
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert B. Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography. "Woody Allen: A Documentary" chronicles Allen's career - from teen writer to Sid Caesar's TV scribe, from stand-up comedian to award-w... (Full plot summary below)
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Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert B. Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography. "Woody Allen: A Documentary" chronicles Allen's career - from teen writer to Sid Caesar's TV scribe, from stand-up comedian to award-winning writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. Exploring Allen's writing habits, casting, directing, and relationship with his actors first-hand, new interviews with A-listers, writing partners, family and friends provide insight and backstory to the usually inscrutable filmmaker.
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| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerAn engaging and enjoyable film that's a treat for Woody Allen fans. Recommended. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonFor fans it's a smorgasbord of fun stuff, ranging from clips of movies you may not have seen for a while, to footage of Woody at work. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsI could have watched this armada forever. The clips alone, from Sleeper, Annie Hall, Zelig and others, pageant his greatness. |
| Time OutDave CalhounIt's a collaborative effort with Woody (who, unusually, looks happy to be interviewed), so we see him at home (showing off a typewriter he bought for $40 at 16), writing on his bed and standing outside his childhood home in Brooklyn. |
| Screen-SpaceSimon FosterRobert Weide's portrait of the artist and the man, Woody Allen, is a comprehensive document made no less captivating by its conventional approach. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmThe whole thing would be a bit of a hagiography but for Woody's own comments. |
| What CultureShaun MunroA breezy distillation of Allen's body of work, if inevitably glossing over his colourful personal life. |
| QuickflixSimon MiraudoThe doco only offers some insights, but even a minor glimpse into the notoriously private life of Allen is a treat. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Robbie CollinThere is more to Woody Allen: A Documentary than its modest title suggests, although perhaps not quite enough to justify swapping that "a" for "the". |
| CineVueAlexandra HaywardWhy do we love? Why do we die? Weide's biography talks about the filmmakers's life neither as iconic nor a piece of scandalous tabloid fodder, but as a quest to explore our most basic human concerns. |