Whoever thought that one day Woody Allen would be even more detested than William F. Buckley? I personally must confess to having great respect and affection for each of these freaks of nature, something that pretty much nobody I know shares anymore. Above we see them in action as they
What better way to usher in the holiday that celebrates munificence, family, warmth and generosity than with two videos of Woody Allen discussing death and the meaninglessness of life. For somebody who thinks that nothing ultimately matters, Woody has certainly been prodigious in his output. In fact, it could be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOCohXRrdkghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQKuNHhX8Js Apropos of yesterday’s post, I was going to post the highly controversial Vanessa Redgrave Oscar acceptance speech from 1978 in which she criticizes Israel in a virulent and stinging speech that provoked boos and a scolding from Paddy Chayefsky. But you know what? The hell with it. Let’s end
Continuing our history of ‘Annie Hall’ at the 1978 Oscars, here is Paddy Chayefsky announcing the best original screenplay award which of course goes to the magisterially absent Woody Allen and his partner Mashall Brickman, who is there and accepts on Woody’s behalf. (By the way, one of the nominees
Continuing our story of ‘Annie Hall’ and its Oscars moment, above is a short section from a doc about Woody (don’t know which one) which tells the oft-repeated tale of how he blew off the ceremony and didn’t even know the movie had won the major Oscars of that year
Yesterday we watched Woody Allen not pick up his Best Director Oscar for ‘Annie Hall’ in 1978 due to his being in New York playing the clarinet with a band in midtown. However his producers, Jack Rollins and Charles Joffe, chose to make the trip and were rewarded with picking
Last week I posted William Friedkin’s Oscar win for ‘The French Connection’ in 1972. The award was nicely presented by Natalie Wood, who was paired with legendary director Frank Capra. In 1978 the Academy had the good taste (believe it or not) to repeat this actress/legendary director bit again, this