Remembering Annie Hall

Jonathan Ellis is Reader in American Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is currently co-editing an edition of Elizabeth Bishop's postcards.Ana María Sánchez-Arce is Associate Professor in Contemporary and Postcolonial Literature at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Her most recent book is The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar.

In this excellent collection of articles, a brilliant and diverse group of film experts explore Annie Hall in depth and in all of its dimensions as an iconic film as opposed to concentrating primarily, as other studies often do, on director Woody Allen. The contrast, as discussed in many of the articles, between the reception of Annie Hall by critics and the public when the film first appeared and how it is seen today dramatizes not only changing views of the movie but also how our understanding of film as an art form and as a cultural force has matured over several decades. Remembering Annie Hall should be remembered and kept firmly in mind for future studies of this film.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: After the Fall Jonathan Ellis (University of Sheffield, UK) and Ana María Sánchez-Arce (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)1. Annie Hall and the Invention of Film Studies Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary University of London, UK)2. The Story of Woody & Diane: Stars and Hit Patterns in the New Hollywood Peter Krämer (De Montfort University, UK)3. “Not a Morose Type”: The Legacy of Annie Hall’s Windsor FontJ.T. Welsch (University of York, UK)4. Annie Hall as a Memory-Film Sue Vice (University of Sheffield, UK)5. I love speaking to you: Narcissism and Annie Hall Reidar Due (Magdalen College, Oxford University, UK)6. Narrative Transformations of Joke-work in Annie HallRuth D Johnston (Pace University, USA)7. The Mechanical Bride: On Not-Knowing in and after Annie HallSarah Kennedy (University of Cambridge and Downing College, UK)8. “I’m not haunted by Annie Hall. I’m happy to be Annie Hall”: The Tangled Relationship between Annie and DianeJulie Lobalzo Wright (University of Warwick, UK)9. The Spanish Annie Hall: Pedro Almodóvar's Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios Ana María Sánchez-Arce (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)10. “Don’t look back”: The Relationship between Richard Linklater’s Before… Trilogy and Annie HallJonathan Ellis (University of Sheffield, UK)11. Dancing and Falling: Annie Hall’s Influence on Frances HaJessica Hannington (University of Sheffield, UK)12. ‘The Sadness of Goodbye in a Funny Movie’: Desiree Akhavan’s Appropriate Behavior and the Melancholic Legacy of Annie Hall in Contemporary US Film and Television Break-Up NarrativesHannah Hamad (Cardiff University, UK)Index