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Capone Interviews Woody Allen About CASSANDRA’S DREAM!

I've never envied Capone by bluebottle	Jan 20th, 2008 08:46:43 PM
until now.
"I gradually got to be, through no fault of my own, 72." by Holodigm	Jan 20th, 2008 08:49:33 PM
that's hilarious. ranks right up there with the best of his Woodyisms.
Wow Woody Doing an Aicn Interview... by skoobyx	Jan 20th, 2008 08:51:52 PM
What's next Werner Herzog sitting down with Quint? Good job Capone.
Penelope and Scarlett by Kung Fu Hustler	Jan 20th, 2008 08:57:40 PM
A romance between them?
You know who IS directing a part in... by DanielKurland	Jan 20th, 2008 09:07:54 PM
New York, I Love You? Fucking Chan Wook-Park. I saw Cassandra's Dream at the Toronto Film Festival, and I know it's getting some flack, but I enjoyed it a lot, it's got a great ending, and maybe the only performance I've really enjoyed by Colin Farell. He does a fantastic job.
Wow by Sylvia Fowler	Jan 20th, 2008 09:11:34 PM
Woody Allen is, as always, present and charming and funny and still manages to seem completely out of touch with the rest of the world.
Congrats Capone! by Colier Rannd	Jan 20th, 2008 09:12:56 PM
Awesome interview. I think no matter what he does Woody Allen is going to always be interesting. I would love for him to open himself up more for things like this and what have you. I love that he does his own music too. If you ever get the chance, I'd love to hear him talk about that. Anyway again congratulations.
love Woody, absolutely hated this movie by hauptman	Jan 20th, 2008 09:17:01 PM
Disappointment doesn't even begin to describe how I felt about CASSANDRA'S DREAM.
Not enough people enjoy Love and Death... by DanielKurland	Jan 20th, 2008 09:17:23 PM
Maybe my favorite of his movies.
Penelope and Scarlett in a Film... by Aquatarkusman	Jan 20th, 2008 09:17:49 PM
... I may be there opening night and may not leave. Thank God we have Alamo Drafthouses here so I can get all my nutritional needs taken care of.
I wish he would make another movie with Diane Keaton.... by JackIsLost	Jan 20th, 2008 09:23:14 PM
B/w MAD MONEY and BECAUSE I SAID SO, she seems to be in the creative wilderness these days. Wouldn't it be so could to see the two of them in a movie again? I wanted Ben Stiller to make the two of them the Fockers but of course he didn't, b/c that would have been awesome, something MEET THE FOCKERS was definitely not. As we all know, Woody's hero is Ingmar Bergman and it would be "neat" (to borrow a term from Annie Hall) to see a long-delayed sequel to "Annie Hall" like Bergman did with "Saraband" (sequel to "Scenes from a Marriage"). Ahh, it'll never happen...
Woody should be every mans role model.. by conspiracy	Jan 20th, 2008 09:35:28 PM
You gotta give MUCH respect to a guy who managed to FUCK THE BEJEEZUS out of his live in lovers adopted daughter, a girl he helped raise since the age of 10, right under her nose and NOT end up in prison or loose a step in his career! How cool is that! All day you bang Soon Yi...that night you bang her mom! I wonder if Mia ever called Woody "Daddy"; and I wonder if be bust up laughing! I know I would! You go you old bastard! I hate your boring movies...but much respect for your skills with the little girls and the ladies!
conspiracy you are a bastard by Stevie Grant	Jan 20th, 2008 09:48:53 PM
You hate Woody Allen, but not Mel Gibson. I'm mean, it's not like he just said some stupid shit while drunk (well worth the total rejection of the entire town). No, he only took sexual advantage of the child that had mistaken him for an asexual parental figure and provider. Holding him accountable for his perversity would be totally against the industry and scene that gave an Oscar to a man that ass-raped a child, but cannot forgive a man who said some stupid shit while drunk... God bless Hollywood.
Wow Capone that was awesome. Congrats!! by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jan 20th, 2008 09:55:50 PM
IMO this is the biggest interview I've ever seen you land and the IMO the biggest one for this site. Woody is truly a living legend.
Wow Capone that was awesome. Congrats!! by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jan 20th, 2008 09:55:56 PM
IMO this is the biggest interview I've ever seen you land and the IMO the biggest one for this site. Woody is truly a living legend.
"Congrats" by Stevie Grant	Jan 20th, 2008 10:00:14 PM
everyone who gives "congrats" to Capone for talking to this pervert needs to step back and reevaluate their life. don't fully separate "artistic actions" from "artists' actions"
anyone else think... by virtual_ninja	Jan 20th, 2008 10:06:33 PM
that woody comes off as a pompus prick in this interview?
