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Apropos of Nothing by Woody Allen
The long-awaited, enormously entertaining memoir by one of the great artists of our time.
In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and
actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn
childhood and his stint as a writer for the Sid Caesar variety show in the early days of television,
working alongside comedy greats, Allen tells of his difficult early days doing standup before
he achieved recognition and success. With his unique storytelling pizzazz, he recounts his
departure into moviemaking, with such slapstick comedies as Take the Money and Run, and
revisits his entire 60-year-long and enormously productive career as a writer and director,
from his classics Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters to his most recent films, including Midnight in Paris. Along the way, he discusses his marriages, his romances, and his famous friendships, his jazz playing, and his books and plays. We learn about his demons, his mistakes, his successes, and those he loved, worked with, and learned from in equal measure.
In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn childhood and his stint as a writer for the Sid Caesar variety show in the early days of television, working alongside comedy greats, Allen tells of his difficult early days doing standup before he achieved recognition and success.
Apropos of Nothing by Woody Allen
