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In 2015, the world celebrates 50 years of films by Woody Allen. Since he first vented his neuroses in 1965, Woody Allen has enjoyed a career unlike any other writer or director in Hollywood. The impact of his comedy and his psychoanalysis of the modern world have been hugely influential and had a profound effect on popular culture ever since.Everybody has their favourite Woody movie; whether it's his early autobiographical work such as Annie Hall or Manhattan, or later less- introspective films such as Match Point or Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen has never failed to release a movie every year, on time and on budget. As Woody said about himself: "The two biggest myths about me are that I'm an intellectual, because I wear these glasses, and that I'm an artist because my films lose money."As self-critical as ever - and with a new film due to be released in July 2015 and an Amazon-streamed TV series scheduled for autumn 2015 - Woody Allen remains a force to be reckoned with.Woody Allen: Film by Film is an insightful, entertaining and authoritative exploration into the mind of one of the world's most complex and neurotic moviemakers. The book explores themes, motifs and styles and breaks down Allen's films frame by frame to help understand the brilliant and comical mind of one of popular culture's best loved, and intelligent, worriers.
About the author
Jason Solomons is a highly respected film critic, broadcaster and journalist. He was Deputy Film Critic for the Observer and the Guardian for 15 years and currently writes weekly film reviews for the UK’s bestselling Mail on Sunday newspaper. Solomons presents In Conversation, a 20-part, 30 minute television interview show which is licensed for broadcast worldwide in territories including the US, UK, Canada, Scandinavia, Australia, Brazil and France. He has interviewed man of the greats of modern cinema, including Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers, George Clooney, Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes.
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In 2015, the world celebrates 50 years of films by Woody Allen. Since he first vented his neuroses in 1965, Woody Allen has enjoyed a career unlike any other writer or director in Hollywood. The impact of his comedy and his psychoanalysis of the modern world have been hugely influential and had a profound effect on popular culture ever since.
Everybody has their favourite Woody movie; whether it’s his early autobiographical work such as Annie Hall or Manhattan, or later less- introspective films such as Match Point or Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen has never failed to release a movie every year, on time and on budget. As Woody said about himself: „The two biggest myths about me are that I‘m an intellectual, because I wear these glasses, and that I’m an artist because my films lose money.“
As self-critical as ever – and with a new film due to be released in July 2015 and an Amazon-streamed TV series scheduled for autumn 2015 – Woody Allen remains a force to be reckoned with.
Woody Allen: Film by Film is an insightful, entertaining and authoritative exploration into the mind of one of the world‘s most complex and neurotic moviemakers. The book explores themes, motifs and styles and breaks down Allen‘s films frame by frame to help understand the brilliant and comical mind of one of popular culture‘s best loved, and intelligent, worriers.
