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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