Today in the New York Times (9/15/10) Woody Allen was interviewed on his latest film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, and had this to say about the state of journalism:
Q. Were you prepared for the firestorm of media coverage you set off by casting Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in your next movie, Midnight in Paris?
A. I was very surprised at the level of journalism that occurred in relation to her. She has a small part in the movie–a real part, but it’s a small part. And I shot with her the first day, and then all the papers said she was terrible, and I did 32 takes with her. Of course I didn’t even do 10 takes with her. This was just a magical number that some guy created in a room. Then they printed that her husband came to the set and was angry with her. He came to the set once, and he was delighted. He felt she was a natural actress and couldn’t have been happier.
Q. That would make a good blurb for the movie poster.
A. For some reason, the press wanted to say bad things about her. I don’t know if they had something against the Sarkozys, or it was a better way to sell papers. But the fabrications were so wild and so completely fake, and I wondered to myself, Is this what happens with Afghanistan and the economy and matters of real significance? This is a trivial matter. That’s a longwinded answer to your question: I was not prepared for the amount of press that was attached to the picture because of Madame Sarkozy.
In America,
in a word,
YES!
And Michelle Bachman can slander Nancy Pelosi re a bar tab of $100,000 on AirForce planes? Facts are irrrelevant to frightened kids.
What the?…..Why is anyone???? Oh hell lets dish….Remember when Mia came home and found tons of naked pics of Sun yi in sexy poses and dear old rent- a- Dad Woody admitted he was the photo hog.Giggle giggle.She was 18 and how long it was going on we shall never know.So now we hear what from him- as if anyone cares?Who next Roman rapist Polanski?Please never quote Woody on anything except how to bed your adopted daughter.Geez
Odd that an article zat nobody carez about getz a rambling incoherent 100 word comment full of zexual innuendo. I zuggest therapy.