Woody Allen DOES consider 40 Year Old Virgin to be a teenage fil by tompiltoff	Jan 20th, 2008 10:30:14 PM
I mean, come on. "Not really. I'm talking about movies like THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN"?
right now, i can't help but hate you by Larry of Arabia	Jan 20th, 2008 10:35:51 PM
and, I want to be you. Jesus...
To be fair. Woody... by Alonzo Mosely	Jan 20th, 2008 10:43:53 PM
only came to the phone because he thought he was talking to his pharmacist about his re-order of Viagra (she is getting a little old after all, a man needs some chemical help when they are no longer illegal)... I would like to apologize for that last 'joke'... Woody made some of the movies that first taught me you could tell universal truths through broad comedy, so god bless 'im, even if his morals are up for debate...
alonzo by Stevie Grant	Jan 20th, 2008 10:55:51 PM
fuck his morals. its his actions on which he's being judged.
Woody, "a living legend"... by conspiracy	Jan 20th, 2008 11:12:38 PM
Would that be for his boring, narcissist, NY "Hip" vibe movies...ya know, the ones so adored by Socialists, East coast elitists,and fans of Babs? Or, is he a legend simply foe being the guy who shagged his lovers adopted daughter (whom he helped raised, and no doubt jacked too/on/with/in from the age of 10) and didn't get 25-life? That Woody...what a legend.
His Actions are as lowly as his morals... by conspiracy	Jan 20th, 2008 11:19:12 PM
really...who watches his shit? Whats "cool" about Annie Hall? His crap is dated, boring, unfunny, and far to self aware to be considered social commentary. Pure narcissism fueled by equally narcissistic fans who desperately want to be seen as sophisticate film admirers so they can lord themselves over the "ignorant, uneducated masses" As bad as Cloverfield was...I'd rather watch that turd with a hot poker up my cock than willingly watch a self indulgent Woody Allen snoozer. Overrated, boring, pedophile, narcissist....yep I think I covered all the bases.
Yeah, the hipocracy in Hollywood is a comedy itself. by jae683	Jan 20th, 2008 11:19:30 PM
It's kind of arbitrary in its judgments.
Awsome. Woody is awesome by Proman1984	Jan 20th, 2008 11:22:21 PM
Too bad he's not involved in that NY project but I can't wait to see everything else he's doing.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz by eXcommunicated	Jan 20th, 2008 11:23:27 PM
Where is the news about the next big genre film?
Woody is a great man by King_In_Yellow	Jan 20th, 2008 11:23:37 PM
At least as great as Roman Polanski.
Capone...I'd have at least asked for tips on... by conspiracy	Jan 20th, 2008 11:38:15 PM
How to go about getting some luscious preteeen action! Seriously...there HAS to be an art equal to Woody's movie chops in getting a young teen girl to take 2 in the pink and 1 in the stink, in addition to hundreds of pictures, and not get 25-life. I guess money and friends in high places really DOES give you the keys to the kingdom!
Mr Saxon...Well, ya know what Woody say's... by conspiracy	Jan 20th, 2008 11:41:29 PM
"If there is grass on the field, play....oooh wait, I'm allergic to grass..better find a grass-less field"
Woody let's talk about the elephant in the room...... by Riley Martin	Jan 20th, 2008 11:42:34 PM
As a 56 year old, what was it like banging that young Asian ass the first few times?
Yeah thats the Woody we are talking about Conspiracy by IndustryKiller!	Jan 20th, 2008 11:45:23 PM
And he is indeed a living legend that has made some of the best films of all time. I guess you just aren't a cool enough hipster like the rest of us to "get it" man. Cannot wait to see Cassandra's Dream, loved Match Point and felt it deserved a lot more award recognition than it got.
You know Oscar Wilde had a thing for young men by IndustryKiller!	Jan 20th, 2008 11:46:49 PM
So I guess that automatically makes all his art bullshit....right?
IndustryKiller!. by conspiracy	Jan 20th, 2008 11:52:24 PM
Is woody kickin down some of that young tang? Lucky Bastard. Hey...how about that Adolph...imagine turning the German economy around in record time..why they are a superpower within a decade of his arrival. What a Legend! No doubt some of the greatest Social engineering/economic policies of all time!
