“I think it’s a good moment to stop”

His 50th film will probably also be his last: Woody Allen has announced that he will end his directing career after shooting “Wasp 22” (the working title): “I think it’s a good moment to stop,” said the 86-year-old in an interview with the Spanish newspaper “La Vanguardia”.

“Human stories don’t matter that much anymore”

In a few weeks, Allen will therefore sit in the director’s chair for the last time. Then the shooting of the French-language project will begin in Paris. The American compared the film to “Match Point” from 2005: The new strip is “exciting, dramatic and also very scary”. After his career as a filmmaker, he will spend his lifetime writing novels. On the other hand, he was disappointed with the cinema: “The film business has changed, human stories are no longer as interesting.”

Everything used to be different

At the end of June this year, Woody Allen hinted at a possible end to his career in a conversation with actor Alec Baldwin. At that time he explained that the thrill was gone. His films used to be shown in cinemas “across the country”. “Now you shoot a film and it’s in a cinema for a couple of weeks. Maybe six or four weeks, and then it goes straight to streaming or pay-per-view,” Allen said. It’s just not the same as it used to be.

Shadow over a great career

Woody Allen’s directing career began in 1966 with the comedy What’s Up, Tiger Lily?. After that he shot a new film almost every year. He was nominated for an Oscar a total of 24 times; He received the trophy four times: in 1978 for “The City Neurotic” (Best Director & Best Screenplay), in 1987 for “Hannah and Her Sisters” and in 2012 for “Midnight in Paris” (both Best Screenplay). Allen has not only become a figurehead of independent cinema over the decades, but also scored a number of box office hits. However, shadows have also fallen over his career: his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow accuses him of abusing her as a child. Allen has denied those allegations throughout his life. Recently, it has become increasingly difficult for him to realize film projects due to the allegations – for example, an Amazon series was put on hold. A possible connection between Cancel Culture efforts and the end of Allen’s career as a director is not drawn publicly, at least by him.

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