Harry Block es un escritor bloqueado que, mientras espera un ansiado premio literario, recuerda momentos de su pasado y las escenas de sus libros más vendidos cuando distintos personajes, re... Leer todoHarry Block es un escritor bloqueado que, mientras espera un ansiado premio literario, recuerda momentos de su pasado y las escenas de sus libros más vendidos cuando distintos personajes, reales y ficticios, regresan para atormentarlo.Harry Block es un escritor bloqueado que, mientras espera un ansiado premio literario, recuerda momentos de su pasado y las escenas de sus libros más vendidos cuando distintos personajes, reales y ficticios, regresan para atormentarlo.
- Dirección
- Guionista
- Elenco
- Nominado a 1 premio Óscar
- 4 premios ganados y 6 nominaciones en total
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- (as Stephanie Roth)
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Opiniones destacadas
Deconstructing Harry is laugh-out-loud funny, tracing the steps of Harry Block, a neurotic, foul-mouthed, Jewish, self-hating, pill-popping, womanizing alcoholic (three wives and six therapists later) that oddly enough, resembles Woody Allen and his own life (give or take a few things). Block has (giggle) writer's block, and can't write about his life. As a result, he becomes `unfocused,' entangling himself in fact and fiction (i.e. he interacts with his own characters). `You expect the world to adjust to the distortion you've become,' Harry's analyst tells him. What follows is a series of skits that interact with the past and present and the real and imagined it's kind of like watching a Kurt Vonnegut story edited by Quentin Tarentino.
The all-star cast is phenomenal: Robin Williams is hilarious, Kirstie Alley is hysterically funny, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is super-sexy and Elizabeth Shue is as sweet as sugar. Billy Crystal even pulls off a good role as the Devil. But other than the characterization, Woody's new flick is witty, cold-hearted, extremely vulgar, often tasteless and perfectly profane with enough catch-lines to keep film buffs cracking for years (`I always keep a little hooker money around'). Hannah And Her Sisters this ain't!
This film showcases some of Allen's better quirks when it comes to storywriting and directing. The much used "jump cut" effect helps to create a world that is disjointed from all else. When things are going fine, there are no jump cuts. However when things are less than opportune jump cuts add confusion to the scene and are used more often as the tension increases. The "out of focus" effect is the first of its kind and is very funny. The Robin Williams cameo didn't have much meaning, but his scene was one of the funniest due to him losing his touch. The same effect is used on Allen himself later in the film in another hillarious scene.
The storyline has many layers and isn't at all confusing (as others may have you believe) to the viewer. The use of actors portraying actors in this film is pure Allen genius and is another way that this film differs itself from the crowd. It is not so much that one follows along to see what happens to Harry, but rather to see what is going to happen next. When Allen needs an entourage to go to his alma mater honouring, he ends up taking a very unlikely group. The humour is at times crude and pokes fun at his usual groups (ie - ultraorthodox jews, hookers, WASP's and just about everyone else).
Allen uses his interesting techniques and smart plot to make this such a good film. One can only wonder how he always gets the foxes. At least he got Billy Crystal to play the devil. How fitting.
8/10 stars.
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaAlbert Brooks was the last actor to be offered the role of Harry. In an interview with Playboy magazine, he stated that he received a nice letter from Woody Allen offering him the role. Brooks responded, "It was insane that Allen didn't do it himself." Apparently, Woody took his advice.
- ErroresIn Harry's line "I once almost ran over a book critic..." the word "book" doesn't match his lips; "book" is dubbed over what looks to be "film."
- Citas
Harry Block: Tradition is the illusion of permanence.
Doris: You have no values. Your whole life: it's nihilism, it's cynicism, it's sarcasm and orgasm.
Harry Block: You know, in France, I could run on that slogan and win.
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Sitio oficial
- Idiomas
- También se conoce como
- Deconstructing Harry
- Locaciones de filmación
- Productoras
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Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 20,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 10,686,841
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 356,476
- 14 dic 1997
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 10,686,841
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 36 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1