Director Woody Allen, banished from the US film industry, wryly promised at the Venice Film Festival on Monday to return to shooting in his New York city “if someone is crazy enough” to finance it.
“When I was young, the films that impressed us the most were European, French, Italian, Swedish… We all wanted to make films like European ones,” he said before the out-of-competition presentation of his 50th film. , the first shot in French, Stroke of luck.
Now, with this film, “I feel like a real European filmmaker,” continues the 87-year-old filmmaker.
A multi-award-winning master of humor and social satire, Woody Allen barely toured the United States where he saw how the profession turned its back on him after accusations of sexual assault launched by Dylan Farrow, whom he adopted as a child with his ex-wife Mia. Farrow.
Persona non grata across the Atlantic
The director, who denies the facts and against whom no investigation for sexual assault has prospered, has, however, become one of the symbols of sexual violence for some.
Asked Monday about the idea of returning to filming in New York, where most of his movies are set, Woody Allen quipped: “I have really good ideas for New York, and if some guys come out of the shadows and say ok , we will finance the film for you (…) they can read the script, know who is in it, just give me the money and that’s it!”
“If people are crazy enough to agree to that, I’ll make a movie in New York!” he added she.
in the vein of Turning point, Stroke of luck is a comedy about love and chance, set in the beautiful neighborhoods of Paris, with Lou de Laâge, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Schneider and Valérie Lemercier. The film will be released on September 27 in France.
Source: BFM TV
