Woody Allen is, in many ways, the director who's done the types of movies he's wanted to do, and with his purchase of an obscure Japanese spy movie that itself is a rip-off of the James Bond franchise, he turned it up on its head, re-dubbed the voices, and created what is known today as an often hilarious deconstructivist experience. WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY is as absurd as movies get as an entire cast goes after the secret recipe for an egg-salad while the jokes come one after the other -- some hits, some misses -- as The Lovin Spoonful makes their pat appearances for sport. Nearly thirty years before AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY, Woody Allen had made his version of a spy spoof, and it crackles more than fizzles.
Review of What's Up, Tiger Lily?
