbach was the hitman, but they never shared the same scenes; didn't think they met there.

What was that Greenaway one that studied Rembrandt's NightWatch? That was supposed to be good.

What was that Greenaway one that studied Rembrandt's NightWatch? That was supposed to be good.

F For Fake and One-Man Band were some good Welles '70s oddities. Saw them on the BBC over summer vacation in Paris once.

F For Fake and One-Man Band were some good Welles '70s oddities. Saw them on the BBC over summer vacation in Paris once.

Jeselnik has the charisma of a mortician. Do they release half-season DVD sets?

Jeselnik has the charisma of a mortician. Do they release half-season DVD sets?

I wish that were all of Allen's dialogue in Manhattan. Endless public transport directions.

I wish that were all of Allen's dialogue in Manhattan. Endless public transport directions.

No, lived there for a few years and now much more creatively liberated and less rent-extorted. Except for the museums NYC is extremely overrated.

No, lived there for a few years and now much more creatively liberated and less rent-extorted. Except for the museums NYC is extremely overrated.

Starting with Interiors for Allen is like starting with The King of Comedy for Scorcese. A mistake.

Starting with Interiors for Allen is like starting with The King of Comedy for Scorcese. A mistake.

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Manhattan has Allen cracking wise with Keaton in contemporary New York, which is what they did in Annie Hall. Neither Love and Death nor Sleeper were set in New York.

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Manhattan has Allen cracking wise with Keaton in contemporary New York, which is what they did in Annie Hall. Neither Love and Death nor Sleeper were set in New York.

The BBC doc "Fallen Angel" tells you pretty much all you need to know about Parsons. Good interviews with Harris, Richards, his sister. Hilarious bit when they juxtapose Jagger in a pink floppy hat singing Brown Sugar, then Parsons trying to ape his look in a Burrito Brothers video.