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Cotmthes Exes MindGames 6Inside Film, Music & What’s on artsFriday June 25 2010 &ents ‘If I get chapped lips I immediately think it’s fatal’ Woody Allen on his night <COTMTHESfears about dying, career regrets and plans for Sarah Palin. EXESInterview by > Tim Teeman thetimes| FridayJune252010 thetimes| FridayJune252010 4 arts&ents film film arts&ents 5 COVER IMAGE: COLORSTORM MEDIA/EYEVINE; BELOW:DAVID JOHNSON/CORBIS Uber-liberalfilm-makergetsitonwith becomeadirector.Intheatre,thewriteris andBicycleThievesandthesewillbethe smokin’right-winger?“She’sacolourful king.Filmdoesn’tworkthatway.” greatest filmsevermadeandeveryyoung spicein thegeneralrecipeof democracy,” Eversincethenhehaswritten andmade film-makerwillcopymystyle’.Ihavea WoodyAllen Allensays,smiling.“She’sasexywoman. hisownfilms.“It’sagreatliving,”he says. peaceful,resignedfeelingaboutit.Ididn’t Yes. MeandSarah—wecoulddo a Sarah Palin is a “Inmyneighbourhood,halfthekids loseanyonemoney,Ididn’t go toHolly- romance.” turnedout to becabdrivers,gangsters and woodandmake junk.Ididn’ttrytocurry Afterhiscurrentfilm, MidnightinParis, colourful spice low-lifes,theotherhalflawyers,account- favourwiththeaudience orcritics. Itried whichheisfilmingthis summer,he may in the recipe of antsanddoctors. 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Aminuscule, feelyourage: itfinds you.You’reawareof embarrassments, butit hasn’tworkedout wascalled“grosslyinappropriate”by the meaninglesslifespanin thegrandscheme deathyourwholelife,constantlysweeping thatway.Manyofthefilmsareenjoyable judge,whodeniedhimvisitingrightsto why he’s never cast ofthings.” itundertherugandeventuallyithappens bythemeanstandards ofmovies,butlook oneofhisadoptedchildren.Allenisathis Wow,sotheyearsoftherapywere —youjusthave tohope aspainlessly as atwhathasbeenaccomplishedbypeople mostsureandvehementoverthis.“Oh, I in films and assures helpful,then.“PeoplethinkI’vespentmy possible.Ioncesaid inamoviethatthe whohavedonebeautifulthings— havenoregretsaboutthat,”hesays lifeon thecouch becauseI’veplayedthat nicestthingyoucould wishforistosay Kurosawa,Bergman,Fellini, Buñuel, dismissively.“I fellinlovewithSoon-Yiand Tim Teeman that part sorelentlesslyinmynightclubact,on goodnighttoyourloved one,say‘We’llgo Truffaut—andthenlookatmyfilms.I itwasnoone’sbusinessbutmine.Thecourt TVandinthemovies. 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