What's your favourite early Woody Allen film?

[tristar]

I'm a huge Woody Allen fan, so I was wondering if you like him, too? My favourites were his earlier films. I voted for "Bananas" and "Love and Death". I like 'em all, but those two really jumped out at me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a3mk9sp0oE
Anyone else?

[Tom Stathes]

I particularly enjoy his shorter film, OEDIPUS WRECKS.

[Thad]

Definitely Annie Hall and Take the Money and Run.

"My grammy never gave gifts. She was too busy getting raped by Cossacks."

[Eugene the Jeep]

I voted for Sleeper.

[frizfrelengfan]

I liked all of 'em except Love and Death (which I thought was pretentious), but voted for Bananas and Sleeper.

[Geezil]

Bananas and Sleeper. (Sneaky honorable mention goes to Radio Days, since that one came along much later.)

[guy incognito]

While it's not his best, Take the Money and Run is my personal favorite.

Jackson Beck's narration is deadpan-perfect: "Prison food is scarce, and not very nourishing. The men get one hot meal per day: a bowl of steam."

[Duck Dodgers]

I like almost all of them, but my favorite is "Take the Money and Run".

[tristar]

While it's not his best, Take the Money and Run is my personal favorite.

Jackson Beck's narration is deadpan-perfect: "Prison food is scarce, and not very nourishing. The men get one hot meal per day: a bowl of steam."
Take the money and Run was the first Allen film I've seen. IMO a little bit slower than some of the later-early films, but still a laugh riot.

[tristar]

While these are not early films, I really enjoyed "Zelig" (1983) and "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1984).

While not the funniest Allen film, "Zelig" is certainly his most clever film. That film had some fantastic editing, IMO.

As for "Purple Rose", it is a very funny and clever Allen effort, I think this was his first stab at directing fantasy.

[Smilodon]

Does "What's New Pussycat?" not count because he didn't direct it although he wrote the screenplay and acted in it?

[Patrick McCart]

Bananas. It's not as well-made as his other films, but it's constantly funny.