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Make the wrong choice and see what you'll lose. Was it worth it for what was gained? Only these guys can answer that question, but you'll be left squirming as you witness the lengths they'll go to. An anthology that reveals what a desperate man may find acceptable when the need or want is great enough. You would never do it, but in the darkest parts of your mind, and perhaps at a midnight screening of this film, you will be forced to admit that maybe, just maybe, you would consider the unthinkable. The question I'm left with is, "is the self mutilation the worst part, or is the damage to their psyche the real horror.

I say "Amazing Revelations," but that is only because I, like most, have spent years assuming the tidbits and nuggets of the story I have heard in the periphery, are in fact the whole and true story. This epic work of detailed and sourced facts and timelines means the revelations are actually that I, like most, were operating under false assumptions. It is simultaneously enlightening and frightening to learn the truth about what has been a decades-long, and ongoing, take-down of an artist falsely accused. This is most-certainly the type of analysis that should be viewed by anyone struggling to accept Woody Allen despite the accusations against him, and should be required viewing for those who think him guilty.

I got to view this movie as part of the Burbank International Film Festival. I can honestly say that from the very beginning you know exactly where you're headed, but when you get there, the film will still shatter you. With some subtle curve balls, the story of a life lived in a fraction of time elicits a bittersweet melancholy that will leave you teary-eyed and smiling warmly. Yeah, I know, that pretty much describes life. The performances and gentle depiction of what would otherwise be an average life, lift this story out of the realm of the ordinary, without thrusting into the absurd.