Café Society, or How Woody Allen Stole Our Name

[bienville]

So, I’m kinda getting a kick out of the fact that Woody Allen’s newest movie is titled Café Society.
I’ll think of the good ol’ SDMB every time I see the title.

I haven’t watched the trailer yet, but I still go to see his movies as they’re released no matter what- even though he’s been hit-or-miss for a while now. I do note that this one takes place in the 30s. I do like when he does period pieces. Also, Parker Posey is in it- no argument from me there. Corey Stoll is in it too. I had never seen him in anything until I saw him play Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and he was an absolute highlight of the movie. So it will be good to see the two of them working together again.

[Sampiro]

I’ve long suspected him for a lurker.

[madsircool]

We’ve never seen Woody and Colibri in the same room.

[Sampiro]

Would explain why Colibri goes ballistic when anybody says anything nice about Mia Farrow.

[Thudlow_Boink]

First in a series of films named after SDMB forums, I assume.

[Czarcasm]

Actually, the term “Café Society” was coined by Maury Henry Biddle Paul back in 1915. According to this article,

Café society was the description of the “Beautiful People” and “Bright Young Things” who gathered in fashionable cafes and restaurants in New York, Paris, and London beginning in the late 19th century.

[BigT]

@Czarcasm

Actually, the term “Café Society” was coined by Maury Henry Biddle Paul back in 1915. According to this article,

Yeah, I knew it well before I saw it here. That’s why I thought it fit so well for the disparate types of content.

[Frodo]

@Thudlow_Boink

First in a series of films named after SDMB forums, I assume.

Great Debates: A bunch of nerds discuss the meaning of a life, things go awry when a small, skinny, neurotic New Yorker induces them to debate the definition of “Lie” and “Liar”.

About This Message Board: A very dense, self referential movie, “A movie about itself” say the critics…

The BBQ Pit: Co-Directed with Quentin Tarantino.

[GrandWino]

*The Barn House *- Direct to DVD!

[aldiboronti]

I’ve known the term long before coming here too, it’s far from obscure. In fact at first I thought the OP was being ironic when he talked of Allen stealing ‘our’ term.

More importantly, I wonder whether it will be a good movie. Woody Allen has been hit and miss for many years, with the misses outnumbering the hits by a large margin.

[Hampshire]

General Questions: The life story of William P. Questions and his rise to power within the U.S. military.

[Dewey_Finn]

@aldiboronti

More importantly, I wonder whether it will be a good movie. Woody Allen has been hit and miss for many years, with the misses outnumbering the hits by a large margin.

Yes, but the hits can be great. I really, really liked Midnight in Paris, but didn’t like the followup set in Rome nearly as much. And he’s incredibly productive with a film just about every year.

[Jackmannii]

There’s already been a movie entitled The Pit. Plot summary:

“Left with a baby sitter (Ed Zotti), a bad boy (Shodan) with a teddy bear finds a pit with four hungry moderators.”

[Count_Blucher]

@bienville

So, I’m kinda getting a kick out of the fact that Woody Allen’s newest movie is titled Café Society.
I’ll think of the good ol’ SDMB every time I see the title.

“A Neurotic Masterpiece! Four Stars…!”
Rated N for “nervous wreck”

[Wendell_Wagner]

Interesting things about this movie:

Bruce Willis was fired and replaced by Steve Carell.

Several recent news stories say that Judy Davis is in the film, but the IMDb says she isn’t.

[Annie-Xmas]

In My Humble Opinion - A meek, mild mannered juror votes for acquittal, unlike his 11 co-jurors who want to hang the bastard. He keeps saying “In My Humble Opinion.”

[GuanoLad]

@Hampshire

General Questions: The life story of William P. Questions and his rise to power within the U.S. military.

Ah, I have long wondered whatever happened to little Billy Q. He really rose up in the world.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

This summer, a frustrated theatrical costumer who only ever wanted a shot at being a stage actor attempts to use his tailoring skills to prove a point.

CUT TO: Woody Allen, hunched over a sewing machine while ranting to his wife.
CUT TO: Woody Allen, unconvincingly playing con man as a uniformed cop.
CUT TO: Woody Allen, on a military base in an Admiral’s dress whites.
CUT TO: Woody Allen, in full regalia as the Pope.

Woody Allen: “Shakespeare says that clothes make the man.”
Julie Kavner: “Shakespeare never said that.”
Woody Allen: “Well, he should have.”
Julie Kavner: “I think it was Mark Twain.”
Woody Allen: “It doesn’t matter. I, uh, I make the clothes that make the man.”

Thread Games.

[dasmoocher]

@Count_Blucher

“A Neurotic Masterpiece! Four Stars…!”
Rated N for “nervous wreck”

Ned Flanders: “You know, I like his films except for that nervous fellow who’s always in them.”

[dropzone]

@The_Other_Waldo_Pepper

This summer, a frustrated theatrical costumer who only ever wanted a shot at being a stage actor attempts to use his tailoring skills to prove a point.

CUT TO: Woody Allen, hunched over a sewing machine while ranting to his wife.
CUT TO: Woody Allen, unconvincingly playing con man as a uniformed cop.
CUT TO: Woody Allen, on a military base in an Admiral’s dress whites.
CUT TO: Woody Allen, in full regalia as the Pope.

Woody Allen: “Shakespeare says that clothes make the man.”
Julie Kavner: “Shakespeare never said that.”
Woody Allen: “Well, he should have.”
Julie Kavner: “I think it was Mark Twain.”
Woody Allen: “It doesn’t matter. I, uh, I make the clothes that make the man.”

Thread Games.

Seen it. It was the one that taught me to never, ever, see another Woody Allen movie, including the ones I kinda liked, figuring that after seeing that disaster I’d notice all the glaring flaws. Except maybe Broadway Danny Rose, 'cuz it has Corbett Monica and Sandy Baron, and who doesn’t like a little Corbett Monica and Sandy Baron?