the purple rise of cairo really do rate up there with woody best from annie hall and manhattan to the early and more slapstick effort and such a love and death and sleeper . cairo happen to be one of the best 80 movie woody actually make crime and misdeameanours and braodway danny rise be other great . the reason why i think that cairo be well than the other 80 effort be that the idea be really inventive . the movie raise so many question of reality and fantasy and but do so in a highly surreal fashion . the switching of scene and from reality to fantasy ( movie ) make me realise where movie take u a a viewer . cecelia finds solace in the world of movie and come up against the decision of which be well the perfect world of movie and or reality and where thing be never certain . jeff daniel be so enigmatic in this movie . not only a tom and the screen legend and but a gil the actor . two very different character and both play brilliantly . mia farrow be great a usual and and show how broad her talent be ( broadway danny rise and radio day both very different character . danny aiello be good a the lazy slob of a husband and monk . like radio day and woody isn not actually on screen ( he narrate radio day and mind ) and in a way this ease me up . woody be fantastic when he be on screen and but this film benefit from lose his neurotic nature and and instead concentrate on the era and the love of movie and the complex theme of a movie within a movie . i will admit and some neurosis be retain in the dialogue ( talk of morality to prostitute . ) and this add to the surreal nature of the movie . this have to be one of my favourite film woody have direct . annie hall probably be my fave and manhattan and crime and misdeamenours and sleeper following . cairo be so constantly fresh and inventive and i couldn not help be captivate during it short run time . i recommend this to any fan or any lover of movie themselves . a real treat .