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by Stig Bjorkman,Woody Allen

ISBN: 0802134254
Author: Stig Bjorkman,Woody Allen
Language: English
Publisher: Grove Pr (November 1, 1995)
Pages: 288
Category: Performing Arts
Subcategory: Art
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The interviewer, Stig Bjorkman, is a Swedish filmmaker and critic who is obviously well-versed in Allen's films since many of his questions .

The interviewer, Stig Bjorkman, is a Swedish filmmaker and critic who is obviously well-versed in Allen's films since many of his questions and observations reflected a detailed knowledge of various scenes and characters in Allen's films. 2 people found this helpful.

Woody feels comfortable with the interviewer, Stig Bjorkman – a Swedish film critic who has a connection with his . A book in which Woody Allen has an open conversation about all his movies and their directing. It is a very good point of view once you saw most of his movies.

The questions are fairly gentle, but does digress into interesting diversions that go beyond his thoughts on film and into other areas like politics (people in all classes are nice and some aren’t) and music (his love of Jazz) A book in which Woody Allen has an open conversation about all his movies and their directing.

Since Allen rarely gives interviews, this volume is by its very nature an important one for fans of his films, and he is candid about his thematic obsessions-death, the confusion between fantasy and reality, the tensions that threaten the nuclear family.

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Over the course of his long directing career, Woody Allen has portrayed contemporary American life with an unmistakable mixture of irony, neurotic obsession, and humor. In a series of rare, in-depth interviews, Allen brings us onto the sets and behind the scenes of all his films.

the conversations in Woody Allen on Woody Allen reveal the broad influences of Woody Allen's eclectic vision and bring him closer, in all his vulnerable complexity, than ever before.

From his youthful interest in the nonsensical surrealism of Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers to the poetic lyricism of Ingmar Bergman, the conversations in Woody Allen on Woody Allen reveal the broad influences of Woody Allen's eclectic vision and bring him closer, in all his vulnerable complexity, than ever before. Woody allen on woody allen. Пользовательский отзыв - Kirkus.

A list of published (and some unpublished) works by or about the American film director Woody Allen. Getting Even (1971), ISBN 0-394-47348-5. Without Feathers (1975), ISBN 0-394-49743-0. Side Effects (1980), ISBN 0-394-51104-2. The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8129-7811-7. Mere Anarchy (2007), ISBN 978-1400066414. Lunatic's Tale (1986), ISBN 1-55628-001-7 (Short story previously included in Side Effects.

Since its original publication, Woody Allen on Woody Allen has been the primary source of Allen's own thoughts on. .

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. The interviewer, Stig Bjorkman, is a Swedish filmmaker and critic who is obviously well-versed in Allen's films since many of his questions and observations reflected a detailed knowledge of various scenes and characters in Allen's films.

Bibliographic Details. We guarantee the condition of every book as it's described on the Abebooks web sites. Publisher: Grove Press. Publication Date: 1995. Shipping Terms: Shipping costs are based on books weighing . LB, or 1 KG.

My dream was to one day have a conversation with Woody Allen. com User, May 18, 2000

My dream was to one day have a conversation with Woody Allen. com User, May 18, 2000. I no longer have to dream what it would be like to have a conversation with Woody Allen. He makes many references to literature, movies, especially foreign films and artists that he loves.

The filmmaker shares his inspirations, anxieties, and frustrations in a self-portrait that goes behind the scenes of his films, glimpses his Brooklyn childhood, and considers his opinions on a range of topics from jazz to New York City.

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Ice_One_Guys

I am a long-time admirer of Woody Allen's films (at least most of them) and have read several books that evaluate his films, his film messages, and his filmmaking craft and have found them to be intellectually pretentious, so much so that their authors reminded me of the pretentious characters he so humorously satirizes in his films. While this book shows Allen to be a very intelligent and knowledgeable filmmaker (no surprise), it also reveals him to be a dedicated filmmaker who can be refreshingly modest and wise and shrewd in his judgment of people and social mores. He admits that in his very early films he just pointed the camera at where the action was, and that he learned a great deal from the exceptional cinematographers that he subsequently employed, e.g., Gordon Willis. It's well known that Allen is not particularly communicative with his actors, both in the initial interview and while directing, so it's revealing to hear him say that "90% of my films" is in the casting; that is, he gets the most suitable actor for the part and then simply lets the actor employ his / her craft on the set. The interviews reveal that Allen is well-read in literature, and it's no surprise that writing the script is his favorite part of filmmaking, and also worth noting that he can sometimes complete an entire script in a day.

