Insights

Communication and Technology news

How To Produce A Woody Allen Movie

26/07/2013

As Blue Jasmine hits theaters, Letty Aronson, Woody Allen’s longtime production partner (and sister) talks about the efficient (...)
As Blue Jasmine hits theaters, Letty Aronson, Woody Allen’s longtime production partner (and sister) talks about the efficient but exacting art of making a LOT of films, on time and on budget. Letty Aronson may be Woody Allen’s sister. But she’s also been his producer for more than a decade. Beginning her work with 1994’s Bullets Over Broadway as a co-executive producer of and taking over as lead producer starting with 2001’s Curse of the Jade Scorpion. Since then she’s worked on 13 Woody Allen films including his latest Blue Jasmine, out this Friday. The film tells the story of a Manhattan socialite played by Cate Blanchett whose life and marriage falls apart, and then heads to San Francisco where she moves in with her sister. The film also stars Andrew Dice Clay, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, and Peter Sarsgaard among others. Aronson, reached in Europe where she is at work on Allen’s new film due out next year, described her job as including everything an average Hollywood film producer might do with one major difference “I give my notes on the script and casting decisions, but that’s not my job. Woody knows what he wants, the vision is his, and he has the final decision on everything. I think anyone who’s produced for him knows that that job is to help Woody get what he wants. It’s not to say what he can’t do.” This kind of key support provides Allen with freedom to exercise his creative talent. Being the director’s sister, Aronson, has great access to him and is highly attuned to the kind of people who will work well on set, something that helps in one of her key roles, selecting crew members (a tip if you are applying for a crew job on a Woody Allen movie is not to be too chatty and not to be too forward with your own ideas and advice). She says that being Allen’s has never clouded her judgment on a decision or prevented her from speaking her mind.Read Full Story    
woodysisteraronsonallen’sallen

Do you need a professional solution for Email Marketing? We recommend AWeber Pro!

More details