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Article: Cloud In the Silver Lining; After Praise for Woody Allen's Last Film and With 'Scoop' Set to Open, Things Are Looking Up for the Director. No?
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- The Washington Post
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- July 26, 2006
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Woody Allen is saying goodbye with the same wan handshake he used
for hello 30 minutes ago. "I hope I haven't depressed you," he says
apologetically.
The 70-year-old writer and director has been musing about life,
sex, work, death and his generally futile search for hope, and
frankly, mere depression hardly seems like the right response. Flat-
out terror is what is called for here.
Yes, the world according to Woody is so bereft of meaning, so
godless and absurd, that the only proper response is to curl up on a
sofa and howl for your mommy. Alternatively, you could try the Allen
approach, which is to make a feature film every year and try, however
briefly, to distract yourself from the ...