Woody Allen Interview 1982 Brian Linehan's City Lights
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- In this interview from 1982, Woody Allen talks about his newest film, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, stars Mia Farrow, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Maxwell and Jose Ferrer, the camerawork in the film and the music used in the film.
Woody Allen also discusses Ingmar Bergman, screening the first cut of his films for his sister and a small circle of friends, his first meeting with Gilda Radner, producer Charlie Feldman and writing the film What's New Pussycat?, Warren Beatty, the death of actress Romy Schneider, his 1979 film Manhattan, books written about him, technological advances in film making and the poet and essayist T.S. Eliot.
From 1974 to 2000, Canada’s Brian Linehan conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with the greatest actors and directors from over 60 years of film history. His programs City Lights and Linehan have not been seen since they first aired and are now available for the first time for licensing. Linehan, a stylishly gifted broadcaster, meticulously did all his own research and that, coupled with his knowledge and passion about film and filmmaking, puts him in a class all by himself.
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Brian Linehan, who passed away in 2004, left his entire estate to The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation to provide training, work opportunities and promotion for young actors of exceptional talent. All of the income of his Foundation is donated to not-for-profit institutions for that purpose. In the decade since his death, recipients of the Foundation’s support have included extraordinary young actors affiliated with the Canadian Film Centre, The National Screen Institute of Canada, the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, which, since Brian's passing, has preserved and housed Brian's personal archive and tape library. - Zábava
Brian was absolutely the most interesting and knowledgeable Interviewer
Canadian, of course!
A well-prepared, thoughtful and intelligent interviewer talking with a thoughtful and intelligent guest. A pleasure to view.
stop pleasuring yourself!!
+Phoenix Zappa He's a legend. Go away.
Can't wait to see his new movie..such a genius!
Thank you very much for uploading this. I don’t know when or if I’ve ever seen a finer interview with anyone.
I still say Manhattan is a masterpiece and his finest film!
I don't why that movie was so highly rated and I don't disagree. It was well paced and written and l watched several times and loved it.
I think the opening scene accompanying Rhapsody in Blue is one of the most wonderful of any movie. Shot brilliantly of course by The Prince of Darkness himself, Gordon Willis.
a great closing line as well.
First was introduced to Woody Allen when I was 15 years of age and viewed the movie 'Take the Money and Run'....I literally laughed my fuc=ing ass off when me and my buddy went to view this flick at the Parkway Plaza theaters.... I was hooked on Allen ever since...1976 and up
Brilliant brilliant interview.
Such a pleasure to see a genius questioned so interestingly by a superb, knowledgeable interviewer
This was Woodys red hot period. Everything he did, until the mid 90’s, was good.
Definitely. I used to wait in heightened anticipation, of each new film he made, esp in that period.
Wayne J Me too.
My feelings precisely. The fifteen years from 1975 to 1990 seemed to be particularly florid.
When did he fall off for you? I liked almost everything up until Celebrity.
@@jeffreycoy That sounds about right. He’s been hit or miss ever since- more hit!
INTERVIEWS OF THIS QUALITY DONT EXIST ANYMORE
Thank God!
His speech pattern is similar to how you would speak to a small child or grandmother who might be easily frightened.
Is very knowledgeable and a very good interview. But I remember when I first started watching him years ago it took a while to get used to because he is the first man that appeared neutered and had to zero aggression or manly mannerisms. I have since grown up and realized his traits don't matter off a football field.
Nothing of this quality exists anymore
Because Linehan died. Also, no need to yell.
@@paulaspen2117 He was gay.
His next film was one of his most brilliant and hilarious pieces, "Zelig".
An excellent interview. I stumbled upon these amazing interviews when all those big stars were so young. It's interesting to know about their opinions on their craft and their beginnings.
Over the years A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY has become one of my absolute favourite Allen pictures. It's deceptively simple yet sophisticated and complex, and the perfect movie for a rainy afternoon.
Perfect movie and always viewed this Great flick after hours on a summer night... However, the first time I had seen this movie was in the mountains of San Diego after renting it out on video on a Winter night.... Town I rented the this great flick??
ANZA....
Place where I viewed the film...Folks RV in Palomar valley campground....
Yeah, that was great! Total fan of this dudes films...Don't care about the BULL SH=T that has been labeled on him
Glad someone else liked midsummers NSC.Some review stated he rushed it and that his heart wasn`t in it..its one of my favorites..and glorious Mendelssohn.
Great uploads, thanks for preserving and sharing this. We all could do without the URL onscreen for the entire clip though...
