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Sunday, April Folk laii 17, 1977 would really like to move in a more serious direction 4I Messrs Arnold By G a ry Mien wauled to pot a Atiywii few technical finishing touches on "Annie Hall He was headed for the lab "to remove two points of yellow" that had bothered him in one Hj.'lungtim Io.sl Writer YKW YORK "Annie Hall," Woody Allen's neu film, is a sentimen tdl comedy that loosely chronicles ihe romance tietween Aly Singer, a - comedian played sequence made a conscious effort to stylize the look ami cidor schemes of his films It's important to him. even though he doubts if many people in the audience care or notice "I think its true that only a small percentage of viewers are really concerned with the look of a film." he said, "and perhaps it's just as well Its always a shock to film makers if they pick up Iheir old movies in some place months later and see how the prints have deteriorated A friend and I made the mistake of trying to catch '2Kil in revival not so long ago I was at an older revival by Mien, and Annie Hall, an aspiring actress-singe- r play ed by Diane Keaton The title was original unthinkably esoteric the "Anodynia psychological state characterized by an aband Allen sence of pain went through hundreds of titles before coming up w ith this one "You're in such a vulnerable position when you make a film," Allen remarked last week after completing an unusually long stint m the publicity spotlight. "You do what on have to do, then hope people will be responsive and that the movie will txittoin out somewhere profitable enough not to embarrass I'nited Artists at the next Trans-americ- a board of direcAll my tors meeting films have gotten into profits, but theyre modest successes. They dont seem to get beyond a certain plateau they cost around $3 million and make around $10 Every tiling You look on Wauled to Know Alxiut was Sex' and 'Sleeper hoping to work with him continuously, but Walsh didnt want tn leave the West Coast The idea oil Ixive and Death. which was shot by Ghislam Clixpiet. was soft, autumnal colors 'Annie Hall' is the first film I've done with Gordon Willis, and we plan to work together as often as possible I didn't mind at all that some scenes were sup poxedly t(xi dark' for a comedy, ami found thal Gordy's tyle doesn't re tard laughs 1 proach. Theres always a danger when comedians feel the need to express pathos, because they can push into masochism too easily. To avoid that, I think 1 should maybe not do a comedy occasionally. 1 would never want to get pathetic, because I dont like that in other comedians work Turning Point "I think Annie ma be a nuld turning point began the script after Sleeper, but the fact that it didnt have as many laughs as Im user! to scared me off I put it aside and wrote I,ove and Death, which was full of laughs. Even if 1 continue making nothing but comedies, Id like them to be 1 more dimensional I couldnt do many of the sort of jokes Id done in Bananas or Sleeper1 or Love and Death without risking involvement with the characters. I'm used to looking for laughs in the dailies Here there werent nearly as many laughs to go by. 1 had to trust to the relationships to carry the film People kept telling me not to worry, and I hope they were right. "Very few people can write really amusing comedy, but I dont value it more because its rare and hard to do. What hope to do next is a straight dramatic film. If the script works out. it would Ik- - a very serious psychological drama without a part for probably influenced Allens decision to do a bit more promotion this time around. The new film reflects a desire to be romantically affecting rather than persistently, outrageously funny. Its also a tentative step in a direction Allen feels compelled to explore, even though hes aware it may lead up a blind alley taken by many funnymen before 1 him "I was consciously trying for a more sentimental kind of film," Allen said "The earlier ones were just for laughs, and I realize 1 might be safer sticking with that ap- - me I would really like to move in a more serious direction realize il may lie a total mistake, and if I fail. Ill come hack to comedy and resign my self to the fact that may he limited to it But But if were to succeed at a dramatic film. I think Id find it far more 1 1 1 hooked oil Home Box Olfice It wont he that long before their screens will be Allen replied with characteristic thought screens At that stage why expose yourself to the inconveniences of going out to a theater, eseeially if the projection is habitually bad and the image isnt much larger than what you could have at home9 "1 retain a certain feeling that you should go out and expose yourself to a little inconvenience, but it's nostalgia. It comes from the fact that I grew up going to the movies every