Book review - "Conversations with Woody Allen" by Eric Lax

Another brilliant book from Eric Lax about Allen, consisting of conversations between the two. It's fascinating and insightful - very smart. I enjoyed hearing about Allen's view of his own films - he really loves Match Point, felt it all came together for him on that film. He recognises he's had more success with drama than comedy recently (he still thinks Hollywood Ending was a good film). He talks a lot about his work process - he's very smart, and flexible. He even discusses his relationship with Soo-Yi, pointing out it's the longest he's every had. It doesn't tackle why he became so obsessed with playing against women young enough to be his daughter for so long - Mighty Aphrodite, Everyone Says I Love You, Deconstructing Harry, Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Hollywood Ending... he was addicted to it like heroin. Every one of these films would have been twice as good with more age-appropriate casting. But apart from that this book is definitely worth reading if you're an Allen fan.