Woody's Barcelona Flick No Longer Has a Midnight Title
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Newsstand
When Woody Allen confirmed the title for his Spanish pic, Midnight in Barcelona, in June, he said that it was his first title, and that it could possibly get changed down the line. Well, now it has been changed, and it leads me to wonder what on earth he could possibly be thinking. While his first choice is no epic grouping of words, it's decent, and gives an idea of what the film is about. However, The Hollywood Reporter has just posted that Allen will be changing it to...wait for it... Vicky Cristina Barcelona.I understand changing around the title. Sometimes, the title just isn't quite right, or you get a flash of genius and come up with something much, much better. While I know Allen is getting on in years, has some sort of insanity set in? Who dumps "Midnight in Barcelona" for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"? At this rate, since it's a "love letter to Barcelona," he might as well just add "Dear" in front of it. Heck, it would even make sense if he changed it to "Dear Barcelona."
I even googled it to see if it was some specific reference to something in Spain, but it seems to just be something from Allen's moviemaking mind. Is it the name of star Scarlett Johansson? It isn't Penélope Cruz's name, as IMDb lists her as "María Elena." Is it a special nickname made by the male lead, Javier Bardem? Who knows. Obviously, I'm not too thrilled about the name switch, and I'm wearing a face similar to the one up there to the right, but how about you? Should he have changed it? Do you like the new title?
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12-22-2007 @ 1:20AM
ELJU EU said...
I agree with you that Midnight in Barcelona sounds much better but after a bit I realise that VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA is quite cool, at least for me.
Vicky and Cristina are Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson. So with title Barcelona seems the name of a lady. Vicky Cristina Barcelona sounds like an old long name for a lady.
It is obvious that Woody Allen can afford to put such
an strange title and he has done it.
It is almost certain that people around him must have realised that this title was stange - it is quite difficult to pronounce.
But with this title he has astounded his audience and
I think that it is difficult not to wish to watch a film with such a name.
Let's remember that Woody Allen created his own name and now it has created another one.
For those that sounds weird I wonder what they would think of a place, for example, called,
HOTEL VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
For me it does not sound but at all.
We live in a time where everything must be fast.
That's the reason why this title may annoy.
Because this is a title to pronounce it slowly and to consider it.
Woody Allen has created with this title a kind of
wonderful lady made by Scarlett, Rebecca and Barcelona.
Barcelona sounds like a surname.
O maybe it is just a pun.
I wished all the film directors had the freedom to choose such weird titles as this.
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