Woody Allen: “I could never judge the film of another” – Le Figaro

As he prepares to open the Cannes Film Festival with Café Society , the American director has played the game of the press conference. True to its sense of irony, he explains why the Croisette will never become sworn or present one of his works in competition.

romance, but not too much. Actor, but not excellent. Filmmaker but not great. Woody Allen never misses an opportunity to denigrate when it comes to talk about him. At the Cannes press conference Wednesday, the director of Café Society , which is the opening of the Festival, returned to his alleged illegitimacy to objectively judge the work of a third party. The seventh art that can be appreciated “that through” the prism of his own emotions.

“I do not believe in art competitions,” says Woody Allen, despite his four Oscars and trentaines Trophies diverse and varied. The filmmaker who refuses to produce feature films in the official selection, continuing teacher: “Some people from the jury find Café Society annoying when others will like. Everything is a subjective question. You can not compare a Rembrandt and El Greco and say that Matisse is much better than a Picasso. You can only say what is your favorite artist (…) People who come to judge the work of others, it’s something I do not understand. I could never do it. “

However, far from castigating the Festival, which reserves annually to a place of honor, the director feels” very happy “to be able to walk the red carpet Cannes. “I like the atmosphere, the enthusiasm that prevails,” he says. He added: “I appreciate all the people come together here to see and talk about movies. The south of France is really a beautiful place, really very charming. “A compliment knowingly. Riviera served as the backdrop for its sparkling romantic comedy Magic in the Moonlight with Colin Firth and Emma Stone.

Besides Woody Allen would be almost believable artichoke heart, who has always been considered a “romantic, not how to Cary Grant, but rather as a blue flower, even if this is surely not what may have been retaining women who have shared my life “…

Anyway, the director 80 years, always alert and mischievous, n ‘ is not about to hang up the camera. “I do not feel old, I still feel very alive. I will make movies until I can no longer do. Until people stop spending their money and stop supporting me, “he concludes. Cannes Woody Allen and decidedly not finished to meet.

The film Café Society is the opening of the 69th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday May 11 with Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Jesse Eisenberg.