IndustryKiller! by Stevie Grant	Jan 20th, 2008 11:54:36 PM
I don't understand the moral equivalence you have that somehow equates either Woody's perversion to Wilde's homosexuality or Woody's artistic merits to Wilde's genius
Oh..about Oscar... by conspiracy	Jan 20th, 2008 11:57:15 PM
His affairs tended to be above the legal age of the time..I believe his longest was to a 22yr old man.......and were not raised by him from the age of ten as was Soon Yi. Not children...not living with you...not your live in lovers son/daughter.....BIG DIFFERENCE.
conspiracy... by Stevie Grant	Jan 21st, 2008 12:01:42 AM
well said
Also...it isn't about the AGE..it is the circumstance. by conspiracy	Jan 21st, 2008 12:02:15 AM
Personally I don't care if your getting down with some horny 16yr old... The real perversion here is that this was a very young girl he raised as a father..the daughter of his live in lover/mate...an that he didn't just become attracted to her overnight at some magical point when she was mature and he had left Mia.....you KNOW he was banging her at a VERY young age when Mia was outta town. And that my friend is simply a hundred different kinds of WRONG.
It seems that the whole point is lost in this TB by SpencerTrilby	Jan 21st, 2008 12:18:23 AM
Cassandra's Dream is pretty weak, and Allen's track record on these last 15 years has been terrible with one turd after another and occasionally a decent flick. I mean, the guy made Manhattan and Purple rose of Cairo so he's no Hack Pack member by any means but I for one haven't been impressed by anything he's done since Manhattan Murder Mystery. It was in 1994 folks!
WOODYEE GOES TO THE CHUCK E. CHEESE by uss cygnus	Jan 21st, 2008 12:26:10 AM
...Has a soda and cheets on his wife.
You assholes are tired. by amychaser5	Jan 21st, 2008 12:28:39 AM
Woody fucking Allen grants an interview with this lowly site, and all you fuckers can do is sit around and kick up the usual "oh he's an old pervert piece of shit! har-har-har!" It'd be one thing if you cocksmokes talked about his movies sucking, because at least that is a valid opinion we can discuss like adults with dignity and self-respect. But nay, let's just play the old pervert card.
amychaser5 by Stevie Grant	Jan 21st, 2008 12:54:35 AM
from one of the "cocksmokes" to a cocksucker, "the old pervert card" is the most pertinent fact about him since he fucked his daughter. I'm not willing to segregate his personal history from his professional history. This ain't ancient Greece, he ain't Zeus, he can't get away with it.
the woodman's private life is just that... by red1701	Jan 21st, 2008 12:58:29 AM
in all honesty, I don't care what the guy does in his personal life. As long as he is not axe murderer or such...whatever. He's one of my all time favorite directors. I've seen every one of his movies except for "interiors." that one just never grabbed my attention.He's got a great sensibility about human pysche and the comedy that can be everyday life. Annie Hall and Play it again Sam (with Tony Roberts and his need to let his asst know where he will be in case someone wants to talk to him, is one of the funniest things ever). I read Woody's autobiograpy back in the early 90s and thoroughly enjoyed getting more insight into his upbringing and what formed his comedic views.
Woody Allen ain't so bad by felt pelt	Jan 21st, 2008 01:15:23 AM
Terribly brave of me, but there I said it. Their custody battle is a "he said, she said" situation. The judge denied him custody but said Farrow's charges were "inconclusive." I've never seen proof that his relationship with Previn, who was not his daughter, (nor was Farrow his wife) began before she was of age. Secondly, it's strange to wish Mr. Allen and his influential films into a black hole on account of alleged horribleness in his biography, one that occurred after he made his best work.
First - and frakk all the naysayers by the podosphere	Jan 21st, 2008 01:24:51 AM
Woody rocks.
oops - not first by the podosphere	Jan 21st, 2008 01:25:21 AM
opened this window like a day ago.
