Woody Allen, in rare interview, says he may stop directing movies

Director Woody Allen poses throughout a photocall for the movie “Cafe Society” out of competitors, earlier than the opening of the 69th Cannes Movie Pageant in Cannes, France, Might 11, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

LOS ANGELES, June 28 (Reuters) – Filmmaker Woody Allen, who has confronted a backlash in Hollywood over a sexual assault allegation by his adopted daughter, stated on Tuesday he’ll shoot a brand new movie in Paris this fall and that it might be his final.

Allen, 86, spoke in a uncommon interview to actor Alec Baldwin about his profession and his new ebook “Zero Gravity,” a set of humor essays.

“A number of the fun is gone,” Allen stated of filmmaking.

“After I used to do a movie, it might go right into a film home all throughout the nation. Now you do a film and also you get a pair weeks in a film home, perhaps six weeks or 4 weeks after which it goes proper to streaming or pay-per-view … it isn’t as satisfying to me.”

Allen gave no particulars about his upcoming film, which might be his fiftieth.

The four-time Oscar-winning director of “Annie Corridor” and different comedies has repeatedly denied the accusation that he molested his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, in 1992.

Many celebrities and executives in Hollywood distanced themselves from Allen after the #MeToo motion went world in 2017 and sparked new consideration on sexual misconduct.

HBO revisited the allegation towards Allen within the 2021 sequence “Allen v. Farrow.”

Baldwin, who has appeared in three of Allen’s movies, didn’t increase the subject in the course of the interview, which was streamed dwell on Baldwin’s Instagram web page.

On Sunday, Baldwin wrote on Instagram that he had “ZERO INTEREST in anybody’s judgments and sanctimonious posts” about his deliberate interview.

Baldwin’s final film, “Rust,” led to tragedy when a gun he was holding fired a dwell spherical that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin stated he didn’t hearth the gun and was “heartbroken” by the incident.

Reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles
Modifying by Matthew Lewis

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