“Allen v. Farrow” a HBO documentary.

[Sunny]

Yes, Sunny, I loved Annie Hall and Woody's early movies. Was never a fan of Mia's. I recently watched a newer movie, a Coney Island one. Boring. Annie Hall is one of the great movies. La de da.

The only movie of Mia's that I can remember at the moment is Rosemary's Baby. Which was not a Woody Allen movie, of course.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I have a news app that posts articles about this case. Yesterday I read this interview with the directors of Allen Vs. Farrow, Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick on why they decided to do the special of something that had been covered decades before. As they dug deeper, they realized there was so much the public was not aware of. Ziering said:
"But after the fact, looking back, I would say I was most profoundly disturbed by the retribution, all the fallout, the shrapnel. I had no idea about how many people had been affected for the worse by this, not just the nuclear family but people that were looking to explore and to investigate and bring to light. That they had been so punished, that to me was really disturbing. The interview with Sheryl Harden, [Williams’ supervisor at the Child Welfare Administration], the things, as Kirby said, that we uncovered that happened to Paul Williams. [State’s Attorney] Frank Maco went through hell just for doing his job. A lot of people, if they found things that certain people didn’t want disclosed, got severely punished and had consequences. That was really upsetting to me, and sad."

One thing that struck me is that one of the directors mirrored a point I had read about in another article the day before about how Allen used his status and talent manipulate the perception about what was really going on to feign his innocence. His movies featured him "grooming" his co-stars and were presented in a way that made it seem "okay". The entire interview here:
https://slate.com/culture/2021/03/woody-allen-mia-farrow-hbo-documentary-interview.html

 

[Pepper]

The only movie of Mia's that I can remember at the moment is Rosemary's Baby. Which was not a Woody Allen movie, of course.

Thanks for reminding me of that. I loved that movie. I didn't care for the TV show version of 'Peyton Place.'

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Here's another article I found interesting. Talks about the snow job Allen did on the American public. @UsernameRSP
https://www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1261093?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA=#aoh=16158758564080&csi=0&referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/hbo-s-allen-v-farrow-suggests-woody-allen-took-america-ncna1261093

 

[mellowyellow]

Here's another article I found interesting. Talks about the snow job Allen did on the American public. @UsernameRSP
https://www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1261093?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA=#aoh=16158758564080&csi=0&referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/hbo-s-allen-v-farrow-suggests-woody-allen-took-america-ncna1261093

Interesting article, thanks OneEye, some excerpts from it took my eye because I think Woody Allen is a sick, perverted peodophile who spent his life on a psychiatrist couch, and believed everything they said, especiall this bit.....

Significantly, Freud developed a highly controversial view of childhood sexuality that can provide cover to abusive adults. In a now widely criticized shift, the Viennese doctor abandoned his early revelation of how often kids are sexually abused and offered instead a theory about how they wish to have sex with their parents — a.k.a. the Oedipus complex.​