Four-time Oscar winner and renowned filmmaker Woody Allen has announced his retirement from the industry, but before finally closing that chapter, he will produce one more final movie set in Paris and shot in full French.
Woody Allen And His Rose To Fame As A Filmmaker
Woody Allen is known for his distinct and minimal style of filmmaking, and many of his famous movies have received several accolades in different categories. Spanning six decades of working in the industry, Allen has cemented a reputation in the creative field with his slapstick and dark humor comedy. His movies often focus on intellectual dialogues and sophisticated conversations.
After attending New York University and failing a class in movie production, Allen dropped out and started writing materials for TV shows which won him an Emmy nomination; although his early movies, Take the Money and Run (1969) and Bananas (1971), propelled him to fame.
Controversies And Allegations Of Sexual Abuse
Woody Allen and Mia Farrow started their relationship in 1980 as they have also worked on several films together. Things went chaotic after the filmmaker announced his relationship with Soon-Yi Previn, his stepdaughter. Five years later, they got married. Mia Farrow found out about their relationship after finding naked photos of her adopted daughter in Allen’s house.
Eight months after the scandal, another controversy broke out after Dylan Farrow, Mia’s other adopted daughter, revealed she was sexually abused by Allen. Dylan said in an interview in 2018, “As I played with the toy train, I was sexually assaulted. As a seven-year-old, I would’ve said he touched my private parts.” The filmmaker claimed that Farrow forced her daughter to create the allegations because he cheated on her.
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Because of these allegations, Allen’s reputation has been tarnished, and his name has often been mentioned alongside other accused predators such as Harvey Weinstein. In a 2018 interview, Allen expressed his dismay and claimed that he should be recognized as a supporter of the #MeToo movement. “I’ve worked with hundreds of actresses, and not a single one—big ones, famous ones, ones starting out—have ever, ever suggested any kind of impropriety at all. I’ve always had a wonderful record with them.”
However, many actors came out and expressed their regret about working with Allen, including Colin Firth, Timothée Chalamet, Jessica Chastain, and Ellen Page, to name a few. Director and Golden Globe winner Greta Gerwig said that she will not collaborate with the filmmaker in the future.
Woody Allen’s contributions to the film industry are unparalleled, but he also needs to answer these allegations. Many of his fans also expressed their regret regarding these controversies, and that like all things in life, his “behavior must be put into its proper perspective.”
