July 24, 1987 • Page Image 25
…"I work 90 percent of the time. But I'm not a recluse." may be losing this fight. Certainly Radio Days, his fifteenth and most recent film, was a step backward. An attempt at an American Amarcor4 this episodic comedy- drama seemed stifled and joyless, less a case of taking risks than of surrendering to worst instincts. It's the darkly nutty rather than the endearingly nutty Woody Allen who says things like: "The best film I ever did, real- ly...…

















































