Woody Allen’s latest movie is a soft core porn you’d see on Showtime? Slashfilm has a first look at Vicki Christina Barcelona with the following synopsis:
And the last photo we bring you from Festival De Cannes, is our first official look at Woody Allen‚Äôs next film Vicky Cristina Barcelona about two young American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), who come to Barcelona for a summer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to be married; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous. In Barcelona, they‚Äôre drawn into a series of unconventional romantic entanglements with Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), a charismatic painter, who is still involved with his tempestuous ex-wife Maria Elena (Pen√©lope Cruz). Of course, all of this is set against the luscious Mediterranean sensuality of Barcelona. The official plot synopsis lists a 96 minute running time and calls the movie “Woody Allen‚Äôs funny and open-minded celebration of love in all its configurations‚Ķ‚Äù
The French are going to love it. And let’s face it, with all of that eye candy going on it will be nearly impossible to avoid.¬† Still, I gotta say, after all of these years it’s not easy for me to get down with the eroticism in Woody’s work. He’s an auteur and thus, he’s exploring his own thoughts and that just kind of creeps me out. He’s already pondered death, adultery, fame, love, morality, justice, therapy, religion – not much left to ponder, I guess. Either way, I’m just sort of MEH on this one.