Woody Allen Interview 1982 Brian Linehan's City Lights

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  • In this interview from 1982, Woody Allen talks about his newest film, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, stars Mia Farrow, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Maxwell and Jose Ferrer, the camerawork in the film and the music used in the film.
    Woody Allen also discusses Ingmar Bergman, screening the first cut of his films for his sister and a small circle of friends, his first meeting with Gilda Radner, producer Charlie Feldman and writing the film What's New Pussycat?, Warren Beatty, the death of actress Romy Schneider, his 1979 film Manhattan, books written about him, technological advances in film making and the poet and essayist T.S. Eliot.
    From 1974 to 2000, Canada’s Brian Linehan conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with the greatest actors and directors from over 60 years of film history. His programs City Lights and Linehan have not been seen since they first aired and are now available for the first time for licensing. Linehan, a stylishly gifted broadcaster, meticulously did all his own research and that, coupled with his knowledge and passion about film and filmmaking, puts him in a class all by himself.
    With 20,000 hours of music footage spanning 90 years and thousands of hours of in-depth interviews with the 20th century’s icons of Film and Television, Politics, Comedy, Literature, Art, Science, Fashion and Sports, Reelin’ In The Years Productions is now the World’s Premier Source For Footage Of Musical Artists, Entertainers & History Makers.
    ‪reelinintheyears.com‬‬‬
    Note: these clips are available on TH-cam for producers, directors, researchers and clearance companies for potential use in their projects. Our website on the screen is to protect the footage from being used without our consent and so industry professionals can find us to properly license the footage.
    Brian Linehan, who passed away in 2004, left his entire estate to The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation to provide training, work opportunities and promotion for young actors of exceptional talent. All of the income of his Foundation is donated to not-for-profit institutions for that purpose. In the decade since his death, recipients of the Foundation’s support have included extraordinary young actors affiliated with the Canadian Film Centre, The National Screen Institute of Canada, the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, which, since Brian's passing, has preserved and housed Brian's personal archive and tape library.
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  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Brian was absolutely the most interesting and knowledgeable Interviewer

    • @January.
      @January. ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Canadian, of course!

  • @sobojetty
    @sobojetty 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

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

    • @phoenixzappa7366
      @phoenixzappa7366 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      stop pleasuring yourself!!

    • @shaunpearson7905
      @shaunpearson7905 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @ckalteyer8239
      @ckalteyer8239 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @GrantTarredus
      @GrantTarredus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @TowGunner
    @TowGunner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @markr.devereux3385
      @markr.devereux3385 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @jayaybe1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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
      @ranchokitty1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      a great closing line as well.

  • @jm9980
    @jm9980 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    First was introduced to Woody Allen when I was 15 years of age and viewed the movie 'Take the Money and Run'....I literally laughed my fuc=ing ass off when me and my buddy went to view this flick at the Parkway Plaza theaters.... I was hooked on Allen ever since...1976 and up

  • @ysgol3
    @ysgol3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @lpquagmire3621
    @lpquagmire3621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

    • @jm9980
      @jm9980 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Perfect movie and always viewed this Great flick after hours on a summer night... However, the first time I had seen this movie was in the mountains of San Diego after renting it out on video on a Winter night.... Town I rented the this great flick??
      ANZA....
      Place where I viewed the film...Folks RV in Palomar valley campground....
      Yeah, that was great! Total fan of this dudes films...Don't care about the BULL SH=T that has been labeled on him

  • @mushmorant9253
    @mushmorant9253 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

  • @knownpleasures
    @knownpleasures 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    INTERVIEWS OF THIS QUALITY DONT EXIST ANYMORE

    • @tomsenick2033
      @tomsenick2033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank God!

    • @paulaspen2117
      @paulaspen2117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @acousticshadow4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing of this quality exists anymore

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because Linehan died. Also, no need to yell.

    • @alukuhito
      @alukuhito 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulaspen2117 He was gay.

  • @filmmekker
    @filmmekker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @filmmekker
      @filmmekker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wayne J Me too.

    • @bartcolen
      @bartcolen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @jeffreycoy
      @jeffreycoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @filmmekker
      @filmmekker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mpilarb
    @mpilarb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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.

  • @hotstixx
    @hotstixx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Glad someone else liked midsummers NSC.Some review stated he rushed it and that his heart wasn`t in it..its one of my favorites..and glorious Mendelssohn.

  • @jb428
    @jb428 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @APisceanSlant
    @APisceanSlant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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
      @Bozlee22 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @aidinb6790
    @aidinb6790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    what a great interview

  • @tarnopol
    @tarnopol 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Holy shit, what a monster upload! Thanks!

  • @roseandlilac
    @roseandlilac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @markr.devereux3385 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 TH-cam. 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.

  • @SocialmotionMedia
    @SocialmotionMedia 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @jm9980
    @jm9980 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    'Reeling in the years' Great tune by one of the Greatest bands in America... Woody Allen films were the STEELY DAN of the movies or STEELY DAN was the 'WOODY ALLEN' of the music world....

