Axel Kuschevatzky interviews Woody Allen - part 1

[pfmrokman]

What's the first question he asks? What movie was not a comedy?

[mfga83]

subtitulos!!! que te cuesta

[slickvguy]

Thanks for posting this. Too bad the sounds isn't better. Hard to hear.

[Blazingwheel]

he did good in ANTZ

[Alejandromichael84]

@Blazingwheel he did WELL - dumb ass, go back to school and take an English course silly little boy.

[Blazingwheel]

@Alejandromichael84 lol chill out its not like i was was a spelling exam i can type what i want so piss off

[Alejandromichael84]

@Blazingwheel It's not my fault you sound illiterate, by the way you type. Heck in fact, I don't give two lazy fucks if you typed like a 6 year old...see who's going to get ahead in life with that misuse of grammar, just sayin'

[Blazingwheel]

@Alejandromichael84 asshole

[oldjizzy]

It is SO great that real interviewers, and Woody are doing these for future generations to look at and listen to. This is a very important person in film and really, in life factors that we all have went through or wished about or fantisised about. Thank God, Woody is doing these. AND thank God there are interviewers who can actually speak with the guy to get his ideas and thoughts. The man will be sorely missed someday. His movies will live on, but it will be sad that there won't be any more.

[carsanookdotcom]

Allen Woody. A beer drinker.

Can you remember his real name? I like his dialect or is it acecent?

Listen to his New York "S" at 1:11. He is one of my two living favorite directors.

The other one is Werner Herzog. You'll find him on YouTube.

Dr John

CarSanook

Kingdom of Thailand

[septip123]

Woody Allen has 18 very good films, some of those are great.

18

[ValeFromArgentina]

Que grande Axel!Lastima no tiene subtitulos!!

[cacaorocks]

axel ....yyyyyy,,,quit it...

[helena0621]

this Axel guy is such a horrible interviewer

[jazzmanEE]

"Keaton was not conventionally pretty at all" lol..ohhh come on Woddy :)..she's a beauty...

[Tigerlily21]

Keaton was beautiful but in an unconventional way is what he's saying. And she's still beautiful too. Natural beauty.

[jazzmanEE]

Scoop is one of his latest great movies..loved it..not to mention the greatness ofMatch Point...VCB was ok and Cassandra's Dream always grows on me eveyimte i see it.

[royalewcheese]

Does anyone know the source of this interview? Magazine? Documentary?...

[samshorts]

Probably TV special or a segment. Kuschevatzky works for the argentinean public tv channel Telefé.

[NuclearPlanet]

@royalewcheese I think its from a tv show. It wouldn't be a magazine or it wouldnt have been edited. It must be from a tv show

[LayItPlayItDown]

Why is it SO hard for interviewers to understand that it's actually nice to hear the question and not just the answer.

I mean sure, you hear it if you listen sharp, but he hasn't got a microphone. Bad.

"Blacktopas8" Casting bad actors?

Larry David fits better than a glove for Woody Allen's movies, and really, if he wants the characters to be young, he, Farrow or Keaton really has no business playing them.

Penelope Cruz was great in Vicky aswell.

Looking forward to his next one !!! (always)

[blacktopaz8]

Woody allen hit a nice vibe for a while. But his viewpoint on things in his movies suggests that he has changed his way. He's going in a new direction. After that cookie movie he really changed. I think it was about that time. I agree with one of the dudes below that he casts bad actors now. He used to use his friends but I guesse he wants young actors to please movie executives.

[chlocodile112]

@blacktopaz8 cookie movie? which one is that?

[blacktopaz8]

@chlocodile112  the movie is called Small Time Crooks.

[racsonam]

the interviewer agrees too much

[ErnadOsmic]

Woody is a legend from all points of view, but he can't cover every aspect of a movie, such as the REALLY bad acting in Cassandra's Dream.

On the other hand, it's kind of his fault if he chooses actors by the quality of their looks, and not by the acting possebilities.

Colin Farrel and Ewan McGregor were PATHETIC!!!!!

[fadygamallouca]

I agree with amwalker in the sense that Woody is genius but kinda out of time and place.

[jazzmanEE]

cassandras dream is terrific...and match point is his latest masterpiece

[brunovirtual]

give me an S... give me an U... give me an B... give me an S... what I need? SUBS, SUBS, SUBS, SUBS...

Please Axel, subs...

Great interview!!!

[amwalker1987]

It seems to me his talent has sort of been a curse for him in later life.

His early genius allowed him to become so seperated from society, his later work suffered.

Clearly, he is one of the brilliant minds, and yet too far removed to make any important statement on present times/people. Just listen to the way he writes dialogue for university aged students in Anything Else.

Still, at his worst, he beats almost all garbage released today.

[tarnopol]

I actually think many of his recent films are some of his best: _Match Point_, _Cassandra's Dream_, _Vicky Christina Barcelona_. There have been some bad ones, for sure, recently: didn't even bother to watch _Anything Else_ or some others.

[fadygamallouca]

I agree. Woody Allen is genius but is kinda out of time and place.

[PecknarmLondonEnland]

I don't really think it has anything to do with him being separated from society it probably is the fact that he's 73 years old. What 73 year old man can write convincing dialogue for uni students.

I do agree with you saying he beats all the garbage out today.

[larinaea]

@amwalker1987 Very interesting observation)) Completely agree. It's just so sad that there's too much low-quality rubbish all around in literature, movies, theatre. Culture is becoming too pop.(

[yisacknayrabin]

@amwalker1987 I disagree. His themes and characters are timeless and universal. These archetypes don't change over time. Unlike so many films today entirely dependent on pop culture references and present tense iconography, Allen continues to make films that I believe will present the same strengths (and weaknesses) in 40 years as they do today. I do agree with you however, that even his lesser offerings outshine most of the competition. :)

[BananaSandwich1]

i believe hes very introverted, much like me, this can give u a different perspective but frankly makes you feel isolated and like u're missing out bcos u're not one of the party people

[romeosdistress]

@amwalker1987 Quite a good point, though I think it depends on what you go to the cinema for. There's a massive emphasis currently on supposed "realism", which was never at all Allen's influence [i.e Chaplin, Marx Bros, Bergman etc] nor his style. I think for Woody Allen, cinema still represents an escape and often the ability to laugh at real life by injecting into it the spirit of the absurd - as a [film] student, I only wish I did have such conversations. But at least I have the films.

[0FindGlory]

@romeosdistress I agree with you re 'realism' today - its also in television drama - but I think producers/directors/writers need to keep asking what it is that makes an audience either go to the movies or watch tv or go to the theatre - they/we go to 'escape' realism/naturalism/everyday life?