Saxon and Stevie Grant... by amychaser5	Jan 21st, 2008 01:28:31 AM
You know Ray Charles? A brilliant musician who more or less pioneered an entire style, inspiring countless others along his way. Oh yeah, he was also a heroin-laced junkie who cheated on his wife constantly, and in the process fathered a good dozen illegitament children. So fuck his talent and legacy! The guy did drugs and cheated on his wife! Fuck that asshole! And John Ford? The man who created an entire body of work that represents what we can see as American cinema? The man who gave John Wayne a career and directed some of the finest work from the Duke, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, etc? Oh yeah, he was also a self-destructive drunk, a poor husband and father, and often mentally and physically tortured his cast and crew. So fuck John Ford! We wouldn't have westerns without him, but the guy was a drunk who was cruel to his family! Fuck that guy!! You see the point I'm getting at? No one needs to pretend that the artists we often idolize were/are saints. Like all of us, they do some shitty stuff that no one would be proud of. But the fact of the matter is that we don't know these people personally - only through their body of work can we form a positive or negative opinion. Honestly, the rest of their personal lives are of no concern to us, unless (like red1701 said) they're axe murderers or such. As Capone mentioned in the post, Allen has put out a flick nearly every year since he started working - some great, most of them good, a few crappers, but all watchable. And at the age of 72, his creative output hasn't dwindled. That's fucking impressive, sir. But, oh wait, he fucked his daughter! The sick bastard! Fuck that guy, right?! Well, hold on. First off, Soon-Yi was and never has been 1. his daughter 2. his step-daughter 3. his adopted daughter. Those are facts. I'm not saying that totally voids Mr. Allen of the very-apparent ick-factor of the whole scandal, or that it totally merits him as a sage old saint. All I'm saying is that for a man to put out the body of work that he has...all you can still bring yourself to comment on is some over-media-hyped scandal, the actual facts of which nobody doing the trash-talking can get right in the first place? Ah, screw it. The old bastard is a freak. He made Sleeper, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Match Point (to name only a few).....but fuck that shit. He fucked his daughter, right? Fuck that guy then.
Congrats, Capone. by TattooedBillionaire	Jan 21st, 2008 01:28:53 AM
It's not everyday one gets to interview such a fantastic writer/director/actor/etc. Say what you will about Woody's personal life, but he has made some of the greatest films of all-time.
Woody is casting for a New York comedy! by BenBraddock	Jan 21st, 2008 01:30:41 AM
Best news in this piece! I hope he gets his groove back on his home turf.
amychaser5 by Stevie Grant	Jan 21st, 2008 01:40:24 AM
you're right. he's not guilty of any legal form of incest, and other people in the industry have been total dicks. obviously, it was wrong of me to think a much older man who helped raise a child in a parental manner, only to later fuck that child, is in the wrong. you fuckwad.
You missed my point entirely, but... by amychaser5	Jan 21st, 2008 02:06:57 AM
it's clear that this has become a moot point for the lot of us. If you guys are willing, I say let's move on to another topic regarding Woody, because as you pointed out, Saxon, this is a Woody Allen talkback. My favorites of his are the ones I listed in my previous post? Agree with those flicks, disagree? Are you gents in the "Allen lost his gift long ago" camp?"
some typos there, sorry by amychaser5	Jan 21st, 2008 02:09:05 AM
Let me retype those last few sentences. --My favorites of Allen's are the flicks I listed in my previous post. Do you agree with those flicks, disagree? Are you gents in the "Allen lost his gift long ago" camp of thinking?
And c'mon, Saxon... by amychaser5	Jan 21st, 2008 02:14:42 AM
Nobody is trampling on anyone else's right to free-speech here. You know that wasn't what I getting at. I mean, look at us, sir. It's in the middle of the goddamn night and we're bickering at each other, probably on two different sides of the continent. This is free speech at its finest! Our grandparents would be proud.
Agreed as well, Saxon by amychaser5	Jan 21st, 2008 02:18:42 AM
The "seperate his work from his life" things was simply the point I was attempting to make, obviously in a much more messy and rant-fueled way. Deconstructing Harry was one I forgot to mention earlier, but that it certainly another winner. But yeah, check out Match Point sometime. It shows (I thought, at least) a maturity and confidence in tone on Allen's part I hadn't seen in his other work. And the flick he did after that, Scoop, got trashed on alot, but I thought it was a mildly amusing comedy. Not great, but not terrible. It's mostly just Allen and Scarlett cracking silly one-liners at each other for 90 minutes. Not a bad way to spend some time.
EEEWWWWWWWWWWW! by dr.bulber	Jan 21st, 2008 02:50:25 AM
gah! i need a shower.
Polanski and Allen by Darth Fart	Jan 21st, 2008 03:13:33 AM
Firstly, Polanski was in prison for what? 60 days? Something like that. If you read his bio he said he entered a 13 year old girl and quickly withdrew - yeah, the guy was stupid but he paid for it. He went to prison but the judge wanted him to pay because other Hollywood stars were doing dubious things too. He wanted to make an example of Roman. The director paid for his crime, but now he's married and has children of his own. Roman had a very liberated view of sex; it's very European.
Woody Allen is a legend by kwisatzhaderach	Jan 21st, 2008 03:26:47 AM
Thanks for sharing that with us. Scarlett and Penelope in a film together! Holy potatoes! That's a must see.
I preferred Scoop over Match Point... by EvilGeek1	Jan 21st, 2008 04:17:27 AM
I remember catching Scoop in Hollywood while on vacation and the one thing that infuriated me was that it never got an Irish release, because I loved. Ian Mc Shane! Match Point was good, don't get me wrong, but Scoop had a beautiful surrealism to it.
