For over 40 years, at a remarkable pace of about a film a year, Woody Allen has been bringing his comedic, and dramatic sensibilities to the movie world fashioning such diverse classics as "Annie Hall", "Manhattan", "Hannah and Her Sisters", "Match Point", and "Midnight in Paris". For this extensive documentary, the reclusive neurotic gives a rare interview as he traces his life and career from his childhood in Brooklyn where he takes us to his old schoolyard and the movie houses he frequented, through his years as a stand-up where he frequented the NYC nightclubs and network talk shows, through the ups and downs and successes and scandals of his impressive film career. Through interviews with his partners including his sister Letty Aronson, Jack Rollins, and Charles H. Joffe as well as collobrators such as Diane Keaton, John Cusack, Scarlett Johansson, and Naomi Watts, we are given a wonderful exhibition and celebration of a true American treasure.
Entertainment Magazine
For over 40 years, at a remarkable pace of about a film a year, Woody Allen has been bringing his comedic, and dramatic sensibilities to the movie world fashioning such diverse classics as "Annie Hall", "Manhattan", "Hannah and Her Sisters", "Match Point", and "Midnight in Paris". For this extensive documentary, the reclusive neurotic gives a rare interview as he traces his life and career from his childhood in Brooklyn where he takes us to his old schoolyard and the movie houses he frequented, through his years as a stand-up where he frequented the NYC nightclubs and network talk shows, through the ups and downs and successes and scandals of his impressive film career. Through interviews with his partners including his sister Letty Aronson, Jack Rollins, and Charles H. Joffe as well as collobrators such as Diane Keaton, John Cusack, Scarlett Johansson, and Naomi Watts, we are given a wonderful exhibition and celebration of a true American treasure.
