Shadows and Fog (1991)

Directed by

Woody Allen

Genre

comedy film, mystery film, neo-noir, comedy thriller

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 402 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A timid clerk is awakened by a mob of vigilantes who want his help catching a serial strangler. He stumbles through a foggy, nightmarish city filled with eccentric characters, circus performers, and a prostitute who offers unlikely companionship.

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What happens

Shadows and Fog is a 1991 American black-and-white comedy film directed by Woody Allen and based on his one-act play Death (1975). It stars Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Kathy Bates, David Ogden Stiers, Jodie Foster, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin, John Cusack, Madonna, and Kenneth Mars. It was filmed on a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m2) set at Kaufman Astoria Studios, which was the biggest set ever built in New York. It was also Allen's last film for Orion Pictures. Shadows and Fog is an homage to German Expressionist filmmakers Fritz Lang, G. W. Pabst and F. W. Murnau in its visual presentation, and to the writer Franz Kafka in theme. Critical reception of the film was generally mixed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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