Woody Allen by John Baxter
The first major biography and critical study of the great American film director, actor, writer, wit and humorist to appear since the extraordinary events in his private life made headline news in 1993. Woody Allen is one of the most significant cultural figures of our time. Woody Allen has long been an enigma, obscured by a façade no less carefully constructed than his films. Where does the real Woody Allen begin and the film character end? John Baxter shows how the reality gave way to the image of a nebbish: a whining (but lovable) loser, racked by insecurity, bullied by women and taking solace in psychoanalysis. He demonstrates that the ‘Woody’ of Allen’s films is as remote from the real man as was the ‘Little Tramp’ from Charlie Chaplin. Woody Allen’s films are celebrated for their wit and their ironic characterisations of Manhattan types, together with their neuroses. The best of them rank among the finest of all screen comedies. Allen not only survived the scandal and furore that swept the world media when he abandoned his long-time partner Mia Farrow to live with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi, but flourished – his next two films, Bullets over Broadway and Mighty Aphrodite, both won Oscars.John Baxter is a film critic, novelist, biographer and broadcaster. His previous film books include The Hollywood Exiles, An Appalling Talent: The Life of Ken Russell, Science Fiction in the Cinema, Fellini and Bunuel. His first book for HarperCollins, Steven Spielberg, was published in 1996; and his biography of Stanley Kubrick in June 1997.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780006387947 |
| ISBN 10 | 0006387942 |
| Title | Woody Allen |
| Author | John Baxter |
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| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
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