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Woody Allen (b. 1935) is one of America’s most idiosyncratic filmmakers, with an unparalleled output of nearly one film every year for over three decades. His movies are filled with rapid-fire one-liners, neurotic characters, anguished relationships, and old-time jazz music. Allen’s vision of New York—whether in comedies or dramas—has shaped our perception of the city more than any other modern filmmaker.

Woody Allen: Interviews collects over twenty-five years of interviews with the Oscar-winning director of Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Bullets Over Broadway. The book’s interviews reveal a serious director often at odds with his onscreen persona as a lovable, slapstick loser. Allen talks frankly about his rigorous work habits, his biggest artistic influences, the attention he devotes to acting, screenwriting, and directing, and how New York fuels his filmmaking.

Along with discussing film techniques and styles, Allen opens up about his love of jazz, his Jewish heritage, and the scandal that arose when he left his longtime partner Mia Farrow for her adopted daughter. Including four interviews from European sources, three of which and now available in English for the first time, Woody Allen: Interviews is a treasure trove of conversations with one of America’s most distinctive filmmakers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #781187 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

From the Publisher
These interviews with the famous director of Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bullets Over Broadway, and the Oscar-winning Annie Hall

* Include pieces, some of which have never been published in English, from French and Scandinavian publications

* Cover over 25 years of interviews (and over 30 of Allen’s films)

* Expand our Conversations with Filmmakers Series

From the Inside Flap
Interviews with the famous director of Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bullets Over Broadway, and the Oscar-winning Annie Hall

About the Author
Robert E. Kapsis is professor of sociology at Queens College and is the author of Hitchcock: The Making of a Reputation. His work has appeared in the Village Voice, Variety, Journal of Popular Film and Video, and Cineaste. Kathie Coblentz is a research librarian at the New York Public Library. Kapsis and Coblentz co-edited Clint Eastwood: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi).