Woody Allen Speaks About Owen Wilson, Elaine's and the Meaning of Life

I really enjoyed Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.  It, along with The Artist, and Tree of Life and Le Havre represented, to me, a great contrast to the usual hard-hitting fare offered up at Cannes this year.  But more than that, they ushered in a gust of fresh air – happiness, romance, life, nostalgia – all of them are films I would see again in a heartbeat and suggest, perhaps, a more optimistic time ahead, cinematically speaking.

Woody Allen is always a great interview.  Here, he is talking to David Edelstein (New York Mag), Scott Foundas (Film Society of Lincoln Center and Kent Jones (Film Comment editor-at-large).  I love the story about Elaine’s and Fellini.  I also love  how he talks about casting Owen Wilson (“He was a beachcomber”).  I have partnered it with high resolution stills from the film.  Enjoy.

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