The Boston Phoenix
Review from issue: November 5 - 12, 1998

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3 stars

Wild Man Blues

(Warner)

Watching Soon-Yi Previn get the upper hand with new husband Woody Allen is one of the pleasures in Barbara Kopple's entertaining if not especially hard-hitting new documentary about Allen's 18-city 1996 tour of Europe with his Dixieland-jazz band. The title is a misnomer -- Woody comes across as a decent, humble, funny guy with a passion for music. And the concert footage is surprisingly entertaining, as Allen and his cohort find new wrinkles in old chestnuts like the title Louis Armstrong number.
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