 "Stardust Memories" is one of Woody s first "serious" films. It s about a director named Sandy Bates, a man who simply doesn t want to make goofball comedies anymore, and it seems that the comedies are all that society wants from him. He s unhappy at the moment because his first "serious" film isn t well recieved by the public. He decides to stay a weekend at a hotel to reflect upon his life, body of work, and relationships of the past while a festival showcasing his films is occuring. Meanwhile, he encounters groups of his fans who ask for autographs, compliment him on his "early funnies", his style of filmmaking, and he encounters a beautiful woman named Dorrie (played by the utterly beautiful Charlotte Rampling), whom of which he falls in love with.