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The story of a college student with an “Annie Hall” addiction trying to make his new relationship work.
“Burning Annie,” while a great nod to the classic “Annie Hall,” is a train riding along tracks already set by others. It’s a great homage to the original story. One that takes all the cues from what made the film in which it shadows, great. It provides all the references and shots and even slips the into camera narration style that “Annie Hall” utilized, one that is also now being used in record breaking series’ like “House of Cards.”
The film is a project by Zack Ordynans and stars Gary Lundy as Max, who is in college and utterly obsessed with “Annie Hall.” It defines him topically and spiritually. His personality, the way he interacts with people, especially women, and it even controls the mood of the film which seems to be a given.
In the end, the film isn’t really anything new. That isn’t to say it’s bad. It’s structured well, the comedy is all there and it’s a great addition to the mass of works which came about due to “Annie Hall” but it still feels pushed. It feels like it could have been better. With Woody Allen’s inspirations being Ingmar Bergman and other art-focused filmmakers, he made “Annie Hall” revolutionary. The film style was, and maybe still is, experimental. “Burning Annie,” while copying this, didn’t reach the same heights. Maybe to create a great ode to Allen’s classic, your work should have stylistic freedom. Maybe “Burning Annie” should have been something totally different.
Now available on Video On Demand
BURNING ANNIE (2007) – official trailer#1 from Armak on Vimeo.
