I saw Woody Allen's latest movie over the weekend. It was terrific. You should go see it if you have the chance. It was all very fancy and sophisticated (lots of Gaudi, lots of Dali) and yet all I could think about was the Sharon-Gabby movies of my youth.
Remember those formulaic Sharon-Gabby movies? Boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy loses girl (usually because of disparities in their families' backgrounds), boy is reunited with girl.
Growing up I recall there would be 1 or 2 Sharon-Gabby movies every year, and to break the monotony of making the same movie twice a year, some enterprising producer will decide to pack up the entire crew and film in Baguio. Or San Francisco. And then proceed to shoot the exact same movie, but in a different location.
That's exactly what Vicky Christina Barcelona is. It's a "Woddy Allen movie" in Spain.
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