2009 has been a fairly disappointing year in film.
Inglorious Basterds was way better than anyone expected and might just be my favorite movie of the year.
However, one movie that I think was dismissed without a fair chance was Whatever Works. You can't judge Woody Allen against Annie Hall or Manhattan forever; that'd be like saying "Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange was a'ight, but I liked 2001 better."
Whatever Works wound up being my favorite Woody Allen film since Sweet And Lowdown. Agree or not, I think we can all agree that Larry David plays a much better Woody Allen than Kenneth Branaugh.
If I've ever given you a mixtape, it's a lot like that. It's a disparate mix ranging from French Pop to Hip Hop to Pakistani film music to Soul. All of these tracks have been "the most amazing thing I've ever heard" at some point.
Here's the tracklisting:
Intro
James Curd - We Just Won't Stop
Roy Porter - Party Time
Claude McLin - Jambo
Tafo & Nahid Akhtar - Karye Pyar
Don Cavalli - Wonder Chairman
Isabelle - Amstramgram
PSA #1
MF Doom - Dead Bent
6ix - I'm Just Like You
Marvin Gaye - Third World Girl
Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs - Love Comes And Goes
PSA #2
Cut & Run - You Cunt
Sleigh Bells - A/B Machines
Angelo & Eighteen - Flight 2
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (Leo Zero Edit)
Little Caesar & The Euterpeans - Good Good Lovin'
Eddie & Ernie - Bullets Don't Have Eyes