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Melinda and Melinda is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film is set in Manhattan and stars Radha Mitchell as the protagonist Melinda, in two storylines; one tragic and the other comic. It premiered at the 2004 San Sebastián International Film Festival and was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on March 18, 2005, by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
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Woody Allen's filmography in past decades began to bear a resemblance to *Exercises in Style*, the book by French author Raymond Queneau (1903-1976). This book presents the same simple and banal story in 99 different ways. In his 2004 film *Melinda and Melinda*, Allen employs a similar concept by narrating a comparable tale in two distinct manners. The plot unfolds as two playwrights, Sy (portrayed by Wallace Shawn)…More
Woody Allen’s Melinda and Melinda has an interesting concept set up by a conversation between Wallace Shawn and Larry Pine (playing playwrights) in a restaurant. Is life essentially tragic or comic? They challenge each other to imagine both a comic and a tragic story about a neurotic, suicidal young woman. source Radha Mitchell plays Melinda in both stories that have similar set-ups, but one is a serious drama and t…More
