The director of “Midnight in Paris” announced to a Spanish newspaper on Saturday that he wanted to retire from the cinema to devote himself to writing following the shooting of his next and last film.
In an interview given last Saturday to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, the director of “Annie Hall” or “Midnight in Paris” revealed that he plans to retire from cinema following finishing his film “Wasp 22” next year. , with in particular Elsa Zylberstein.
“My idea, in principle, is to stop making films and focus on writing,” the 86-year-old filmmaker told the newspaper. Woody Allen has also indicated that he plans to write a novel.
The Oscar-winning director had already considered withdrawing a few months ago, saying he was tired of creating in the age of streaming. His last film, the comedy “Rifkin’s Festival”, was also a failure.
Woody Allen has no shortage of reasons to prefer to stop the cinema since he was blacklisted in 2018 in Hollywood following his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow reiterated his accusations of sexual abuse. Even though Woody Allen maintains that his daughter’s allegations are false.
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