Woody Allen Interview 1982 Brian Linehan's City Lights

[@sobojetty]

A well-prepared, thoughtful and intelligent interviewer talking with a thoughtful and intelligent guest. A pleasure to view.

[@phoenixzappa7366]

stop pleasuring yourself!!

[@shaunpearson7905]

+Phoenix Zappa He's a legend. Go away.

[@ckalteyer8239]

Can't wait to see his new movie..such a genius!

[@GrantTarredus]

Thank you very much for uploading this. I don’t know when or if I’ve ever seen a finer interview with anyone.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Brian was absolutely the most interesting and knowledgeable Interviewer

[@January.]

Canadian, of course!

[@TowGunner]

I still say Manhattan is a masterpiece and his finest film!

[@markr.devereux3385]

I don't why that movie was so highly rated and I don't disagree. It was well paced and written and l watched several times and loved it.

[@jayaybe1]

I think the opening scene accompanying Rhapsody in Blue is one of the most wonderful of any movie. Shot brilliantly of course by The Prince of Darkness himself, Gordon Willis.

[@ranchokitty1]

a great closing line as well.

[@chrisfreeman9960]

I'll never know why Woody really detests this film. He's said many times about how he dislikes it, and tried to get the distributor to not distribute it. Even offering the distributor to pay them not to release it. He even said he would make his next picture for free, if they wouldn't release "Manhattan." But they went against Woody's wishes, released it, and it became a worldwide hit. One of the all-time favorite movies of Woody's fans. The beautiful black-and-white photography by Gordon Willis, the music by Gershwin. How could you not love it? I've only heard him say how much he dislikes the picture. Has anyone ever heard him giving any REASONS for his disliking of the film? Would be interested if anybody knows. Thank you

[@ysgol3]

Brilliant brilliant interview. Such a pleasure to see a genius questioned so interestingly by a superb, knowledgeable interviewer

[@lpquagmire3621]

Over the years A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY has become one of my absolute favourite Allen pictures. It's deceptively simple yet sophisticated and complex, and the perfect movie for a rainy afternoon.

[@filmmekker]

This was Woodys red hot period. Everything he did, until the mid 90’s, was good.

[@waynej2608]

Definitely. I used to wait in heightened anticipation, of each new film he made, esp in that period.

[@filmmekker]

Wayne J Me too.

[@bartcolen]

My feelings precisely. The fifteen years from 1975 to 1990 seemed to be particularly florid.

[@jeffreycoy]

When did he fall off for you? I liked almost everything up until Celebrity.

[@filmmekker]

@@jeffreycoy That sounds about right. He’s been hit or miss ever since- more hit!

[@knownpleasures]

INTERVIEWS OF THIS QUALITY DONT EXIST ANYMORE

[@tomsenick2033p]

Thank God!

[@paulaspen2117]

His speech pattern is similar to how you would speak to a small child or grandmother who might be easily frightened. Is very knowledgeable and a very good interview. But I remember when I first started watching him years ago it took a while to get used to because he is the first man that appeared neutered and had to zero aggression or manly mannerisms. I have since grown up and realized his traits don't matter off a football field.

[@acousticshadow4032]

Nothing of this quality exists anymore

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Because Linehan died. Also, no need to yell.

[@alukuhito]

@@paulaspen2117 He was gay.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Brian Richard Linehan (September 3, 1944 - June 4, 2004) was a Canadian television host from Hamilton, Ontario, best known for his celebrity interviews on the longrunning talk show City Lights.

[@mushmorant9253]

His next film was one of his most brilliant and hilarious pieces, "Zelig".

[@APisceanSlant]

As problematic as Allen is, this is such a fantastic interview. Linehan was truly a master of this long-form discussion. Even his short pieces contained integrity. You can tell the subjects, enjoyed Brian's inquisitive questions/insights. My fav interviews are with the alpha male actors---the way he casually disarms them, is always enjoyable

[@Bozlee22]

what makes him problematic exactly? being framed by that sick woman ?

[@aidinb6790]

what a great interview

[@Schnitzengruben]

Great uploads, thanks for preserving and sharing this. We all could do without the URL onscreen for the entire clip though...

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Yeah, we don't need a damn watermark across the middle of the screen. NO ONE is interested in ripping this off.

[@ref6122]

The interviewer is on a level much, much higher than anyone in 2024.

[@mpilarb]

An excellent interview. I stumbled upon these amazing interviews when all those big stars were so young. It's interesting to know about their opinions on their craft and their beginnings.

[@roseandlilac]

I love that he says, "If you're very bright, you can make a case for anything." Dorothy Sayers has a great line in one of her books: "There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited."

[@markr.devereux3385]

Haaa good . Woody is one of those quotable type of conversationalist. What a gift to see a lasting piece of your verbal record a part of public consciousness. that is memorable to appear in books magazines and even KZbin. I have always loved truisms homilies and show business quotes. The book publisher Bennet Serf made a lifes work of collecting of celebrity quotes that ran into thousands.

