Apropos of Nothing -

Woody Allen

Arcade

2020

400 páginas

13h 20m

ISBN-13: 9781951627348

The long-awaited, enormously entertaining memoir by one of the great artists of our time.

In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn childhood and his stint as a writer for the Sid Caesar variety show in the early days of television, working alongside comedy greats, Allen tells of his difficult early days doing standup before he achieved recognition and success. With his unique storytelling pizzazz, he recounts his departure into moviemaking, with such slapstick comedies as Take the Money and Run, and revisits his entire, sixty-year-long, and enormously productive career as a writer and director, from his classics Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Annie and Her Sisters to his most recent films, including Midnight in Paris. Along the way, he discusses his marriages, his romances and famous friendships, his jazz playing, and his books and plays. We learn about his demons, his mistakes, his successes, and those he loved, worked with, and learned from in equal measure.

This is a hugely entertaining, deeply honest, rich and brilliant self-portrait of a celebrated artist who is ranked among the greatest filmmakers of our time.

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5 (Perfeito)

Excelente autobiografia

Quem é fã de Woody Allen vai obviamente gostar dessa autobiografia. Era tudo o que precisávamos, afinal, Woody já passou dos 80 anos. Infelizmente, devido às polêmicas, Woody gasta uma grande parte do livro tratando sobre as acusações de Mia Farrow. Para quem ler o livro, ficará claro que ele não está dando apenas sua versão da história, mas os fatos, todos muito bem fundamentados. Você descobrirá vários detalhes dessa história que nunca foram revelados antes. Não é a toa que Mia e Ronan Farrow tentaram impedir a publicação do livro, já que ele certamente muda muita coisa. Apesar de uma editora vergonhosamente deixar o livro, outra felizmente o publicou.

Eu só gostaria de ter lido mais a respeito de alguns dos meus filmes favoritos, que são meramente mencionados, sem grandes detalhes. O livro poderia ter 200 páginas a mais.