He fell in love with her immediately, but it took him a week to talk to her. Woody Allen on Monday posted a powerful tribute to his beloved actress and former companion Diane Keaton, whose death was announced on Saturday.
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“Never has the planet known, nor will it probably know again, the faces and laughter that thus illuminated the spaces it traversed,” wrote the director, who shared his life for several years, in a column on the website. Free press.
Died at the age of 79.
American actress Diane Keaton, who has died aged 79, won an Oscar in 1978 for her role in Annie Hall, Woody Allen film. Together they starred in seven films by the New York director, including Manhattan etc. Interiors. For a long time she was his companion, his muse and favorite actress.
Even though Woody Allen has fallen on hard times in recent years, Diane Keaton has remained his close friend. At the height of the #MeToo movement in January 2018, the actress tweeted: “Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to trust him.” Then the director again faced allegations of sexual abuse made in 1992 by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. Charges against him were dropped after two separate investigations.
“So beautiful”
In his tribute, true to his penchant for self-deprecation, the director recounts the torment he faced at the time when confronted by a young blonde in her extravagant clothing.
When it rises Drop down, girls, and shut up. (1972) he explains that “during the first week of rehearsals we never spoke to each other. (…) With two shy people, things can get really boring.
This is followed by a short lunch “at a restaurant on Eighth Avenue. (…). She was so charming, so beautiful, so magical that I doubted my sanity. I said to myself: could I fall in love so quickly?
The 89-year-old director, who performed it a total of eight times, claims that he subsequently took into account only his own tastes.
“She looked Take the sorrel and go and said that the film was very funny and very original. His words. His success proved him right and I never doubted his judgment again,” he wrote.
“In the end, all I cared about was his grades,” he adds. “If she liked the film, I considered the film an artistic success. If she was less enthusiastic, I tried to use her criticism to edit differently and achieve something she found better.”
In a confession in the form of eternal regret, he causes their separation. “Why we separated, perhaps only God and Freud could understand.”
And he concludes emotionally: “A few days ago Diane Keaton was part of the world. Today this is no longer the case. So the world has become more boring.”