[@tarnopol]

Holy shit, what a monster upload! Thanks!

[@Davett53]

2/2023......Great interview!

[@jimhowaniec]

Great interview on both ends.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

I studied theatre arts 🎭. We all excepted Mr Allen is a Genius. On many levels.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

I hope you accepted him too.

[@January.]

*accepted Mr. Allen as a genius.

[@hoserfella]

"I studied theatre arts" "WE ACCEPTED him as a genius" imagine being this self-important...

[@markr.devereux3385]

Nice interview with a erudite dude WOODY ALLEN. Brings back the old days of movie making.

[@SocialmotionMedia]

Brian was a trip and a CDN treasure. On the edge of just plain strange and Aspergers genius researching mad skills!

[@TheEleatic]

Did you, while sitting in a corner of Studio 54, reading Dostoevsky's The Idiot, recall the fishing trip with your uncle Hershel in upstate New York that lead to a lifelong love of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of The Bumblebee inspire you to write the scene with the Lobsters in Annie Hall?

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Yeah, Linehan is a good interviewer, but sometimes his questions were needlessly complex, like he was trying to impress the subject. I'm all for an interesting question, and I abhor the simpletons who ask "What's your favourite colour?", but I'm good with something in the middle.

[@ryanpeterson8668]

Martin Short and SCTV had some fun with that concept.

[@geofflepper3207]

I think that you would be perfect to be the host of a brand new City Lights show. You've got the style down pat.

[@yourmajesty5197]

this guy is my guilty pleasure. always makes me laugh and every thing about him is interesting. his marriage makes me sad even though i know its just fine.

[@camilochaves4771]

there's nothing guilty about liking him my friend. Don't let fool and mouth breathers get in your way, you have a nice taste for movies and that's very rare these days.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Why would you feel guilty about a pleasure?

[@January.]

*everything

[@January.]

@@camilochaves4771 *fools

[@zenpaganwarrior]

Tony Maxwell? Do you mean Tony Roberts? Yes, I think you do. Great interview!

[@40pianos]

I have an ever increasing appreciation for Linehan and his interviews the same way I do John Coltrane recordings.

[@justgivemethetruth]

I love that movie. Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

[@dionaschin6446]

very good

[@AquaFurs]

The interviewer needs to be in the camera angle, jeez.

[@KamikazeJedi]

wow, Woody has a very concise and direct theory on filmmaking and visual media. He should/would/ is/be a master professor of the Art and is underutilized as an educator due to his "peculiar" predilections when it comes to sexuality. Its a shame and really should be corrected. yes he's weird, yes, you can judge him, but lets not overlook, or forget what he did, and what he knows.

[@January.]

I don't find him weird.

[@AlexHolmes.]

SUCH A FUNKY OPENING WTF

[@acousticshadow4032]

I still laugh my derriere off at "Play It Again, Sam", which I have owned for decades

[@davidsheriff9274]

I love that movie too, Woody actually did not direct it.

[@acousticshadow4032]

@@davidsheriff9274 Pardon, but who said he did?

[@davidsheriff9274]

@@acousticshadow4032 chill out, I just thought it was an interesting fact that you might have not know,no need to be a douche.

[@acousticshadow4032]

@@davidsheriff9274 The problem was your (mis)wording - ya dumb dickhead

[@deathrecordsdead9015]

Me too. It’s on my list of Top Five favorite movies.

[@phoenixzappa7366]

God that interviewer

[@chocomanger6873]

"That interviewer"?? It's Brian Linehan! To many people, he's more famous than Woody Allen or any other given guest he has interviewed.

[@giovanna8187]

@@chocomanger6873 Yes, he was a Canadian treasure. His mannerisms throw some people off, but he was a wonderful interviewer.

[@Misia-p5z]

🦋

[@emanuelacomerio5334]

Tutti aspettano in futuro un character Ingmar, Bergman. Ingrid é un character diverso, piú interiore, piú nascosto. Più criptico mi permetto di dire. Ma ció deriva dagli estimatori della filosofia greca platonico e socratica. Una filosofia che originò i miti come character. Recentemente ho avuto l'onore di ascoltare una lezione sul mito di Elettra (eugene o'neil). Una perfetta Ingrid ad esempio. Per una Ingmar ci vuole ad esempio una Nora di Ibsen o una Norma di Simenon secondo me.

[@frankandstern8803]

26:20 Atari the new G-d. Oh man if they only knew what was coming. Watched this unfold that year. I was 12 yrs old. The thing that competed with comic books for a boy's attention. But this wasn't the same. Hours and hours of idle wasted time in front of the idiot box. Still is such a bad idea. Bringing what were called arcades into your home.

