Toni-Lynn - thanks for the clarification. Very helpful. Cheers, Peter
Peter Caws
University Professor of Philosophy
The George Washington University
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From: Toni-Lynn Frederick <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 6:05 pm
Subject: Re: philosophers on film?
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> Hello
>
> There's no intended connection between Levy and Levi. I was a bit sloppy
> with my words when I used the term "modelled". Maybe I should have written:
> "there was a perceived comparison between Levi and Levy. I believe it's
> talked about in Eric Lax's book "Woody Allen."
>
> Apparently Levi's estate took legal action, but Allen said that the
> similarity was accidental. So, my "Levy/Levi" comparison refers to a
> more
> coincidental conjoining of characters.
>
> In fact, the Louis Levy character was originally part of the script for
> Annie Hall, which was at that time a murder mystery about a Holocaust
> survivor-turned-philosopher who is supposed to have killed himself. Alvie
> and Annie know the philosopher, and his positive outlook on life, and
> deduce
> that he would never have killed himself, and so seek out the real
> cause of
> his death. This was eventually cut from the film, but the idea of a murder
> mystery is later explored in "Manhattan Murder Mystery," minus the
> philosopher.
>
> What seems to have been most disconcerting to Primo Levi's lawyers, however,
> is the suicide note left behind by the character Levy: "I've gone out
> the
> window." The comparison to Primo Levi, who may or may not have jumped
> to
> his death (but did not leave a note), lead the lawyers to inquire, but
> they
> were content with Allen's claim that there was no intended connection
> between Levi & Levy. Either way, the connection between the fictional
> and
> the real is somewhat tenable.
>
> Hope this clarifies
>
> Thanks
>
> Toni-Lynn
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