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Release Date: 1992
Cast: Tim Loomis, David Ogden Stiers, Victor Argo, Woody Allen, Kate Nelligan, Daniel von Bargen, Julie Kavner, John Malkovich, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Kenneth Mars, Jodie Foster ...MORE
Cast: Tim Loomis, David Ogden Stiers, Victor Argo, Woody Allen, Kate Nelligan, Daniel von Bargen, Julie Kavner, John Malkovich, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Kenneth Mars, Jodie Foster, Fred Gwynne, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin, Mia Farrow, Madonna, Michael Kirby, Katy Dierlam, John Cusack, James Rebhorn, Camille Saviola, Kathy Bates ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Thriller, Comedy Thriller, Indie, Mystery, Comedy, Comedy Of Errors, Black Comedy
Shadows and Fog (1991) is a black-and-white film directed by Woody Allen and based on his one-act play Death. It stars Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Madonna, and Kenneth Mars. It was filmed on a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m) set at Kaufman Astoria Studios, which holds the distinction of being the biggest set ever built in New York. It was also his last film for Orion Pictures.
Shadows and Fog is an homage to German Expressionist filmmakers Fritz Lang, G.W. Pabst and F.W. Murnau, and to the writer Franz Kafka.
The movie begins with Kleinman (Allen) being awakened from a... MORE
Shadows and Fog (1991) is a black-and-white film directed by Woody Allen and based on his one-act play Death. It stars Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Madonna, and Kenneth Mars. It was filmed on a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m) set at Kaufman Astoria Studios, which holds the distinction of being the biggest set ever built in New York. It was also his last film for Orion Pictures.
Shadows and Fog is an homage to German Expressionist filmmakers Fritz Lang, G.W. Pabst and F.W. Murnau, and to the writer Franz Kafka.
The movie begins with Kleinman (Allen) being awakened from a deep sleep by a vigilante mob. They claim to be looking for "the strangler", a serial killer who strangles his victims. They tell him to get dressed and meet them downstairs in five minutes. In a flurry, he gets dressed. Before he goes down, his landlady who wants to marry him gives him a small paper bag with pepper in it. "If The Strangler attacks you, blow some of this in his eyes!"
Meanwhile, in a circus on the outskirts of town, Irmy (Farrow) and her boyfriend Paul (Malkovich) are having a dispute. They both are performers at a circus: Irmy swallows swords and Paul is a clown. Irmy wants a baby, LESS
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