weekend and associate it with so many pleasurable experiences. Now a lot of people have lost the habit of going, and movies are more of an art thing than a general, democratic form of entertainment. You couldn't blame people for getting even more selective about what they see and where they see it. Now that I've learned a little something about making movies. Id hate to see too many changes on the technical side I dont see any reason why movie comedies can't also look pretty. David Walsh and 1 worked very fulness "The eoiitenijmr-arplaying area for comedy has shifted," he said "Chaplin and Keaton operated in a very physical world where people worked and struggled to cope with tangible obstacles and frustrations think the conflicts are y 1 interior now. Theyre psychological conflicts, and its difficult to find a vocabulary to express those inner slates, to make them visual Very Tentative "Bergman has discovered ways of doing it in a serious way. Im trying to do it by talking directly to the audience or showing things like Diane's mind stepping her out of its body, but all very tentative. I've never gotten anything close to a feeling of satisfaction from any film I've been associated with. For me theyre all failures, but an audience, not knowing the grandiose plans Ive had for them, may be spared the same disillusion." & Shew RiM PC J if Pink Return of Panther' more by now Allen remarked drily But ith true that I A i' a more agreeable outfit to deal with lt an urn n ally .table operation foi tlii.s business The t older, a little inoie cosmopolitan and thev stick around for a while t the other companies there's a constant turnover of sharpies, so you 'UK w Is the Inllil the IX' i next lime around I doesil t lllli I tele They have willi you s n ill e call e d il g 11 1 ii South Mcinhcis will In- lllli ii 't on the basis ot then ..hilttv to learn dam at the audition' but coni ept approval they'll usuallv trust met even if a concept doesil particularly excite them I usually show them llte scripts voluntarily The status quo wouldii t Iasi tixi il long didn't l i Sra-:u- nl version ot "The Phantom him the Opel a at ' (In ol will be shown Family Spi ague Brain them for pay ! 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REDF0RD j - in i, laive and Death" was released two years ago. it was apparent that I' A personnel valued it more than "The Return of the whuli Pink Panther. opened at alnnit the same time and went on to enjoy Exaggerated Rumors All the rumors about Gorily were highly ex End of Era We re probably living at the end of an era I think it's only a matter of tune until home viewing is made as easy and economical as is dcsira hie Thats one of the things I noticed when we were doing the L A loca lions for 'Annie Hall ' So many people there were satisfying " Asked to compare modern film comedies with the silent classics. mmim . Artists I'nited 1 house, hut still a supposedly icputable pla,e Kubrick would have had a seizure hes such an obsessive about the visu a side anyway The movie had been pretty much reduced to streaks and flickers Woody Allen says his films have a limited appeal and he doesn't mind that at all. box-offi- wife. aggerated that he wa diffuull and umixipcia tive and all the rest Betler yet. he's faster than anyone I've ever worked with and skilled in all sorts of ways that speeded up prixiuclion Shots like Diane s mind leaving her Ixxl, are not optieais Gordy knows how to get special effects like that m the camera " Alien seems to inspire a special measure of affection among executives and publicists at streamlined I Limited Appeal "The $3 million is an informal ceiling, and I feel perfectly comfortable with it. In fact, it began as a $2 million ceiling when I made Bananas' and has gone up because of the cost of living more than anything else. I'd just be creating problems for myself if 1 tried to exceed that level. The receipts would have to increase by some staggering amount to justify a budget in the $4 million to $3 million range. My own personal feeling is that my films have a limited appeal, and 1 don't mind that at all. Im always surprised that they seem to appeal to as many people as they do." The nature of "Annie Hall," which departs from the headlong farcical style of Sleeper" and "Love and Death," 55 I. Broadway 364-7bAdults 1 .50 Children 75c Continuous trom Noon a V, (lit. Oil' lol inenihcl in an Uracil loik loll il.iln e gl cup L all! be held Satin da.v at i pm at 73' i Ashton Avi . million B Allen has hard to get amlition To JIMMY DEAN SaltLxCltv Maxa chack payaDIa to Salt Palaca in th at S amount of $ for Utah 94 "NOf V ft tichata S Address Slata Ik Nti I aach ySTi? Zip PlaM aocioae aatf )draad anvopa lor prompt ratorn orda't ba rrivd 7 dayt prior to parlormanca T Mail hr ! 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