Woody Allen’s top five books
The five books that have influenced Woody Allen's film making and humour writing, according to the consummate entertainer himself, are:
1. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)
2. Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe (1946)
3. The World of S.J. Perelman (2000)
4. Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis (1880)
5. Elia Kazan: A Biography by Richard Schickel (2005)
I haven't read any of these books yet though I am halfway through The Complete Prose of Woody Allen, an early collection of fifty-two pieces of hilarious writing. Barring Annie Hall, I prefer his writings to his other films. As bizarre as it is, I enjoy Woody Allen's brand of humour. He doesn't make sense maybe that's why he's so freakin' funny.
Read why at www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/06/woody-allen-top-five-books/print
Check out his full interview at www.thebrowser.com/interviews/woody-allen-on-memory
The five books that have influenced Woody Allen's film making and humour writing, according to the consummate entertainer himself, are:
1. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)
2. Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe (1946)
3. The World of S.J. Perelman (2000)
4. Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis (1880)
5. Elia Kazan: A Biography by Richard Schickel (2005)
I haven't read any of these books yet though I am halfway through The Complete Prose of Woody Allen, an early collection of fifty-two pieces of hilarious writing. Barring Annie Hall, I prefer his writings to his other films. As bizarre as it is, I enjoy Woody Allen's brand of humour. He doesn't make sense maybe that's why he's so freakin' funny.
Read why at www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/06/woody-allen-top-five-books/print
Check out his full interview at www.thebrowser.com/interviews/woody-allen-on-memory