I’ve tried to sit through many a Woody Allen movie, but for the life of me, I can’t get past his nebbish persona that infiltrates all his movies. I will admit I have not seen any of his movies since the details of his relationship with his adopted daughter came out.
How he is considered a great movie maker is inconceivable to me.
can someone explain to me when Allen “adopted”Soon-Yi Previn and what his relationship to her was before. From wiki
In 1978, Previn was adopted by Mia Farrow and André Previn and relocated to the United States;[4] at the time, she spoke no known language and reportedly battled learning disabilities.[1][4] Rose Styron acts as her godmother.[1]
In 1979, Mia Farrow ended her marriage to André Previn and began a long-term relationship with Woody Allen.[5] Allen later adopted two of Farrow’s adopted children: Dylan Farrow (also known as Eliza) and Moses Farrow. Farrow also gave birth to Ronan Farrow in 1987.
Previn’s intimate relationship with Woody Allen began in the late 1980s during Allen’s relationship with Previn’s adoptive mother, Mia Farrow.[10] Allen described his relationship with Previn as a “fling” that developed into a more significant relationship.[10] He has also both affirmed and denied that he acted as a paternal figure to Previn.[11] Their affair came to light when Farrow allegedly discovered Allen’s nude Polaroid photographs of Previn in late 1991 or early 1992.[1][4][12] While Previn denies sexual assault on Allen’s part, there are accounts suggesting that she was not the author of her published statements on the subject.[1][8] Previn’s relationship with Allen became public and “erupted into tabloid headlines and late-night monologues in August 1992.”[13] Farrow broke off her relationship with Allen in 1992 following the discovery of Allen’s affair with Previn.[14] As of 2006, Previn remained estranged from Farrow.[15]
Previn married Allen in Venice on December 22, 1997.[9][8] They have adopted two children together: Bechet Dumaine Allen and Manzie Tio Allen.[10] The family resides in the Carnegie Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side.[16]
I'd also include SLEEPER and a few others, but didn't want to overdo it.
Both SCOOP ( see this one; it's one of his very best, that he's in ) and THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION have Woody in them, but none of the others do.
If you want to see one of his movies, thbat he is NOT in, but he makes fun of uber libtards and gets it SOOOOOOOOOOO right and it is funny too, then try EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE. YOU.
I was a Woody Allen fan before that sordid affair, but after that depravity, no more. There is a new movie being advertised which actually looked like it might be decent--then I saw the name "Woody Allen" in the ad, and I know I won't be seeing it.