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anneboleyn

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15. It is allegedly based on Allen's real-life relationship with actress Stacey Nelkin who was 17.

Reply to pipoman (Reply #9)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 01:57 PM

Feb 2014

Allen has never publicly discussed their relationship. Manhattan (again, allegedly) is based on their relationship (it was a sexual relationship) which began when Nelkin was seventeen and Allen was forty two. Maybe this contributes to the "creepiness" factor; I don't know.

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I'm old enough to recall going to see Woody Allen's Manhatten [View all] hedgehog Feb 2014 OP

His art reflected his reality. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #1

That movie creeped me out, too. kwassa Feb 2014 #2

The differnce is that your response was "oh, shit", not hedgehog Feb 2014 #3

Bingo Scootaloo Feb 2014 #6

Yeah. I think Woody Allen is a genius and great filmmaker, but... Mayberry Machiavelli Feb 2014 #4

Too bad. You missed the Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters question everything Feb 2014 #5

I think I've seen all of his films and I liked his early work much better. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #7

Manhattan has an 8.1 rating on IMDB, my rating for it is 'WTF?!'. PoliticAverse Feb 2014 #8

The opening homage to NYC is wonderful, the rest, not so much. hedgehog Feb 2014 #11

At what age does is it not creepy? pipoman Feb 2014 #9

I think what is creepy about such films is the implicit suggestion hedgehog Feb 2014 #10

I don't really agree with this analysis el_bryanto Feb 2014 #12

IIRC, Marial Hemingway's character is a 17 year old high school student. hedgehog Feb 2014 #14

Not just ok, but a situation that anyone could find themselves in XemaSab Feb 2014 #13

It is allegedly based on Allen's real-life relationship with actress Stacey Nelkin who was 17. anneboleyn Feb 2014 #15

I was also disturbed about the relationship in that film. MineralMan Feb 2014 #16