Love and Death

Buy This Item Love and Death by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $10.99  on 10-4-2008     Woody Allen reinvents himself again with the epic historical satire that is a "wonderfully funny and eclectic distillation of the Russian literary soul" (New York Magazine). One of his most visual, philosophical and elaborately conceived films, Love and Death "demonstrates again that [Allen] is an authentic comedy genius" (Cosmopolitan). Cowardly scholar Boris Grushenko (Allen) has the hots for the beautiful Sonja (Diane Keaton), but cold feet for the Napoleonic Wars. Devastated by news of Sonja's plans to wed a foul-smelling herring merchant, Boris enlists in the armyonly to return home a penniless hero! Finally agreeing to marry him, Sonja settles down with poor Boris, to a rich life of philosophy, celibacy and meals of snow. But when the French troops invade Russia and Sonja hatches a zany scheme to assassinate Napoleon, Boris learnsin a hilariousbut fatal coup attemptthat God is an underachiever, there are no girls in the afterlife and thatthe angel of death can't be trusted! Reader Reviews Woody Allen's spoof of War and Peace. He plays Boris, a farmer's son. in love with his cousin. When France invades Russia, he reluctantly joins the the army and becomes part of a plan to assassinate Napoleon. Funny scenes are Boris flirting with the Countess at the Opera and dancing with the Grim Reaper. Woody is always searching for the meaning of life. He wanted to call the movie, "Sex and Death," but United Artists disapproved. Diane Keaton is the perfect foil for his one-liners. For pure laughs, this is Woody's best.

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