Rencontres à part: Films, personnages et spectateurs de Woody Allen.

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Sandy is then seen again, briefly, eating his ice cream and looking intensely at Dorrie) It‘s
funny that that simple little moment of contact moved me in a very, very profound way.
Louis Armstrong’s voice singing ―Stardust‖ is heard. As he belts out his song, Dorrie’s form
stays on the screen. She looks up, smiling at the offscreen Sandy; she fingers her hair; she
browses through the paper; she looks up at Sandy again, smiling, gazing back at him.
The song ends. The camera leaves Dorrie and returns to the audience in the auditorium.
People turn and look at each other, restless, reacting.
MAN Cop-out artist!
WOMAN That was so beautiful.
ANOTHER MAN Why do all comedians turn out to be sentimental bores? 6
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INTERIOR. STARDUST HOTEL AUDITORIUM—NIGHT.
The audience looks up at the movie screen, clapping and talking enthusiastically. The
projector light goes off and the house lights go on. People get out of their seats, talking and
gesturing among themselves.
In the midst of the milling people is the actor who’s accosted Sandy in the lobby of the hotel;
he’s talking to Sandy’s sister Debbie, who is offscreen. (…)
Next Dorrie and the young actress who was talking to the older man in the field are seen
leaving the auditorium.
ACTRESS You‘re not fat! I mean, fat?! Would you— Come on! You‘re not fat!
DORRIE I am.
ACTRESS (Reacting) God, you‘re just so ridiculous! (…)
Daisy, wearing her sunglasses, and Isobel are among the last to leave the auditorium. They
walk past the rows of chairs, deep in conversation.
DAISY You looked so beautiful, I couldn‘t believe it. You really did.
ISOBEL (Chuckling) Oh, thank you. But-but can you hear me?
DAISY Yeah.
ISOBEL (Chuckling) Can you hear my English?
DAISY Oh, your English was fine. It was fine. It was fine.
ISOBEL Oh!
DAISY (Gesturing) Did you find— By the way, I want to ask you… did you find, when
you did, like, kissing scenes with him…
ISOBEL (Chuckling) Oh…
DAISY (Moving her hand near her mouth) Did you no- … Did he open his mouth with you,
and-and wiggle his tongue around?
ISOBEL (Laughing) Yes! Yes, he did! (Laughing) And he never lets you go!
DAISY It‘s the most irritating thing, right?
They laugh as they leave through the doors of the auditorium.
An old Jewish man and Rash, his wife, are the very last ones to leave. The old man gestures at
the movie screen with one arm; the other arm is around his wife.
OLD JEWISH MAN (Shaking his head) It‘s amazing, Rash. From this he makes a living? I
like a melodrama, a musical comedy with a plot.
He continues his speech in Yiddish; they walk out of the room. The auditorium is empty for a
moment, holding only the stage, the silent movie screen, and the rows and rows of chairs.
Piano music is heard as Sandy is seen walking down the aisle. He goes into one of the first
rows of chairs; he bends down and picks up his sunglasses. He puts them on and walks back
up the aisle.
6 ALLEN, 1983, pp. 371-2.
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