Woody Allen: A Life in Film - Softcover

...This book also offers new, tasty, nutritious stuff for Woody loyalists to savor. -- Owen McNally * Hartford Courant * This is an urbane and readable work and will be of great interest to avid Allen fans... -- Andrea Slonosky * Library Journal * Even those who have lost who have lost patience with Allen's recent efforts will want to read what he has to say about his 1970s masterworks. -- Gordon Flagg * Booklist * As usual, Richard Schickel has nailed his subject, and this time his subject is a particularly hard one to nail. -- Jeanine Basinger Witty, surprising, important (but never self-important), and-best of all-moving...a compact but very real treasure...graceful and perceptive...wonderful. -- Steven Bach Clearly, Allen is comfortable talking to Schickel...a brisk read. * Chicago Tribune * The author pleads a strong case that as a gifted writer and actor of limited range, Woody Allen deserves a more prominent position in the motion picture arts. * Foreword Reviews * ...Thoughtful, critical insights into Allen's screen works. * Newport News Press * ...Fascinating biography of a giant in film... * Forecast * Schickel is a thoughtful observer and critic, a lively writer.... * Virginia Quarterly Review * Schickel may well be the smartest, most practiced and least axe-grinding interviewer Allen has ever had. * The Buffalo News * A breezy, readable entry to Allen's vast bibliography...with an excellent Introduction and Afterword. -- Richard A. Blake * America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture *

This book reprints a four-hour conversation between Mr. Schickel and Mr. Allen and includes a long essay of introduction by Mr. Schickel, which places Woody Allen's entire career in critical perspective, as well as a complete filmography. Readers will find Mr. Allen's reflections on his major preoccupations-the battle of the sexes; the conflict between reality and fantasy in his major films; mortality, religion, and the role that chance plays in the unfolding of our lives. The book also offers insights into Mr. Allen's working methods as a writer and the growth of his skills as a director.