Yeah, we don't need a damn watermark across the middle of the screen. NO ONE is interested in ripping this off.
what a great interview
As problematic as Allen is, this is such a fantastic interview. Linehan was truly a master of this long-form discussion. Even his short pieces contained integrity. You can tell the subjects, enjoyed Brian's inquisitive questions/insights. My fav interviews are with the alpha male actors---the way he casually disarms them, is always enjoyable
what makes him problematic exactly? being framed by that sick woman ?
Holy shit, what a monster upload! Thanks!
I love that he says, "If you're very bright, you can make a case for anything." Dorothy Sayers has a great line in one of her books: "There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited."
Haaa good . Woody is one of those quotable type of conversationalist. What a gift to see a lasting piece of your verbal record a part of public consciousness. that is memorable to appear in books magazines and even CZcams. I have always loved truisms homilies and show business quotes. The book publisher Bennet Serf made a lifes work of collecting of celebrity quotes that ran into thousands.
Brian was a trip and a CDN treasure. On the edge of just plain strange and Aspergers genius researching mad skills!
Great interview on both ends.
'Reeling in the years' Great tune by one of the Greatest bands in America... Woody Allen films were the STEELY DAN of the movies or STEELY DAN was the 'WOODY ALLEN' of the music world....
Brian Richard Linehan (September 3, 1944 - June 4, 2004) was a Canadian television host from Hamilton, Ontario, best known for his celebrity interviews on the longrunning talk show City Lights.
I studied theatre arts 🎭. We all excepted Mr Allen is a Genius. On many levels.
I hope you accepted him too.
*accepted Mr. Allen as a genius.
"I studied theatre arts"
"WE ACCEPTED him as a genius"
imagine being this self-important...
Nice interview with a erudite dude WOODY ALLEN. Brings back the old days of movie making.
2/2023......Great interview!
Did you, while sitting in a corner of Studio 54, reading Dostoevsky's The Idiot, recall the fishing trip with your uncle Hershel in upstate New York that lead to a lifelong love of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of The Bumblebee inspire you to write the scene with the Lobsters in Annie Hall?
Yeah, Linehan is a good interviewer, but sometimes his questions were needlessly complex, like he was trying to impress the subject. I'm all for an interesting question, and I abhor the simpletons who ask "What's your favourite colour?", but I'm good with something in the middle.
Martin Short and SCTV had some fun with that concept.
I think that you would be perfect to be the host of a brand new
City Lights show.
You've got the style down pat.
this guy is my guilty pleasure. always makes me laugh and every thing about him is interesting. his marriage makes me sad even though i know its just fine.
there's nothing guilty about liking him my friend. Don't let fool and mouth breathers get in your way, you have a nice taste for movies and that's very rare these days.
Why would you feel guilty about a pleasure?
*everything
@@camilochaves4771 *fools
Tony Maxwell? Do you mean Tony Roberts? Yes, I think you do. Great interview!
very good
Manhatten was definitely a smooth and relaxing movie, but nothig compared to Annie Hall, Crimes, Hannah, and of course Husbands and wives ,which is my personal FAVORITE...
Sleeper great too... Love and Death, Bananas, Broadway Danny Rose, Stardust memories, Take the money and Run, September, Zelig, Mighty aphrodite, Everything you always wanted to know about sex* but were afraid to ask.
I have an ever increasing appreciation for Linehan and his interviews the same way I do John Coltrane recordings.
The interviewer needs to be in the camera angle, jeez.
I love that movie. Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
wow, Woody has a very concise and direct theory on filmmaking and visual media. He should/would/ is/be a master professor of the Art and is underutilized as an educator due to his "peculiar" predilections when it comes to sexuality. Its a shame and really should be corrected. yes he's weird, yes, you can judge him, but lets not overlook, or forget what he did, and what he knows.
I don't find him weird.
🦋
SUCH A FUNKY OPENING WTF
Allen Stewart Konigsberg, nombre real de Woody Allen, nació el 1 de diciembre de 1935 en Brooklyn, Nueva York (Estados Unidos).
God that interviewer
"That interviewer"?? It's Brian Linehan! To many people, he's more famous than Woody Allen or any other given guest he has interviewed.
@@chocomanger6873 Yes, he was a Canadian treasure. His mannerisms throw some people off, but he was a wonderful interviewer.
I still laugh my derriere off at "Play It Again, Sam", which I have owned for decades
I love that movie too, Woody actually did not direct it.
