The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion

Jason Bailey

• Publisher: Voyageur Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780760346235
• eBook ISBN: 9781627885454
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film & Video

A complete look at the extensive, ageless, unparalleled filmography of Woody Allen. Writer, actor, director, comedian, author, and musician, Woody Allen is one of the most culturally and cinematically influential filmmakers of all time. His films - he has over 45 writing and directing credits to his name - range from slapstick to tragedy, farce to fantasy. As one of history's most prolific moviemakers, his style and comic sensibility have been imitated, but never replicated, by countless other filmmakers over the years. In The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion, film writer Jason Bailey profiles every one of Allen's films: from his debut feature, What's Up, Tiger Lily, through slapstick classics such as Take the Money and Run and Sleeper; Academy Award-winning films such as Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters; and recent gems such as Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine. Bailey also includes essays on the fascinating themes that color Allen's works, from death and Freud to music and New York City. Getting up close and personal with the actors and actresses that have brought the iconic films to life, this book's behind-the-scenes stories span the entire career of a man whose catalog has grown into a timeless cornerstone of American pop culture. Complete with full cast lists, production details, and full-color images and artwork, The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion is the ultimate, indispensable reference to one of cinema's most beloved and important figures.

Index

People

Aaron, Caroline, 73

Alda, Alan, 73, 77, 83, 85, 100, 114

Allen, Woody. See also Allan Stewart Konisberg.

“bad luck” philosophy featured in his films, 86–89

character and persona on stage and in films, 121–125

childhood, 8–9

early films, 10–16

deleted scenes from his films, 76–77

films he’s appeared in other than his own, 108–110

films that influenced his work, 18–19

films that imitate his style, 111

first job writing jokes, 9

his movie-making process, 174–179

his signature style when making films, 142–144

love of music and using that in film, 8, 46, 53–54, 70–71, 114–117, 128–133

making dramas vs. comedies, 80

Oscar wins, 34, 69, 143, 163, 169

reusing ideas, material from “the black reels,” 117

scandal surrounding breakup with Mia Farrow, 94–96, 100, 102

setting his films in European locales, 148, 152, 158–163

shooting in black and white, 42–43, 50, 53, 61, 93, 126, 133

showing his love of New York City on film, 42, 47–49

taking a “mockumentarian” approach, 54–59

working at Taminent, 10, 13

Argo, Victor, 73

Aronson, Letty, 103, 136

Baldwin, Alec, 73, 90, 172–173, 180

Banderas, Antonio, 166

Bardem, Javier, 158–159, 162

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Prologue
• The “Reasonably Happy” Early Life and Career of Allan Stewart Konigsberg
• What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
• Take the Money and Run (1969)
• Bananas (1971)
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)
• Play It Again, Sam (1972)
• Sleeper (1973)
• Love and Death (1975)
• Annie Hall (1977)
• Interiors (1978)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Stardust Memories (1980)
• A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
• Zelig (1983)
• Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Radio Days (1987)
• September (1987)
• Another Woman (1988)
• New York Stories: Oedipus Wrecks (1989)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
• Alice (1990)
• Shadows and Fog (1991)
• Husbands and Wives (1992)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
• Don’t Drink the Water (1994)
• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• Celebrity (1998)
• Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
• Small Time Crooks (2000)
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
• Hollywood Ending (2002)
• Anything Else (2003)
• Melinda and Melinda (2004)
• Match Point (2005)
• Scoop (2006)
• Cassandra’s Dream (2007)
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
• Whatever Works (2009)
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
• To Rome with Love (2012)
• Blue Jasmine (2013)
• Closing: The Escape Artist
• Bibliography
• Index
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Dedication
• Copyright