European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I d make a Good drugstore  /1 i be always been Able to get laughs i wanted to move on writer director actor Allen with Tony Roberts and Diane Keaton in scene from am by Mel Gussow new York times of alk1ng along the streets v Jav f of n6 York Woody a"6"-% f \ m Diane Keaton and Tony Rob \ m \ m Orts run into the Devil am a robust bearded and wearing a red tie who invites them to1 1 accompany him on a guided tour he of hell. The our enter an Eleva by Tor. Which goes Down. At each j level some of Allen s favorite ene v v mics get on Cia assassins. Fri in formers fast food servers. At the sixth level the door opens and with flames leaping at their highest Richard Nixon enters. Titis scene was written shot and edited but it docs not appear in Allen s new movie Annie Hal neither does a scene in which Allen the ultimate basketball fan. Fulfils a fantasy and plays Ball with his idols on the new York kicks dribbling with Earl Monroe fighting for rebounds with Walt  each Case. Allen Felt that the scenes detracted from the final film what could be described As his first serious comedy. This time out. The 41-year-old Allen would allow for no digressions no matter How hilarious. I be always been Able to get laughs he said recently. I wanted to move on tos la not a quantum leap but at least it s a couple of inches in the right  the script was written by Allen and Marshall Brick Man As a comic. Borgman Casque Stream of conscious Ness showing one individual s state of mind in which conversations and events constantly trigger dreams fantasies and  As the movie developed the mind of the Man. Alvy Singer played by Allen made less of an Impact than the character s involvement with woman. Annie Hall played by Diane Keaton generously Allen decided to name the movie for her. Anna Hall became the Story of their relationship which parallels the real life relationship of Allen and Keaton when it was suggested to the occasionally secretive Allen that his movie was an invasion of his own privacy he categorically denied the charge. It s really a work of fiction he said. Then he proceeded to confirm at ,t the outline of the characters details Are picked from  he said. I m a Comedi an. Diane sings and i m friends with Tony Roberts an almost everybody i know has moved out to  both the author and us character were married twice but said Allen i was not married to a Newyork intellectual nor to anyone politically committed As in the movie. I lived with Diane for a year when we were doing ploy it again. Sam on Broadway but in contrast to the characters in the movie we re still Tow Best of  Allen s character was bom in an apartment under a roller coaster in Coney Bland a definite departure from reality. Originally. Allen was going to use his own birth place in Brooklyn As the setting for his hero s childhood but while scouting locations for other scenes he disco Eitai the House under the roller coaster and decided on the spot that that was where Woody Alvy had been bom. Because he is both the writer and director he simply said to the Art director i want to get that  and changed the script and Alvy s father was transformed from a cab Driver in Brooklyn to the Man who runs the bumper car Concession at Coney. Then Allen admitted. There s one Clear autobiographical fact in the picture i be thought about sex since my first intimation of  there is also a Clear line of fact in Keaton s role. Her real name is Diane Hall. In common with her character she Calls her grandmothers grammy uses expressions like la de Dah and of gee it s a Wacky old  and orders pastrami and White bread with Mayo i remember having thanksgiving dinner at on of her grammy s houses said Allen. A Beautiful american family. I Felt 1 was on alien or exotic object to them a nervous anxiety Ridden suspicious Wise cracking kind of strange Bird. Actually thai was t so far off from what j was. After dinner All these grammy sat around playing Penny poker. I could t believe it. My family would have been exchanging  inspired by these facts the movie of Annie Hall began to evolve from concept to script through casting find ing locations shooting and editing each step leaving its imprint on the final product Allen creates As he films this is his sixth feature and he feels that he has greater control of technique such As in the use of the camera and of color. For example in Annie Hall there is a hellbent three color  the new York scenes Annie w Alvy s love Story were filmed Only on Gray overeat Days or at Sundown the most romantic  any past at Home and in school is very yellow and Golden the Hue of nostalgia. California which Alvy Woody Hata is shot right into the Sun. Everybody is so White ii they six m to  until it was finished Annie Hall was hush hut nobody knew whore the shooting was going on in net York or even what the name of the movie was. Alia did t know the name either. He and Brickman Consu i ird too possibilities. Right up until the end the Favores till was Anli Edonia. But hardly anyone knew what a word meant. So it was jettisoned. Anh Edonia is a psychological state where Noth ing gives a person pleasure he. Explained. The word hedonism is i it. We diagnosed that As Alv a problem nothing gives him any  asked if that were his problem As Well As his hero a b said. "1 think everyone suffers from it just As Ever Yod is a Little paranoid. I Don t develop big enthusiasms. I Fin filmmaking laborious and tedious. I try to mitigate it to working with Diane who i like a lot. This time i go myself a very big treat by working in new York. 1 think will try to make All my films  does he take pleasure in meaningless stuff. I get fun out of a few diver Sions. Basketball. Playing the clarinet. And Otter foolish things like going for walks Drifting in and out of revival houses buying records sitting on Par benches. I like to stand in line for movies though Art for More than 10 minutes. I d make a Good  though his films May become even More serious Allen s life continues to be an absurd comedy. Two happen to Woody Allen one evening he walked to the Bank on his Comer to get some Cash from the Money machine. He put his moot credit card into the Slot arid the machine ate up tin card on another occasion he was sitting in his fifth ave but Penthouse apartment when lightning struck his  n Gargoyle. Is somebody trying to Tell him something Poge 14 the stars and stripes tuesday