![]() Also John Turturro‘s Fading Gigolo where Allen pimps him out, that’s a fantastic little film. People don’t seem to like it but I think it’s great. I love a little oddity called Picking Up the Pieces, where his wife’s hand becomes a divine object in a remote Mexican village. What is a film or era in Allen’s career you feel is underrated?ĬW: For me, it’s often the ones he just acts in for other directors that are really undervalued. WAP: One of the best things about your book is you don’t shy away from the lesser known films. When you really study them you get a different view point of these movies. I also learned from a couple of cast members in Manhattan how straight forward and direct Allen is as a director. And I was reminded that Manhattan is one of the most beautiful looking films ever made, and any filmmaker could take a lesson from the direction in that film. But I also think I’d have preferred Annie Hall if it had been made in the way Woody originally wanted to make it, with the more stream of consciousness approach. Hundreds if not thousands of films have copied it. They became kind of more natural, with street dialogue and lacking in schmaltzy sentimentality, no scenes of lovers running towards each other and kissing. But I realised how Annie Hall basically formed the new approach to romantic comedies from then on, it changed the genre. How did it felt to tackle to the big classics like Annie Hall or Manhattan?ĬW: Well they are such intimidating classics that you kind of feel weird approaching them. WAP: Your book features new essays on every film. So I already had a lot on DVD when I started the book too, so it was a pleasure re-watching them. When I started doing the book, there were only a few bits and pieces I’d not already seen a few times, like his cameo roles and a couple of oddities. When I was a teenager I loved Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, Bananas and all the madcap ones, but as I’ve got older, I appreciate his later works. WAP: How did you go about discovering the entire catalogue?ĬW: Once I was hooked, we started seeing them all as they came out quite naturally, and also going back to the classics. Love and Death became me and my dad’s real favourite. ![]() It’ became a thing between me and my dad, like a private film club, watching them one by one, which my partner Linzi is now in on. ![]() Then I distinctly recall watching Small Time Crooks on one of those ex rental tapes. The first one I saw properly was Play It Again Sam, which I loved. Then my dad got into collecting all his movies on VHS. WAP: What was the first Woody Allen film you ever saw? And what did you think of it?ĬW: Well the first Woody film I saw was Antz when I was about thirteen at the cinema. We asked Chris some questions about his new book, which you can get now on Amazon. Breaking the glut is a new ebook by Chris Wade, who has written books on subjects as diverse as The Kinks to Sharon Stone.Ĭhris’s new book is called WOODY ALLEN ON SCREEN, and it tackles every Allen appearance on screen, with essays on Allen’s directed work, and the films where he appears as an actor.He also has new interviews with people who have worked with Allen. ![]()
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