Stardust Memories

Stardust Memories is a 1980 American comedydrama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring himself, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, MarieChristine Barrault and Sharon Stone in her film debut. The film is about a filmmaker who recalls his life and his loves the inspirations for his films while attending a retrospective of his work. Allen considers this to be one of his best films, along with The Purple Rose of Cairo and Match Point. The film is shot in black and white and is reminiscent of Federico Fellinis1963, which it parodies.

The film follows famous filmmaker Sandy Bates, who is plagued by fans who prefer his earlier, funnier movies to his more recent artistic efforts, while he tries to reconcile his conflicting attraction to two very different women the earnest, intellectual Daisy and the more maternal Isobel. Meanwhile, he is also haunted by memories of his exgirlfriend, the unstable Dorrie.The conflict between the maternal, nurturing woman and the earnest, usually younger one, is a recurring theme in Allens films. Like many of Allens films, Stardust Memories incorporates several jazz recordings including those by such notables as Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, and Chick Webb. The films title alludes to the famous take of Stardust recorded in 1931 by Armstrong, wherein the trumpeter sings oh, memory three times in succession. However, it is the master take that plays in the movie during the sequence where Sandy is remembering the best moment of his life looking at Dorrie while listening to Armstrongs recording of the song. ........

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