Annie Hall to the camera, or launch into inspired monologues like Annie's free-association as she describes her family to Alvy. This speech by Diane Keaton is as close to perfect as such a speech can likely be ... all done in one take of brilliant brinksmanship." He cites a study that calculated the average shot length of "Annie Hall" to be 14.5 seconds, while other films made in 1977 had an average shot length of 4–7 seconds. Peter Cowie suggests that "Allen breaks up his extended shots with more orthodox cutting back and forth in conversation pieces, so that the forward momentum
Annie Hall all time. Several lists ranking Allen's best films have put "Annie Hall" among his greatest work. In June 2008, AFI revealed its 10 Top 10—the best ten films in ten classic American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community and "Annie Hall" was placed second in the romantic comedy genre. AFI also ranked "Annie Hall" on multiple other lists. In November 2008, "Annie Hall" was voted in at No. 68 on "Empire" magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". It is also ranked #2 on Rotten Tomatoes' 25 Best Romantic Comedies, second only to