Radio Days (1987)
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
- Woody Allen
- Ezra Swerdlow
- Ken Ornstein
- Kay Chapin
- Judy Ferguson
- Woody Allen
Rating: 7.1/10 by 568 users
Alternative Title:
Días de radio - ES
A Era do Rádio - BR
라디오 데이즈 - KR
歲月留聲 - HK
岁月流声 - CN
那个时代 - CN
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 30 minutes
Budget: $16,000,000
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: beach, taxi driver, world war ii, radio, musical, nostalgia, coney island, working class, binoculars, 1940s, 1930s, cigarette girl, radio plays
"Radio Days" is packed with gentle and understated comedic flourishes combined with some genuinely arresting moments of tragedy and major life changing global events. However, you could argue Woody Allen is tastefully romanticising such things as the family unit being central to daily life too much. After all, were families ever this much chaotic fun? Was life ever lived this way? Was there ever this degree of togetherness? And if so, then how was it ever lost? And, more importantly, can it ever be regained? In any case, Allen weaves his delightfully entertaining narrative thread through all aspects of radio in his life and the results are absolutely charming and spellbinding and they showcase Allen at his best.
