Le meilleur de Woody Allen (I)

Vous avez envie de (re)voir un excellent Woody Allen mais ne savez pas lequel choisir ? Prenez Meurtre mystérieux à Manhattan (1993), la comédie la plus réussie du cinéaste new-yorkais.

Carol et Larry habitent Manhattan dans un superbe appartement. Un jour, ils rencontrent leurs voisins de palier, Paul et Lilian. Peu de temps après, cette dernière meurt d'une crise cardiaque. Carol soupçonne aussitôt Paul d'avoir assassiné sa femme. Alors elle décide de mener une enquête (souvent téléphonique), au grand dam de Larry.

Voici la bande-annonce du film :

Voici un extrait de l'une des scènes du film :

CAROL: Larry.

LARRY: What?

CAROL: I just saw Mrs. House.

LARRY: What are you talking about? The ashes?

CAROL: No, no, no. A bus. It passed me, and she was on it.

LARRY: Uh, the dead woman passed you on a bus? Which bus was this, the bus to heaven?

CAROL: No, but I'm not, I'm not joking. I mean, I'm telling you something. I'm telling you, I really saw her. I actually saw her.

LARRY: Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

CAROL: Yeah.

LARRY: You want to lie down for a while? We'll put a cold compress on your head, or a hot compress on your back, or...

CAROL: No, Larry, you know, I was at the wine-tasting, right? And I was just... I was sitting at, you know, a bay window. I-I happened to look out. A bus passed, and she was on it, Larry.

LARRY: Remember I said to you? Yes, remember I said to you, spit it out?

CAROL: I...

LARRY: I said don't drink it. You said you were going to a wine-tasting?

CAROL: But?

LARRY: You said you were going to taste wine all afternoon? I said spit it out?

CAROL: Yeah...

LARRY: I said don't swallow it? You swallowed it. And that's why you're this way.

CAROL: I know. I know. Okay. I-I... Yeah. I had a few drinks, but it's-it's not... I mean, I saw her.

LARRY: Yeah, I 'm sure you saw her.

CAROL: I...

LARRY: How could you see her? She's dead. Not only is she dead, she's been cremated. It's not even Halloween.

CAROL: Okay. Are you telling me that you... That, that, that, that you... That I didn't see her? Is that what you're saying?

LARRY: I think it's a pretty fair assumption that if a person is dead, they don't suddenly turn up in the New York City transit system.

CAROL: I just... I just don't know what's happening, Larry. I-I-I don't know what's going on.

LARRY: What's going on?

CAROL: What's... yeah.

LARRY: Let me put it this way: total psychotic breakdown. Okay? Is that enough?

CAROL: I...

LARRY: Maybe, look. Maybe she's a twin. That's possible. Now forget this.

CAROL: Why?

LARRY: Taste my tuna casserole. Tell me if I put in too much hot fudge.

CAROL: Honey, you're getting so close-minded these days. I just... [The phone rings] Oh. Oh, God. [She answers] Hallo? Ted. Ted.

LARRY: Oh, Ted. Ted.

CAROL: Ted, you're not going to believe this, but, Ted, I saw Mrs. House. Yes, Mrs. House. Yeah. Mrs. The murdered woman. That's right.

LARRY: She wasn't murdered. It was a coronary. It was a coronary, folks. It was a coronary. She wasn't murdered. I don't know what they're talking about.

CAROL: Yeah. No, I'm sure. I'm sure I saw her. She was on a bus, you know? I mean, I-I saw her just moments after you left. I was looking out the...

LARRY: He was at the wine tasting, too. Sure, why not.

CAROL: Would you?

LARRY: They're both at the wine tasting.

CAROL: Would you really? Oh, that would be so great. You'd just run a check on Paul and Lillian House.

LARRY: Don't run a check. Don't run a check.

CAROL: What are you talking...

LARRY: Stop.

CAROL: What are you doing? I mean...

LARRY: [To Ted on the phone] Listen, could you call back later, 'cause my marriage is falling apart. [He hangs up on Ted]