Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand loved to write. He had to think of his Memoirs, which you now have in your hands. On the screen, the monumental Voyage à travers le cinéma français, an introspective look into his own cinephile past, took a long time to mature: it was his job to tell the story, but no doubt his pride in being in charge of it mingled with a restraint which, contrary to appearances, was a striking trait of his character. Instead, he took it upon himself to gather his memories.
In French from Actes Sud-available at your favorite French bookstores
Woody
The acclaimed film biographer and author of Young Orson and Funny Manreturns with the definitive look at the life and legacy of Woody Allen.
The writer, director, and frequent star of more than fifty popular, award-winning, and internationally successful pictures over seven decades of filmmaking, Woody Allen is one of the most consequential American cultural figures of our time. Yet this national icon has fallen from grace nowadays. In this even-handed biography, Patrick McGilligan explores the public rise and fall of this hilarious comedian with a serious bent in his work, whose singularity and non-conformity has proved an Achilles heel.
This is the most comprehensive portrait of the creative prodigy that is Woody Allen. Drawing on exhaustive research, McGilligan brilliantly reconstructs Allen's misbegotten Brooklyn boyhood and salad days as a comedy writer for Sid Caesar and other television personalities, his struggles to connect with audiences as a bright stand-up comedian, his sidelines as a New Yorker writer and Broadway playwright, and his first side-splitting movies as writer, director, and star, leading to his Oscar-winning Annie Hall and golden years, in the 1970s and 80s, of making some of his best films still beloved by fans. But it is also a scrupulous account of the darker side of Allen, his three marriages, famous liaisons and furtive flings, and especially his tumultuous personal and professional relationship with actress Mia Farrow, his affair with her daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, and the alleged abuse of his adopted daughter Dylan. McGilligan presents the known facts, parsing questions of guilt and innocence, and examines the case, with its charges and countercharges that accrue to the present day.
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