In fairness, he ripped of the whole nose thing off from Nikolai Gogol. And based on some of his short stories it does seem like Woody Allen is well read.
“In fairness, he ripped of the whole nose thing off from Nikolai Gogol.”
Interesting. I never thought of that.
I’d say kind of. Perhaps more inspired or influenced.
But yeah. Probably a connection.
“And based on some of his short stories it does seem like Woody Allen is well read.”
Probably Russian literature for sure. Mel Brooks, who was a writer with Woody Allen for Sid Caesar, talked about his love of Russian literature.