The next morning, the young naive son is stunned when his father coldly treats him as an ordinary junior recruit ("you""ve got a great deal to learn").The film-noirish story was enhanced by the expressionistic black and white cinematography of Charles Lang, who capitalized on he blindingly bright and overexposed landscapes of the desert Southwest.Then, more voices join in.Multiple faces appear superimposed in a dancing kaleidoscope of images over a gigantic screen-filling close-up of lips speaking he same seven words.Then, the man smelled Santa""s breath and realized he was drunk - and expressed his personal insult and indignation:You ought to be ashamed of yourself.The summer of 1989""s ""sleeper"" film has a number of startling resemblances to Woody Allen""s witty, urban romanceAnnie Hall (1977): the title credits (with a black background and white text) along with the film""s title song "It Had to Be You" (sung by Diane Keaton in Allen""s film) being played on a piano, direct camera interviews-testimonials, split-screen techniques, the Manhattan backdrop (including the fall foliage), evocative George Gershwin unes, obsessive talk about sex and death, the romance between a Jew and non-Jewish woman (shiksa), and Harry and Sally""s first meeting in 1977 - is the year the similar film was released.