This has always been my favorite Woody Allen movie. It blends comedy and drama pitch perfectly. It's got all the beautiful Chechovian elements Woody showed in Interiors, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Another Woman, etc. All filmed and performed perfectly, just like Bergman would have done. But it also has all the laughs of his best pure comedies. "How do I know why there were Nazis? I don't know how the can opener works!" As a New Yorker, it's also my favorite love letter to the city. The Sam Waterston character gives us that incredible tour of NYC. We go to a rock club on Bleecker, the Met, the Carlyle with Bobby Short, a used bookstore in Soho. The list is endless. Also love the soundtrack (Bewitched and You Made Me Love You always instantly take me back to this movie when I hear them). And I love it for the scene you posted. Woody's search for theology throughout the movie is a beautiful/hilarious/poignant journey, and the final answer he arrives at -- Just enjoy life -- is so reaffirming. It echoes my religious views entirely (or who knows, maybe it shaped them). Perfect movie.

Ben, you've convinced me to screen this with the family over the Thanksgiving holiday. Been too long since I've seen it last. You've reminded me how much I loved it the first time I saw it. Thanks!

Scott, Hannah and Her Sisters is my favorite screenplay. I own it in paperback and read it constantly. There are so many reasons why this screenplay should be studied by advanced screenwriting students, I read the script before ever having seen the movie (something I think that is crucial). The most important thing this script taught me was how to create visuals in the readers mind, so that they actually see a movie as they read it. For example, If you read the first scene you will notice how much eating there is. I could see the actors eating as they talked. It drew me into the story. I also decided to start referencing the camera and cuts in my action lines. It's the easiest way to let the reader follow subtle variations of POV that I know. He sometimes doesn't use scene headings in this script which, surprisingly, wasn't very distracting because he opens on a lot of images and then slowly reveals the scene. I haven't started doing this just because I like the look of scene headings and it's such a mainstay and I'm a newbie that people might think I don't understand formatting. Anyway, thanks for posting this awesome scene. The whole script is amazing. It's a perfectly structured story. Enjoy

Great to hear, Nick. As noted, I'll be watching the movie this Thanksgiving with my family. Can't wait to see it again.