I thought the bit about Gene Wilder and the sheep was mislabeled, and should have been "bestiality." But I looked up "sodomy," and it turns out the movie was correct. Beyond that, don't plan on actually learning anything new about the mysteries of sex from this film.
Did I say "mysteries"? How quaint. What a difference 40 years and Internet porn videos make, though it is still hard to find the hard stuff featuring beautiful Armenian sheep.
Speaking of animals, the real star of "Everything" is that white bunny in the credits who keeps twitching his nose in perfect rhythm to Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave." He's mesmerizing! I wonder if they were playing the music for him?
Woody Allen knows his music, especially old jazz, and his selection of this number, using a very old recording, was perfect. To understand why, you might watch "De-Lovely" 2004 starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter. Porter wrote some of the most brilliant, outrageous sexually suggestive lyrics ever, and he did it nearly a century ago. Yes, they had sex back then!
I liked the sketch with Woody Allen speaking Italian with this really fine looking blonde Italian girlfriend. I kept wondering when Louise Lasser was going to show up, and then I suddenly realized this must be her! I never would have guessed. She looked great! So what you had was an Italian parody of Woody and Louise's relationship in Bananas. The bit with the dildo shorting out and catching fire was a classic!
The last sketch with Woody Allen as a timid sperm was particularly interesting in light of the subsequent history of sperm-related cinematic comedy. I speak of "The Meaning of Life," and particularly of the song, "Every Sperm is Sacred." Given that both this and "Everything" were anthologies of sketches, this seems to be the common link, suggesting an influence of Mr. Allen upon the subsequent work by Mr. Monty Python. Of the two, "Life" is infinitely more amusing, but "Sex" blazed the trail.
Woody Allen used to be a comic genius, until he turned "serious," shortly after "Sleeper" (which featured Woody fondling a futuristic orgasmatron orb). "Everything" is not his best work, but it's still pretty good. There's been a ton of movies and TV since then that has covered similar ground far more outrageously. It's not a must-see, but it's not a must-avoid. I think it might make a good ice breaker to watch with a girlfriend, or for a parent to discuss with an adolescent -- it would make sex education, the real thing, a lot less traumatic.
I do have one remaining question, though: Hey, Woody, how'd you get your name?
Did I say "mysteries"? How quaint. What a difference 40 years and Internet porn videos make, though it is still hard to find the hard stuff featuring beautiful Armenian sheep.
Speaking of animals, the real star of "Everything" is that white bunny in the credits who keeps twitching his nose in perfect rhythm to Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave." He's mesmerizing! I wonder if they were playing the music for him?
Woody Allen knows his music, especially old jazz, and his selection of this number, using a very old recording, was perfect. To understand why, you might watch "De-Lovely" 2004 starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter. Porter wrote some of the most brilliant, outrageous sexually suggestive lyrics ever, and he did it nearly a century ago. Yes, they had sex back then!
I liked the sketch with Woody Allen speaking Italian with this really fine looking blonde Italian girlfriend. I kept wondering when Louise Lasser was going to show up, and then I suddenly realized this must be her! I never would have guessed. She looked great! So what you had was an Italian parody of Woody and Louise's relationship in Bananas. The bit with the dildo shorting out and catching fire was a classic!
The last sketch with Woody Allen as a timid sperm was particularly interesting in light of the subsequent history of sperm-related cinematic comedy. I speak of "The Meaning of Life," and particularly of the song, "Every Sperm is Sacred." Given that both this and "Everything" were anthologies of sketches, this seems to be the common link, suggesting an influence of Mr. Allen upon the subsequent work by Mr. Monty Python. Of the two, "Life" is infinitely more amusing, but "Sex" blazed the trail.
Woody Allen used to be a comic genius, until he turned "serious," shortly after "Sleeper" (which featured Woody fondling a futuristic orgasmatron orb). "Everything" is not his best work, but it's still pretty good. There's been a ton of movies and TV since then that has covered similar ground far more outrageously. It's not a must-see, but it's not a must-avoid. I think it might make a good ice breaker to watch with a girlfriend, or for a parent to discuss with an adolescent -- it would make sex education, the real thing, a lot less traumatic.
I do have one remaining question, though: Hey, Woody, how'd you get your name?