Zelig

Zelig
7.4

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Directed by: Woody Allen

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.

Zelig
Zelig

Reviews (4)

  • ltcomdata (Rated: 6)

    A charming mockumentary about a fictional 1920s personality filmed as if cobbled together from old black-and-white footage.

  • tmdb28039023 (Rated: 6)

    Leonard Zelig is a "human chameleon," but Zelig the film doesn't stop at mimicry. Indeed, this fictional documentary written, directed, and starring Woody Allen differentiates between imitation and parody the same way Hitchcock differentiated between action and suspense.

    For example, the protagon...

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 6)

    I suppose nowadays we would call this a “mockumentary” about a chap who can be all things to all men except, perhaps, himself. It’s told using interviews, news reports and other actuality to regale us with the life and times of this man who somehow managed to infiltrate just about every scenario, st...

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 6)

    I suppose nowadays we would call this a “mockumentary” about a chap who can be all things to all men except, perhaps, himself. It’s told using interviews, news reports and other actuality to regale us with the life and times of this man who somehow managed to infiltrate just about every scenario, st...

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