Annie Hall

In this film, Woody Allen uses techniques that aren't commonly used. Throughout the film you see memories of Alvy Singer. But many times there is a flashback, you see Alvy standing and talking to the people in the memory like they can actually see and hear him. But he knows they really can't because it's just a memory. Then he will proceed to talk into the camera and explain what is going on.

One scene that really stuck out to me was when Alvy, Annie, and Rob went to the house Alvy grew up in. This scene stuck out the most because Alvy wasn't the only one that could see the actual memory happening. Annie and Rob saw it too. When Alvy was "talking" to his mom, Rob told Alvy he didn't have to say that because she couldn't hear him anyway. At first I thought we were just seeing everything from Alvy's point of view but soon realized everyone saw what he saw. It was like they were inside Alvy's mind. Was this distracting in the film? Or did it add to his character?