
Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple directs this documentary portrait of Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Woody Allen, seen traveling with friends and fellow musicians during their New Orleans jazz band's 1996 European tour. Allen's relationship with his wife Soon-Yi Previn is captured on film here for the first time, and others on the European jaunt include Allen's sister Letty Aronson. Followed by press, paparazzi, and gushing admirers, Allen returns home to face a mor... (Full plot summary below)
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Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple directs this documentary portrait of Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Woody Allen, seen traveling with friends and fellow musicians during their New Orleans jazz band's 1996 European tour. Allen's relationship with his wife Soon-Yi Previn is captured on film here for the first time, and others on the European jaunt include Allen's sister Letty Aronson. Followed by press, paparazzi, and gushing admirers, Allen returns home to face a more realistic critical assessment during "the lunch from hell" with his aged parents.
Leave your thoughts about Wild Man Blues.
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerA delightful companion to Allen's prodigious body of work. |
| Apollo GuideGuy MacPhersonIf you're a fan of Woody Allen, or jazz music, this film a must-see. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenIf Woody Allen is unable to experience pleasure, he can rest assured that he continues to give it to his devoted followers. |
| City Pages, Minneapolis/St. PaulRob NelsonNo less than Madonna's Truth or Dare, Wild Man Blues proves the degree to which stars make a fiction of objectivity. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert[Kopple] might seem an unlikely choice for this material, but no doubt her track record gained Allen's trust. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomWonderful documentary, a rare look at the real Woody. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisCraftsmanship and wit are as present here as in [director Barbara Kopple's] more socially-minded, dramatic work. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullIf you'd like to see what 90 minutes of Woody's neurotic home life is like, punctuated by some clarinet blowing, this is the movie for you. |
| culturevulture.netArthur LazereThere is a quiet agenda here of keeping the personal relationship visible, natural, and low keyed. |
| VarietyDavid RooneyKopple's discreet, quietly revelatory style creates a fine balance between public and private personae that veers more pointedly toward the personal in an incongruous but fascinating coda. |