Manhattan is often cited as one of the most important movies of Woody Allen, rightly as it seems most successful Annie Hall he had shot two years ago (between the two, he turned Interiors, a beautiful film full of sadness that unfortunately took everyone at cons-foot). Manhattan is above all an ode to the city's favorite Woody Allen and just watch the first few minutes to realize it. The image is a stunning black and white signed Gordon Willis, turn black and white film was indeed an intimate one dared challenge enough. There is also this wonderful use of Gershwin's music that glorifies and makes these images even more majestic. But Manhattan is also the vision of the microcosm New York intellectual with those long discussions that can not ever tired. It also has much more depth Annie Hall under its false air of comedy and lightness, Manhattan film is rather tragic. And it is this balance that makes Manhattan a really beautiful film.