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My father was the inventor of cable TV and I’ve been producing for many years, local, regional cable TV programs in Northeast Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As far as my foray into filmmaking I grew up in the cable television business. We just kind of became friends, partially because of our mutual love for jazz music and that’s what started a great friendship. How did you both get involved with producing for Woody?ĪRONSON: I’m Woody’s sister so I’ve really been involved forever but it was much later in life that he asked me to help produce and sell his pictures, but Edward can tell you his story.ĮDWARD WALSON: So I met Woody about 10 or 11 years ago at an AmFAR (American Foundation for Aids Research) event. Of course what’s different is the script and the actors, that kind of thing but the actual procedure is always the same.
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It’s the same process, Woody doing his thinking and then his writing, casting and you know we have a finite amount of time because of budgets to film the movie but no, the procedure is the same. How has his process changed from decade to decade?
Letty, you’ve produced every Woody Allen film since 1994's Bullets Over Broadway. I enjoyed his new film but I do feel some qualms about recommending his new work (aside from writing a positive review for Society). Whether or not their answer appeases you, it was at least answered. We mostly talked about their working history with Allen and Allen's seamless transition to digital ( Society is perhaps his most lush looking film yet) but I also wanted to ask how they would like to convince people that it might be okay to watch a Woody Allen film (now) if you feel revolted about the allegation. While attending the press day for Allen's newest, Café Society, I spoke with his two trusted producers, his sister Letty Aronson and his friend Edward Walson.
As the filmmaker has been making films at a once-a-year click since 1969 (only missing a yearly film here and there) the steady stream of films has not only provided yearly entertainment, but also a yearly heap of think pieces on the sexual abuse allegation against Allen. His personal acclaim is perhaps matched only by his personal history. With 16 Best Original Screenplay nominations and three wins, Woody Allen is the most Oscar-nominated screenwriter of all time (his last win was for 2011's Midnight in Paris).