Eric Lax on Woody Allen

16th January 2008

Jesse interviews Eric Lax. Lax is the author of “Woody Allen: A Biography,” “On Being Funny” and most recently “Conversations with Woody Allen.” Since being assigned to profile Allen for the New York Times magazine almost forty years ago, Lax has followed the comedian and filmmaker’s career, interviewing him regularly. We talk about Allen’s life […]

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Jesse interviews Eric Lax. Lax is the author of “Woody Allen: A Biography,” “On Being Funny” and most recently “Conversations with Woody Allen.” Since being assigned to profile Allen for the New York Times magazine almost forty years ago, Lax has followed the comedian and filmmaker’s career, interviewing him regularly. We talk about Allen’s life and enormous ouvre, from the great to, well… The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.

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