Although his latest film remains hidden from public view, Woody Allen’s memoir finally was published today and, while its first printing quickly sold out, the book exhibits the same absence of orde…
’s memoir finally was published today and, while its first printing quickly sold out, the book exhibits the same absence of order and discipline that has haunted both his films and his personal life. Indeed, it has re-ignited a predictable torrent of criticism about the scandals without adding new information or insight.
been buried by the omniscient career-cancellation corps. Allen himself, while condemning “guilt by accusation,” would confess: “Being a misanthropist has its saving grace: People can never disappoint you.” The fact remains that, with all his character frailties, Allen’s work has both moved and influenced generations of moviegoers and has thus achieved a unique place in our pop culture. Reviewing his work film by film, Allen seemed to dislike his best pictures, like; and in general was contemptuous of his fans. Although he venerated Bergman and Fellini, he was, in his own mind, “a comic without a neuron of intellect who loved making movies.
His attitudes toward his work were, in a way, equally compulsive, yet disorderly. He hammered out scripts, often falling in love with bizarre premises –— yet he refused outside input, hated rehearsals, rarely read critics and never saw his movies once they were finished.What’s New Pussycat? “I’ve been given millions to make movies, given total artistic control, yet I’ve never made a great one,” he grieves.
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