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Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Jul 15, 1983 · ''Zelig'' has the form of a solemn documentary about the life and times of Leonard Zelig (Mr. Allen) in the late 1920's and 30's, and the larger lessons to be learned about American society...
Dec 22, 2011 · Using spoof and real newsreel footage, deadpan modern-day talking-head interviews and some tremendous special effects that hold up triumphantly in this digital age, the movie tells the story of...
Jul 18, 1983 · Told in the form of an old-fashioned documentary, ''Zelig'' is set during the late 1920's and 30's, those theatrical decades that saw America's gaudy spree of frivolity sink into the shadows of...
In 1983 Woody Allen released his twelfth theatrical feature, Zelig, about a man who just wants to be liked. The trouble is, Leonard Zelig wants to be liked so much that he mentally and physically morphs to look like the people he wants to fit in with. Thus Zelig transforms effortlessly from a psychiatrist to a black jazz musician to an orthodox ...
Overview. Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Woody Allen. Zelig. 1983 | MoMA. Woody Allen Zelig 1983. Not on view. This film, set in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, is an early example of the mockumentary genre and is in some ways Allen's most ambitious technical achievement.
