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Sweet and Lowdown is a 1999 American comedy-drama mockumentary written and directed by Woody Allen. Loosely based on Federico Fellini's film La Strada, the film tells the story of jazz guitarist Emmet Ray who falls in love with mute laundress Hattie. Like several of Allen's other films, the film is occasionally interrupted by interviews with critics and biographers like Allen, Nat Hentoff, Daniel Okrent, and Douglas…
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Apart from being one of the greatest living film makers today, Woody Allen is also known for his love of jazz music. He used to play it in his free time and his films often can be recognised for the use of period jazz as soundtrack. Yet, the jazz has seldom served directly as theme of his work. The notable exception to the rule is Allen’s 1999 period comedy *Sweet and Lowdown*. The film is set in 1930s and deals wit…More