[@acoustify6823]

Very prescient, they could not have foreseen the CGI mess that movies would become.

[@billdavis9612]

This is the interviewer who was spoofed by Martin Short on SCTV interviewing Bob Hope, played by Dave Thomas, who calls him on his portentous style: "When you stop talking, it's like walking to the edge of a cliff." kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHunfGpnd5urf5o

[@fjfjrfjfjr]

Would be great if these interviewers exited the building during the interview. rather than try to impress us with their lackluster comments.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

The interviewer loves to talk

[@slickster2880]

So do you!

[@chrisfanboi]

the guy seemed more into bergman than woody.

[@terryhanready5068]

In the words of Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes"...."Hmmm it seems the older the civilization...the more advanced it is."

[@larryboyle2786]

terry hanready it was Roddy McDowell.

[@flaggerify]

Screw this watermark.

[@alukuhito]

It's amazing just how much early 80s Allen looks like late 60s my dad.

[@Topmotorcycles9079]

Married his adopted daughter this man is a monster

[@Ausgar-yc1yl]

Absolutely wrong, he did NOT marry his adopted daughter. He married the adopted daughter of Andre Previn.

[@richardralmaraz6501]

😮

[@TheEleatic]

Have you reflected on the influence of Jean Renoir's The Grand Illusion and his pacifist stance on the socio-political trend in America's increasing opposition to the Vietnam War, or are you more interested in the toning benefits of aerobics on women's bottoms, but still retain an admiration for the defense of Keynesian economic theory in Laverne and Shirley?

[@kakobre86]

...and why the juxtaposition of both?

[@giovanna8187]

Lol.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Allen Stewart Konigsberg, nombre real de Woody Allen, nació el 1 de diciembre de 1935 en Brooklyn, Nueva York (Estados Unidos).

[@dogman4100]

INTERVIEWER: "Now Woody, I've been inside your heart, and I've looked at it quite extensively. What is this little dark spot that I see?"

[@yourmajesty5197]

Pesky Echo he didnt adopt her. u r misinformed. and he got his punisbment for seducing his girlfriend's daughter. a marriage founded on loyalty borne of isolation and poor judgement.

[@waynej2608]

It was a corned beef sandwich and a malt.

[@joeblevins1061]

if you can read this comment right now, please tell me what you think is happening at 27:47 through 27:52.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Radio interference. This show was cable 7.

[@dustinwatkins7843]

Martin short makes fun of him lol

[@Geritopia]

Interesting interview. I always have mixed feelings about seeing Allen mature, which is an absurd thing to apply to most people. But he could be uniquely funny in impromptu situations, including interviews. Then his films referenced cinema auteurs, which demanded more from the interviewer... things almost too mired in analysis for much spontaneity, let alone a joke. Also, the interviewer, while excellent, was very shiny.

[@shangrila73eldorado]

dye job...woody as a redhead. imagined him totally bald and laughed out loud. I love woody. but he does have a deadly look when he is serious. I bet he doesn't take any shit.

[@tedgrant2]

No comment

[@dustinwatkins7843]

omg not him lol

[@melissamaylath2289]

I like Woody Allen as director. Actor , & some of his flims are actually pretty good, watchable, & funny to say the least. Can even be considered classics, But as a person HELL NO. 😤 HE'S A MEESKITE, AND DESPICABLE ON SOME MANY LEVELS, & A DEGENERATE.

[@waynej2608]

Wow. I think you should cut back on your conumption of raw meat.

[@Io-Io-Io]

You Are insane. Find a shrink now!

[@fieldingm1969]

Moron.

[@darrensmith342]

Ignorant uneducated statement.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Is Woody wearing a toupee? His hair looks fake.

[@richardbullis6263]

Woody Allen is next after Harvey Weinstein. Enough already with these men.

[@lewisc215]

Idiotic rubbish

[@waynej2608]

Wtf!

[@Io-Io-Io]

Richard Bully

[@fellowcitizen]

Zero foundation to the accusation, and no condemnation of Mia Farrow whose children have claimed she has abused them and who has defended Polanski the proven molester. One of her children committed suicide, and certainly Dylan's entire self has been destroyed.

[@charlesknowlton7198]

@@fellowcitizen Not to mention she had a child with Frank Sinatra while dating Allen. Some people actually believed her when she said that Ronan was Woody's child.

[@HansDelbruck53]

This guy's a horrible interviewer. Woody Allen deserves better.

[@chickenringNYC]

You're wrong, watch more of Brian's interviews. His subjects all respect his intelligence, preparation and sincere knowledge of their work.

[@salimegypt6277]

creepy

[@chrisboston]

Who is??

[@salimegypt6277]

@@chrisboston Woody Allen the pedophile

[@tomsenick2033p]

Woody allen is little creepy guy.

[@SneakyKestrel]

What a nonsense!!!!!