Mr. Saxon, couldn't agree with you more by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jan 21st, 2008 04:59:49 AM
but in Hollywood they don't care about your personal life if you're considered a creative genius. In the real world Allen and Polanski would be sharing a cell together. I guess it's just me, but I don't support pedophiles.
learn to interview by Happy Boy	Jan 21st, 2008 05:57:40 AM
Capone: So... how about that internet? WA:I've never done anything in my life on the internet. Capone: Well, you're probably better off that way. Oh really? Is he better off never having used the internet? Christ people wtf kind of show are you running? Why dont you go ahead and ask him what his favorite color is? PS amychaser you are scum, you a big fan of OJ too? I hate it when they play that old murderer card with him. Sheez how annoying
Woody films bomb don't they? by Dazzler69	Jan 21st, 2008 06:45:46 AM
I always thought his movies was for douche bags and he is just a symbol for making a movie with for word of mouth. I liked him in Antz however.
Capone should have questioned... by landrvr1	Jan 21st, 2008 07:39:01 AM
why Penelope Cruz? She's butt ugly - no where near the beauty of Scarlett - and cannot act her way out of a wet paper bag.....
Penelope is my MOMMA! by hatespeech	Jan 21st, 2008 09:05:04 AM
Give me a break, my momma am cutes!
Woody Allen needs to talk to Chris Hansen by norrinrad	Jan 21st, 2008 09:28:42 AM
Come on, Dateline, take him down.
uh, how d'you mean European? by batjack	Jan 21st, 2008 09:32:07 AM
I'm European, and I certainly wouldn't sleep with any under-age children, related sort-of or not. Why do you Americans think all we Europeans have this laid back laissez-faire attitude to sex? We're not like that at all. Well, maybe the French - think Roman Polanski. Us Brits, however, are quite circumspect. Except when it comes to weekends and parties. And I've had the injections to prove it. Check any of our films out.
Thank you for agreeing to this interview, mr pedophile by ArcadianDS	Jan 21st, 2008 10:51:53 AM
This interview was a gigantic internet ass kiss and shows that even the staff still considers this website to be a glorified myspace blog. youtube for some of the old school ET reports about Harry, back when his website was legendary in Hollywood for having spies on every set, posting stolen movie scripts, and being able to report super-secret casting info long before the likes of Variety ever found out. how far we have fallen.
That's karma, Capone by CherryValance	Jan 21st, 2008 11:56:11 AM
Just when I thought I didn't believe in that stuff, you got to interview Woody Allen because your house blew apart. That's awesome. Congratulations. :D I can't wait to see 'Cassandra's Dream'. I don't quite understand why they decided to push it back a few weeks to make it ineligible for Oscar this year. I love all those guys, Allen, Farrell, McGregor, Wilkinson. So I've been looking forward to it for a while now. I've seen most of his films and I have to say I enjoy the newer ones more than the older ones for the most part. I even thought 'Scoop' was cute. Don't get the hate on that one. But wow, you interviewed Woody Allen!!! And you didn't even mess it up. I would have been like Chris Farley in those interviewing skits on SNL. :D
"CRIMES AND MISDEMENASORS" by Toonol	Jan 21st, 2008 12:30:23 PM
It takes a lot of work to generate that big of a typo.
Thanks Saxon, here goes: I wish Allen and by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jan 21st, 2008 02:18:35 PM
Polanski were both cops from the future so Preston could pistol whip their bitch asses for being the ultimate sense offenders. Stupid pedophiles, the gun-kata of Grammaton Cleric Preston would own you. Equilibrium rules.(deep breath, calm down, thanks Saxon, I needed that)
I liked the MONSTERTIT going apeshit... by travis-dane	Jan 21st, 2008 04:01:26 PM
great shit!
Let's be fair by azmodien	Jan 21st, 2008 05:15:18 PM
I don't think anyone would deny that his marriage to Farrow's adopted daughter is fucked up, but I can't seem to find any evidence that he was a pedophile. Correct me if I'm wrong but everything I have read about the situation states that Soon-Yi was of-age when the relationship was discovered and the molestation accusations haven't been corroborated by the other children. He very well could be a sick fuck, but the evidence regarding underage molestation seems like mostly hearsay.
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jan 21st, 2008 05:30:51 PM
okay azmodien, I'll be fair. It just takes too long to type the word alleged.
OK, this movie sucked. by polyh3dron	Jan 21st, 2008 07:59:17 PM
And I was a big fan of Match Point.
by azmodien	Jan 27th, 2008 11:12:06 PM

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