I liked the structure of the interviews in that they started with his first film and then discussed each subsequent film in chronological sequence. The interviewer, Stig Bjorkman, is a Swedish filmmaker and critic who is obviously well-versed in Allen's films since many of his questions and observations reflected a detailed knowledge of various scenes and characters in Allen's films. It certainly helped the rapport between interviewer and interviewee that they both shared a love of Bergman films. Allen acknowledges that, by and large, the studios have given him a great deal of creative freedom with his films, but that European audiences may have sustained his autonomy in recent years.

As mentioned, Allen comes across in these interviews as a dedicated, hard-working and creative filmmaker, and although he resembles the stock character he so often portrayed in his films in certain ways, in many other ways he is different from that character, e.g., he was a reasonably athletic adolescent. Nonetheless, some of those "neurotic" features are much in evidence in these interviews. He's obsessed with death and has a morbid fear of "perishing" (perhaps it's why he's such a workaholic). On numerous occasions, he cites Ernest Becker's "The Denial of Death" as a book that's shaped him both intellectually and emotionally. Of course, Woody always said that he "didn't want to achieve immortality through his work, but by not dying." He also reveals that he's not the hypochondriac he's portrayed but instead he's an "alarmist"; that is, he doesn't think he's always sick, but instead, when he does get sick, he thinks it's fatal!

One irritant in these interviews is that Bjorkman, a typical left-wing European intellectual, makes numerous anti-American observations to Allen, presumably trying to get him to follow up and agree. To his credit, Woody (a liberal), doesn't take the bait, and instead makes reasoned and balanced observations on American politics and society. If you enjoy Woody's films, these revealing interviews should be worth your while.

grand star

This is a wonderful book chronicling the first twenty-five years of Woody Allen movies in the format of Allen's answering questions from interviewer Stig Bjorkman. The continuity in Allen's films is his fixation with perishing, which Allen believes is the only weighty matter of life. Everything else is irrelevant and unworthy of carrying a piece of art. He respects Diane Keaton's opinion more than any other, thinks that Judy Davis was the greatest actress of her generation and loves the work of Dianne Wiest His favourite movie of his at the this time was THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO. He also discusses his three famous cinematographers, Gordon Willis, Carlo Di Palma and Sven Nykvist.

Castiel

Excellent book if you are a fan of Woody Allen and his movies. I couldn't put it down and it is filled with in depth interviews where he shares his thoughts, memories , childhood stories, inspirations and much more. I felt like I was being given a back stage behind the scenes account of all of his films and life. It is funny, informative and very entertaining.

Renthadral

The book starts with a good interview about Allen's early days and his transition from a young movies' fan, to a skilled writter and director. The interviewer makes deep questions trying to reveal Allen's way of thinking, his taste on films, literature, music, etc.
In addition the book makes a complete and deep revision of each Allen's movie in which Woody provides a detailed explanation and description of the movie itself. The subject, the locations where they were film, the election of the movie cast, as well as his relationship with the whole staff that has accompanied him along the years in the movies making process.

If you like Woody Allen you will love this book because it is entertaining, it provides a lot of insight about Allen and while you are reading it, you feel you are part of the interview as well, like you had the chance to sit there discussing life and movies with him.

Cordanius

A very relaxed and interesting discussion regarding the development of Allen's style and indivisual films that is very entertaining. This is an excellent companion to his earlier films. Bjorkman asks excellent questions that keep the discussion flowing in a chronological sense yet allow for Woody Allen to address many interssting topics related to his work.
The focus here is really the body of work and not Allen's personal life. Like sitting with a bottle of wine and talking to two intelligent filmmakers about their craft.