An ophthalmologist’s mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker finds himself infatuated with a colleague. Tune in as Chris talks Dostoyevsky, Guilt, & Existentialism as the LSCE screens Woody Allen’s dark comedy cult classic “Crimes & Misdemeanors.”
Works Cited:
Bachman, Gregg. “Crimes and Misdemeanors: Reflections on Reflexivity.” Chapter 8. Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Film Directors: A Companion to Woody Allen, 2013. 170-187
Canby, Vincent. ‘Review: Crimes and Misdemeanors, New From Woody Allen.’ New York Times. October 13th, 1989. Accessed 11/11/21 https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/13/movies/review-film-crimes-and-misdemeanors-new-from-woody-allen.html
Ebert, Roger. “Crimes and Misdeameanors.” Chicago Sun Times. October 13th, 1989. Accessed 11/10/21 http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/crimes-and-misdemeanors-1989
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Kemply, Rita. ‘Review Crimes and Misdemeanors.’ The Washington Post. October 13th, 1989. Accessed 11/11/21. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/crimesandmisdemeanorspg13kempley_a09fe2.htm
Zierler, Wendy. “Looking and Listening Differently: Crimes and Misdemeanors, II Samuel 11–12 and #MeToo.” Nashim : a journal of Jewish women’s studies & gender issues, no. 38 (2021): 93–118.