2011 · documentary · music
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Directed by Robert B. Weide3h 13m2011
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship with performers.
Our read: Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) reads as a warm, measured, grounded documentary · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, measured, gentle documentary / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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