Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation with Stig BjörkmanOver the course of his long directing career, Woody Allen has portrayed contemporary American life with an unmistakable mixture of irony, neurotic obsession, and humor. Woody Allen on Woody Allen is a unique self-portrait of this uncompromising filmmaker that offers a revealing account of his life and work. In a series of rare, in-depth interviews, Allen brings us onto the sets and behind the scenes of all his films. Since its original publication, Woody Allen on Woody Allen has been the primary source of Allen's own thoughts on his work, childhood, favorite films, and inspirations. Now updated with one hundred pages of new material that brings us up to his Hollywood Ending, Woody Allen on Woody Allen is a required addition to any cinephile's library. |
Contents
Woody Allen and Peter Sellers in Whats New Pussycat? II | 11 |
Woody Allen and friend in Casino Royale | 14 |
Take the Money and | 16 |
Woody Allen as a bankrobber in Take the Money and Run | 17 |
Gordon Willis at work on Stardust Memories | 21 |
Woody Allen and Carlo Di Palma at work on Radio Days | 23 |
Bob Hope in Monsieur Beaucaire | 27 |
Woody Allen playing clarinet with Herb Hall | 38 |
Stardust Memories | 121 |
Woody Allen in Stardust Memories | 125 |
Charlotte Rampling in Stardust Memories | 129 |
A Midsummer Nights Sex ComedyZelig | 131 |
Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in A Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy | 134 |
Mia Farrow and Woody Allen in Zelig | 138 |
Broadway Danny Rose | 143 |
Sandy Baron Will Jordan and Jack Rollins in Broadway Danny | 144 |
Bananas | 39 |
Sylvester Stallone and Woody Allen in Bananas | 40 |
Play It Again | 48 |
Woody Allen in Play It Again Sam | 49 |
ΙΟ Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in Play It Again Sam | 53 |
Woody Allen and Lynn Redgrave in Everything You Always Wanted ΙΙ to Know About Sex | 60 |
Gene Wilder in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex | 63 |
Sleeper | 67 |
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Sleeper | 69 |
Woody Allen in Love and Death | 73 |
Annie Hall | 75 |
Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in Annie Hall | 84 |
Diane Keaton and Woody Allen with their analysts in Annie Hall | 89 |
Interiors | 94 |
Diane Keaton Kristin Griffith and Mary Beth Hurt in Interiors | 102 |
Maureen Stapleton and E G Marshall in Interiors | 104 |
ΙΟ | 107 |
Mariel Hemingway and Woody Allen in Manhattan | 109 |
Meryl Streep and Woody Allen in Manhattan III | 111 |
Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in Manhattan 1145 | 115 |
Isaac Woody Allen records the things that make life worth living | 119 |
Karen Ackers Jeff Daniels Mia Farrow John Wood and | 150 |
Hannah and Her Sisters | 153 |
Robert Joy and Dianne Wiest | 165 |
September | 170 |
Crimes and Misdemeanours | 185 |
Another Woman | 188 |
Woody Allen directing Gena Rowlands and Gene Hackman | 199 |
19 | 201 |
20 | 208 |
A movie plot? Judah Martin Landau recounts his perfect | 221 |
22 | 227 |
Alec Baldwin and Mia Farrow in Alice | 233 |
Shadows and | 234 |
Husbands and Wives | 244 |
Manhattan Murder Mystery | 255 |
Interlude | 269 |
Filmography | 370 |
Chronology | 389 |
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