Dissection of "Manhattan"

To start, I want to say I really enjoyed this movie. This was my first Woody Allen film, and I enjoyed his humor, and thought that it made for an interesting plot for a satire. But I think the one thing that I enjoyed the most about this movie was the Allen's use of cinematography.
In one particular shot, Woody Allen is in his new apartment with Dianne Keaton, and the shot is a static shot down a hallway, which has a few open doors- one leading to the kitchen, another to a closet, etc. Instead of the shot moving with Allen as he moves through the doorways into the other room, the camera keeps the static shot. We still hear his voice as he talks, and as he walks out of each door he's doing something different, i.e. walking towards a differnt angle, or holding something he wasn't before. We don't know what room he walked into, but it doesn't matter because the scene doesn't become about what he's DOING but rather what he's saying and and the apartment itself. It's an interesting idea, since it puts a lot more focus on place and dialogue and, honestly, that's what this movie all about.
There is very little in the way of conclusion for this movie; nothing is truly resolved, and at first one would be disheartened by this. But, strangely, I didn't feel that way at all. I was initially confused by this, because usually, if I see a movie that leaves me hanging, I'm done. I want resolution. But with this film, the movie wasn't so much about this man's love affairs, but about the place's he is and where he is and what he's doing in his life, and his philosophies. So, when the movie ends, I don't care that Woody Allen's 18 year old lover is going to London, or if his book gets published. The movie is about Manhattan, as a place, and what a man's life is like trying to strive in that place and how it shapes him as an individual.
Manhattan itself is as much a character in this movie as Allen or Keaton or anyone else. The movie starts with shots of of the city from a distance, showcasing how beautiful the city is at night, how it moves, how people interact with it.  All of this is achieved through the use of shots of New York, showing off architecture. This is a big theme of this movie. Allen places most (if not all) of the shots not only on the rule of thirds, and uses long static shots mixed with subtle movements to create a piece that set up the places the characters inhabit and are surrounded by. Very rarely is the movie shot with a lot of movement, which makes the scenes with a lot of movement more poignant.  For example, the second to last scene when Allen is running to catch his young lover, the camera moves with him as he moves down the sidewalk, but our eyes are still attracted to the city life that surrounds him. This movie is a love letter to the city, surrounded by Allen's philosophies on life and love. All in all, it's an enjoyable movie.