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Article: Is the New York of Woody Allen movies the real New York? (Originated from Orange County Register)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- August 26, 1993
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Ever since he made ``Annie Hall'' in 1977, Woody Allen has been known as a chronicler of New York. In fact, Manhattan has often seemed like one of the characters in his movies.
Not only did ``Annie Hall'' make Gotham an integral part of the on-again, off-again wooing between comedy writer Alvy Singer and would-be singer Hall, but the movie constantly contrasted New York and Los Angeles, to the latter's tremendous detriment (``Los Angeles' only cultural advantage is you can make a right turn on red.''). This Hollywood-bashing resulted, as it often does, in a harvest of Academy Awards.
``Manhattan Murder Mystery,'' Allen's latest, continues the celebration of the New York ...