“I would never invest my own money in a movie or a play,” Allen said. to hvg360Who learned at the beginning of his career that he would never make anything with his own money, and he adheres to this to this day.
In the interview, the film expert discussed several matters:
- The play, which revolves around a stolen Raffaello painting, also introduces the mob boss: the artist's fascination with gangsters is not new, and although he does not know real gangsters, he has always been fascinated by movie villains, gangsters and cowboys.
- At the same time, Western heroes and cowboys don't appear in his films: he is, he says, every bit a big-city person, and his characters are also characterized by big-city life.
- Gangsters like Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese would find it difficult to take the underworld characters in Woody Allen films seriously, because they are interested in the tough faces of gangsters. Although Allen's characters can't be mentioned on the same page as Coppola's or Scorsese's gangsters, the director feels he did a good job with his gangsters.
- Woody Allen even directed Donald Trump, who appeared in his movie “Against the Star” for a full two minutes. However, according to the director, it is not Trump, but his rival Kamala Harris, who will win the US presidential elections this year.
- Although the film revolves around an art collection, Allen never collects paintings. “If I had started, I would have exposed myself to an expensive passion,” he said.
- The jokes come too easily from the author, sometimes too much, since a single joke often takes away the authenticity of the moment. “He succeeds in making the viewer laugh, but something is missing.“
- He wrote A Brooklyn Tale during the pandemic, but his workflow has not been disrupted by the pandemic, because he spends most of his life within four walls, above his desk.
- Screenwriting is much easier than directing, because writing is more improvisational than directing.
- He recently said he was tired of raising money for his films, so he no longer plans, but there is Coppola who made his new film Megalopolis with his own money. His last film cost $120 million, while Allen's films cost a fraction of that, $15 million.
We see it first
In July, Index wrote that as well The first Brooklyn fairy tale, directed by Matej Szabó and written by Woody Allen during lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, will be shown at Belvárosi Színház. The main roles are played by Máté Mészáros, Zsuzsa Járó and Milan Schruff.
With his remarkable knowledge of people and sense of humor, Woody Allen gives us the full scope of man's smallness and greatness. It is a matter of great pride that our performance will be the premiere, and that the Hungarian audience will be able to see the play for the first time in the world.
– says the Orlai Produkció ad.
