Deconstructing Harry

Woody Allen stars in and directs this comedy drama.

Harry Block (Allen) is a renowned novelist with a habit for using those around him as inspiration for the characters in his books.

Just as he is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the college that expelled him, he suffers with the dreaded writer's block and risks losing his girlfriend, Fay (Elisabeth Shue), to rival writer and old friend Larry (Billy Crystal).

The film's latter half, Harry's existential roadtrip, is a tragicomedy homage to Ingmar Bergman's 'Wild Strawberries' (1957), as Harry's fictional characters come alive to challenge him.