U.S. director Woody Allen introduced his fiftieth movie to the Venice Film Festival on Monday, telling reporters he had had a “very, very lucky life”, making no reference to the scandals which have dogged his latter years.

“I have had nothing but good fortune and I hope it holds out, although obviously it is early this afternoon,” he informed reporters forward of the premiere of his first French-language movie “Coup de Chance”. “I had two loving parents, I have good friends, I have a wonderful wife and marriage, two children. In a few months I will be 88 years old. I have never been in a hospital. I have never had anything terrible happen to me,” he stated.

The four-time Oscar-winning director of “Annie Hall” and different comedies has had a turbulent private life that has seen him more and more shunned by many celebrities and executives in Hollywood. He hit the headlines within the Nineties following his affair and marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of his former lover Mia Farrow, in addition to intercourse abuse accusations by their adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. He has all the time denied the accusations and was by no means charged.

In a separate interview to Variety on the sidelines of the movie pageant, Allen stated he supported the #MeToo motion, which has introduced intense focus to sexual misconduct within the leisure business. But he added that it may additionally turn out to be “silly … When it’s being too extreme”. The Venice Film Festival was denounced by some critics for giving Allen a prestigious out-of-competition slot for his new film, but it surely acquired loud applause at Monday’s press screening and the director himself was given a heat reception on the Lido.

DEATH Allen initially supposed to forged U.S. actors in the primary roles, however stated he had all the time been impressed by European filmmakers so was comfortable to change languages, although he did not converse French.

“It was very simple. If you watch a Japanese film, you can tell if the acting is good, realistic and natural, or if it dramatic and silly and too exaggerated. It is the same thing here,” he stated. Like a lot of his movies, “Coup de Chance” attracts inspiration from the themes of affection, adultery and demise. However, Allen stated it was not price dwelling too lengthy on demise.

“There is nothing you can do about it. It is a bad deal and you are stuck with it,” he stated. Allen has beforehand steered “Coup de Chance” could be his last film. However, on Monday he stated he had a good suggestion for a narrative primarily based in his native New York and would make it if he may discover a backer keen to just accept his phrases — to not learn the script or to know who he had forged.

“If some foolish person agrees to that, then I will make the film in New York,” he stated.

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