Woody Allen in the 1970s

Share this page: I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot. -- Take the Money and Run (1969 film) Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends. -- "My Philosophy" in Getting Even (1971) Is sex dirty? Only if its done right. -- Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Sex (1972 film) It's not that I am afraid to die. just don't want to be there when it happens. -- -- Death: A Comedy in One Act (1972) My brain? It's my second favorite organ. -- Sleeper (1973 film) I don't watch funny movies. I watch Ingmar Bergman. He's concerned with the silence of God and in some small way so am I. -- Time, 3 July 1973 If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. -- "Selections from the Allen Notebooks" in New Yorker, 5 November 1973 And my parents finally realize that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: they rent out my room. -- Quoted in: Eric Lax, Woody Allen and his Comedy (1975) On bisexuality: It immediately doubles your chance for a date on Saturday night. -- New York Times, 1 December 1975 It was the most fun I ever had without laughing. -- (Speaking of sex). Annie Hall (1977 film) Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love. -- Annie Hall (1977 film) Woman: You are the greatest lover I have ever known. Allen: Well, I practice a lot when I'm on my own. -- Love and Death (1975 film) I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to invade Poland. -- Manhatten Murder Mystery (1993 film) But [Woody Allen] is for me the only American, like Bergman and Fellini and Antonioni, who can be said to be making a personal statement. His movies are like a novelist's novels. They are variations of a single vision, and they have a kind of personal element. They're not all good. In fact, Woody Allen has his limits. If you read him as a writer, you see that he has his limits. On the other hand, as a filmmaker you feel there's a more direct connection. There are not a lot of bankers and agents and advisors in (his) way. I guess that's what I don't like about the movies. That being group art, you tend to get kind of committee-think operating. -- John Updike, interview, Salon, 2000 (Source) Share this page:

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