In a recent interview with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, Woody Allen seemed to suggest that he was planning to move away from cinema and concentrate on writing novels, however, he has just clarified those comments about his alleged decision to retire as director and thus end to his extensive filmography.
The filmmaker, of 86 years, issued a shared statement to Variety contradicting what he said and affirmed that, on the contrary, he is making a lot of movies including his number 50 film entitled ‘Wasp 22’, filmed entirely in French.
“Woody Allen never said he would retire, nor did he say he would write another novel. He said that he was thinking of not making movies, since making movies that go directly or very quickly to streaming platforms is not so pleasant for him, since he is a great lover of the cinematographic experience, “he expressed through his representative.
The newspaper had quoted him as saying: “My idea, In principle, it is not to make more films and focus on writing”, but Allen’s intention is to continue writing scripts and taking his projects to the big screen.
“Currently, he has no intention of retiring and he is very excited to be in Paris filming his new movie, which will be number 50“, he pointed out.
Woody began his work as a filmmaker with ‘Take the Money and Run’ in 1969, and since then he has been producing almost a movie a year.
In recent years, he has been persecuted for reaffirming the accusations of his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, of that he sexually assaulted her when she was a child.
Due to the accusations against him, the director decided to work in recent years on the European continent. Films like ‘Midnight in Paris’, ‘Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona’ and ‘To Rome with Love’ are examples of his time in the Old Continent