@@davidsheriff9274 Pardon, but who said he did?
@@acousticshadow4032 chill out, I just thought it was an interesting fact that you might have not know,no need to be a douche.
@@davidsheriff9274 The problem was your (mis)wording - ya dumb dickhead
Me too. It’s on my list of Top Five favorite movies.
Tutti aspettano in futuro un character Ingmar, Bergman. Ingrid é un character diverso, piú interiore, piú nascosto. Più criptico mi permetto di dire. Ma ció deriva dagli estimatori della filosofia greca platonico e socratica. Una filosofia che originò i miti come character. Recentemente ho avuto l'onore di ascoltare una lezione sul mito di Elettra (eugene o'neil). Una perfetta Ingrid ad esempio. Per una Ingmar ci vuole ad esempio una Nora di Ibsen o una Norma di Simenon secondo me.
The interviewer loves to talk
So do you!
Would be great if these interviewers exited the building during the interview. rather than try to impress us with their lackluster comments.
It's amazing just how much early 80s Allen looks like late 60s my dad.
26:20 Atari the new G-d. Oh man if they only knew what was coming. Watched this unfold that year. I was 12 yrs old. The thing that competed with comic books for a boy's attention. But this wasn't the same. Hours and hours of idle wasted time in front of the idiot box. Still is such a bad idea. Bringing what were called arcades into your home.
Very prescient, they could not have foreseen the CGI mess that movies would become.
This is the interviewer who was spoofed by Martin Short on SCTV interviewing Bob Hope, played by Dave Thomas, who calls him on his portentous style: "When you stop talking, it's like walking to the edge of a cliff." czcams.com/video/BJDK71B6xI8/video.html
In the words of Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes"...."Hmmm it seems the older the civilization...the more advanced it is."
terry hanready it was Roddy McDowell.
the guy seemed more into bergman than woody.
if you can read this comment right now, please tell me what you think is happening at 27:47 through 27:52.
Radio interference. This show was cable 7.
dye job...woody as a redhead. imagined him totally bald and laughed out loud. I love woody. but he does have a deadly look when he is serious. I bet he doesn't take any shit.
Have you reflected on the influence of Jean Renoir's The Grand Illusion and his pacifist stance on the socio-political trend in America's increasing opposition to the Vietnam War, or are you more interested in the toning benefits of aerobics on women's bottoms, but still retain an admiration for the defense of Keynesian economic theory in Laverne and Shirley?
...and why the juxtaposition of both?
Lol.
Screw this watermark.
Interesting interview. I always have mixed feelings about seeing Allen mature, which is an absurd thing to apply to most people. But he could be uniquely funny in impromptu situations, including interviews. Then his films referenced cinema auteurs, which demanded more from the interviewer... things almost too mired in analysis for much spontaneity, let alone a joke.
Also, the interviewer, while excellent, was very shiny.
INTERVIEWER: "Now Woody, I've been inside your heart, and I've looked at it quite extensively. What is this little dark spot that I see?"
Pesky Echo he didnt adopt her. u r misinformed. and he got his punisbment for seducing his girlfriend's daughter. a marriage founded on loyalty borne of isolation and poor judgement.
It was a corned beef sandwich and a malt.
Martin short makes fun of him lol
omg not him lol
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Is Woody wearing a toupee? His hair looks fake.
creepy
Who is??
@@chrisboston Woody Allen the pedophile
I like Woody Allen as director. Actor , & some of his flims are actually pretty good, watchable, & funny to say the least. Can even be considered classics, But as a person HELL NO. 😤 HE'S A MEESKITE, AND DESPICABLE ON SOME MANY LEVELS, & A DEGENERATE.
Wow. I think you should cut back on your conumption of raw meat.
You Are insane. Find a shrink now!
Moron.
Ignorant uneducated statement.
Woody Allen is next after Harvey Weinstein. Enough already with these men.
Idiotic rubbish
Wtf!
Richard Bully
Zero foundation to the accusation, and no condemnation of Mia Farrow whose children have claimed she has abused them and who has defended Polanski the proven molester. One of her children committed suicide, and certainly Dylan's entire self has been destroyed.
@@fellowcitizen Not to mention she had a child with Frank Sinatra while dating Allen. Some people actually believed her when she said that Ronan was Woody's child.
This guy's a horrible interviewer. Woody Allen deserves better.
You're wrong, watch more of Brian's interviews. His subjects all respect his intelligence, preparation and sincere knowledge of their work.
Woody allen is little creepy guy.
What a nonsense!!!!!