Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask By Woody Allen
Maria D’Ambrosio
Prof. Weiscz
Woody Allen Films
Analysis I
Taking a look at Woody Allen’s, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, one can sense the sexually comedic edge that is added. This particular film can be analyzed from many different perspectives but I have chosen to critique it from an aesthetic point of view, as well as ethical and psychoanalytic critiques. Since this was one of Woody Allen’s first films, his fourth to be exact, the film seemed to be lacking aesthetically. However, although the film did not include special effects, unique camera angles, or exceptional lighting, all of these simple attributes somehow made it that much more interesting. The simplicity of it all made it work. …show more content…
Although every one of the vignettes is built around sex and its implications, it is narrated with such a caustic and bitter approach that it almost seems difficult to avoid laughing and or smiling at least once. One of the questions that are brought up during the film that one may see as risqué can include, “Why Do Some Women Have Trouble Reaching Orgasm?” This question was displayed as a parody of stylish Italian films of the 60’s in which a slick playboy, Woody Allen, discovers his wife can climax only when they make love in public places. Some may argue that this question crosses a certain line of what is considered taboo, or a question that one may be “afraid to ask”, also seen in the title of the
Prof. Weiscz
Woody Allen Films
Analysis I
Taking a look at Woody Allen’s, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, one can sense the sexually comedic edge that is added. This particular film can be analyzed from many different perspectives but I have chosen to critique it from an aesthetic point of view, as well as ethical and psychoanalytic critiques. Since this was one of Woody Allen’s first films, his fourth to be exact, the film seemed to be lacking aesthetically. However, although the film did not include special effects, unique camera angles, or exceptional lighting, all of these simple attributes somehow made it that much more interesting. The simplicity of it all made it work. …show more content…
Although every one of the vignettes is built around sex and its implications, it is narrated with such a caustic and bitter approach that it almost seems difficult to avoid laughing and or smiling at least once. One of the questions that are brought up during the film that one may see as risqué can include, “Why Do Some Women Have Trouble Reaching Orgasm?” This question was displayed as a parody of stylish Italian films of the 60’s in which a slick playboy, Woody Allen, discovers his wife can climax only when they make love in public places. Some may argue that this question crosses a certain line of what is considered taboo, or a question that one may be “afraid to ask”, also seen in the title of the