woodyallenpages.com points out that the raw footage from a 1987 BBC2 Interview has recently shown up on YouTube: Woody Allen Interview (1987) This is a nearly film-by-film career rundown up to "September".
This was great. I'd love to see him go through all of his films like that. Knowing how hypercritical he is with his own work, can you imagine how much good stuff has been left on the cutting room floor over his career that we'll never get to see?
It would be amazing to see outtakes from "Annie Hall" and see how well the different rough cut ideas held together. I'd even be game for the alternate "September".
Thanks for posting the interview. I'm about 10 minutes into it (will have to watch in fits and starts) and it's very interesting.
Finally watched the whole series. I thought it was OK. I had a few laughs but ultimately it wasn't one of Woody's better works. I think his appearance actually lifted the enjoyment for me.
Anyone picked up Wonder Wheel on BD yet? Hopefully this will get a physical release in the UK. That will complete my collection. Wonder what will become of A Rainy Day In New York?
Hope he makes more movies. The guy's a genius. Though he has to to be picky with future subject material.
Over the last decade I’ve found Allen’s films less than compelling with the rare exception. In the twilight of his career, he hasn’t reached the heights he did during his prime.
I'd probably agree with that to some degree, but Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine are pretty high-quality works, so I wouldn't count him out just yet...
Oh, I think Woody already took care of his outtakes in a very permanent fashion. I'd be surprised if he left it to his heirs to decide what to do with them.
But there hasn't been a physical release of Crisis in Six Scenes, has there? So won't your collection still be incomplete?
Just the two of us then. I don't think there's much demand for it. And with all other things considered... I guess it will never get a physical release.
I have always heard that he destroyed all his unused film, but does anyone have a good source for this "fact." Surely, someone must have documented his process destroying all his "excess" footage over the years. I guess I'm just hoping this is an urban legend and that someday someone will "discover" an alternate cut of Annie Hall.
Thanks for sharing this. Although not as entertaining as many of Woody's interviews I found it to be very insightful. And I always prefer unedited interviews as well.
I got my second look at "Wonder Wheel" tonight (on Amazon Prime). I feel like this overall story idea was a strong one (particularly the pivotal moment on the pay phone), but there are moments when the script and the performances don't measure up. In particular, Justin Timberlake is just really, really stiff, and plays nearly every scene with an emotional detachment that doesn't match his romanticist character at all. Visually the film is beautiful at times and daring at times as well. If I were forced to choose, this is a "miss" rather than a "hit", but it's much closer to a good film than some of the other "misses" (I'm looking at you "Alice"). There seems to be no word whatsoever on "Unnamed Woody Allen Project 2019", and Woody will be in Italy later this month into July directing a live comic opera. I'm getting the uneasy feeling that "A Rainy Day in New York" will be released as usual overseas but will let get little to no screen time before making it's way to Amazon Prime. And that will be that.
Came across this and thought it might interest one of the thousands of followers of this thread: The Paul Leslie Hour Episode #118 – Woody Allen Not a new interview and not about film, but it might be worth a listen (note: I haven't listened to any of it ... yet).
Wow - not a quality interview in terms of fidelity. Disappointing... I don’t know if I’ll make it ten minutes.
This seems worth posting here: Los 5 mejores momentos de la entrevista de Jorge Lanata a Woody Allen - Infobae A semi-recent interview (some of which made waves in the media), where Woody is once again interviewed by a foreign journalist. It’s broken up into several different segments, and the questions are all en español, but Woody’s answers are, of course, in English.