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope you accepted him too.

    • @January.
      @January. ปีที่แล้ว

      *accepted Mr. Allen as a genius.

    • @hoserfella
      @hoserfella 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales41
    @felixthelmocevallosmorales41 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @jimhowaniec
    @jimhowaniec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great interview on both ends.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @markr.devereux3385
    @markr.devereux3385 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @yourmajesty5197
    @yourmajesty5197 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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
      @camilochaves4771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why would you feel guilty about a pleasure?

    • @January.
      @January. ปีที่แล้ว

      *everything

    • @January.
      @January. ปีที่แล้ว

      @@camilochaves4771 *fools

  • @TheEleatic
    @TheEleatic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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
      @ryanpeterson8668 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Martin Short and SCTV had some fun with that concept.

    • @geofflepper3207
      @geofflepper3207 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @peterj4741
    @peterj4741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.
      @January. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't find him weird.

  • @dionaschin6446
    @dionaschin6446 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    very good

  • @zenpaganwarrior
    @zenpaganwarrior 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @40pianos
    @40pianos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @jm9980
    @jm9980 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Manhatten was definitely a smooth and relaxing movie, but nothig compared to Annie Hall, Crimes, Hannah, and of course Husbands and wives ,which is my personal FAVORITE...

    • @jm9980
      @jm9980 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sleeper great too... Love and Death, Bananas, Broadway Danny Rose, Stardust memories, Take the money and Run, September, Zelig, Mighty aphrodite, Everything you always wanted to know about sex* but were afraid to ask.

  • @justgivemethetruth
    @justgivemethetruth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love that movie. Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

  • @user-bh4mk9tx5x
    @user-bh4mk9tx5x 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🦋

  • @AquaFurs
    @AquaFurs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @AlexHolmes.
    @AlexHolmes. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    SUCH A FUNKY OPENING WTF

  • @phoenixzappa7366
    @phoenixzappa7366 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God that interviewer

    • @chocomanger6873
      @chocomanger6873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "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
      @giovanna8187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @emanuelacomerio5334
    @emanuelacomerio5334 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales41
    @felixthelmocevallosmorales41 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @alukuhito
    @alukuhito 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @acousticshadow4032
    @acousticshadow4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @davidsheriff9274
      @davidsheriff9274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidsheriff9274 Pardon, but who said he did?

    • @davidsheriff9274
      @davidsheriff9274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @deathrecordsdead9015
      @deathrecordsdead9015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @frankandstern8803
    @frankandstern8803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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
      @acoustify6823 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @leonardoiglesias2394
    @leonardoiglesias2394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The interviewer loves to talk

  • @billdavis9612
    @billdavis9612 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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." th-cam.com/video/BJDK71B6xI8/w-d-xo.html

  • @fjfjrfjfjr
    @fjfjrfjfjr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @terryhanready5068
    @terryhanready5068 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @larryboyle2786
      @larryboyle2786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      terry hanready it was Roddy McDowell.

  • @retardedwithdownsyndrom
    @retardedwithdownsyndrom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the guy seemed more into bergman than woody.

  • @shangrila73eldorado
    @shangrila73eldorado 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @dogman4100
    @dogman4100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @yourmajesty5197 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @waynej2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was a corned beef sandwich and a malt.

  • @flaggerify
    @flaggerify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Screw this watermark.

  • @dustinwatkins7843
    @dustinwatkins7843 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Martin short makes fun of him lol

  • @Geritopia
    @Geritopia 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @TheEleatic
    @TheEleatic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @kakobre86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...and why the juxtaposition of both?

    • @giovanna8187
      @giovanna8187 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol.

  • @joeblevins1061
    @joeblevins1061 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @dustinwatkins7843
    @dustinwatkins7843 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    omg not him lol

  • @tedgrant2
    @tedgrant2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No comment

  • @justgivemethetruth
    @justgivemethetruth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is Woody wearing a toupee? His hair looks fake.

  • @salimegypt6277
    @salimegypt6277 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    creepy

  • @HansDelbruck53
    @HansDelbruck53 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @chickenringNYC
      @chickenringNYC ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @melissamaylath2289
    @melissamaylath2289 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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
      @waynej2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Io-Io-Io
      @Io-Io-Io 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You Are insane. Find a shrink now!

    • @fieldingm1969
      @fieldingm1969 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moron.

    • @darrensmith342
      @darrensmith342 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ignorant uneducated statement.

  • @richardbullis6263
    @richardbullis6263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @lewisc215
      @lewisc215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Idiotic rubbish

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wtf!

    • @Io-Io-Io
      @Io-Io-Io 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Richard Bully

    • @fellowcitizen
      @fellowcitizen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @charlesknowlton7198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

  • @tomsenick2033
    @tomsenick2033 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Woody allen is little creepy guy.