Everyone Says I Love You is Woody Allen's first and only musical and for me who enjoys a good musical and admires Woody Allen greatly I was in for a treat. The film is set in the modern day but the cast sing standards that were popular many decades ago and what I liked about the musical numbers in particular was that none of the singers were especially good and the staging wasn't really dramatic in any way,which gave the film a kind of messiness that is missing from the classic musicals such as Singin' In The Rain and The Wizard of Oz and although I love the classics it was quite refreshing to see people sing just like normal people as opposed to 'stars'But the thing I liked most about this film is the feeling it gave you once it was over, it just made you feel good even though sometimes the dialogue was a little dark it was always resolved by humour and musical numbers and as Roger Ebert put it; "Here is a movie that had me with a goofy grin plastered on my face for most of its length. " I think that's a perfect way to put it.
In relation to my art I have said with my more recent paintings that I don't want people to feel down or depressed when looking at them, I want them to be vibrant and be some kind of escapism but that doesn't mean they can't have any depth because like Allen, I want to put meaning in the work that is often dark but have the feel-good colours and shapes to make it easier to digest in a way.
For example, I want there to be themes of confusion, disorientation and a general feeling of being lost which are all very personal feelings and I do want people to see that in the work but at the same time I want to make an aesthetically pleasing piece.
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