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Fascinating . . . Readers will find a trove of Woody-on-Woody insight [and] something interesting on nearly every page. --Baltimore Sun<br><br> Lax's informed questions . . . allow Allen to speak with intelligence and maturity. <br>-- The Washington Post<br><br> Mesmerizing. -- Financial Times<br><br> Remarkable . . . Fresh with an immediacy often missing in a retrospective. --Raleigh News & Observer<br><br> You feel that you are in the same room, listening to someone asking intelligent, informed questions and hearing the subject giving intelligent, relaxed answers . . . An entertaining book. <br>-- The Washington Times

Fascinating . . . Readers will find a trove of Woody-on-Woody insight [and] something interesting on nearly every page. Baltimore <i>Sun Lax s informed questions . . . allow Allen to speak with intelligence and maturity. <i>The Washington Post Mesmerizing. <i>Financial Times Remarkable . . . Fresh with an immediacy often missing in a retrospective. Raleigh <i>News & Observer You feel that you are in the same room, listening to someone asking intelligent, informed questions and hearing the subject giving intelligent, relaxed answers . . . An entertaining book. <i>The Washington Times</i>

Fascinating . . . Readers will find a trove of Woody-on-Woody insight, and there's much advice for the aspiring artist . . . Even casual fans will appreciate this work; with a handy index for tracking down favorite films and something interesting on nearly every page, it's a perfectly browsable volume. <br>- Baltimore Sun<br> <br> Lax's informed questions . . . allow Allen to speak with intelligence and maturity. <br>- Washington Post <br> Intimate . . . essential reading for anyone interested in the art of filmmaking and especially for those who appreciate the work of Woody Allen. <br>- Tucson Citizen's <br> <br> Substantial. <br>- Deseret News Publishing<br> <br> Mesmerizing . . . <br>- Financial Times<br> <br> Compiled over thirty-six years of interviews, conversations, and experiences one could only glean from gaining Allen's confidence and respect, Conversations is essential reading for aspiring filmmakers and those who wish to eventually put finger to keyboard in hopes of telling a story, but it is no less intriguing for simple cinephiles. <br>- Los Angeles Times<br> <br> Remarkable . . . fresh with an immediacy often missing in a retrospective. <br>- The News & Observer<br> <br> Absorbing . . . must reading for Allen admirers and fans of contemporary cinema . . . . Endlessly fascinating self-exposure by a controversial, defiantly prickly artist. <br>- Booklist <br> When it comes to books about the careers of famous filmmakers, most authors . . . start with the early efforts, move forward in time and eventually arrive at the subject's last or latest work . . . Fortunately, Eric Lax's new book . . . refreshingly throws that old format out the window. <br> -Roanoke Times<br> <p> From the Hardcover edition.

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Eric Lax is also the author of Woody Allen: A Biography and coauthor (with A. M. Sperber) of Bogart. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and the Los Angeles Times. He is an officer of International PEN and lives in Los Angeles.

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