Mach's noch einmal, Sam (1972)

Mach’s noch einmal, Sam: Directed by Herbert Ross. With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy. A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.

“Perhaps Woodyu0026#39;s best effort in his u0026#39;neurotic schlepu0026#39; persona. The script is a comic whirlwind, with too many brilliant scenes to enumerate (I canu0026#39;t resist mentioning the blind dateu0026#39;s arrival – the desperate preparations and the pathetic introduction are funny but painful, in that we have all been in that position; his demonstration of authentic Chinese rice-eating technique is another classic). The device of the imaginary Bogart alter ego works well, especially in the climactic scene with Diane Keaton. In my book this ranks with Sleeper, Manhattan, and Annie Hall as Woodyu0026#39;s best films.”