Filmmaker Woody Allen says he doesn’t believe he has ever made a masterpiece in his career.
Allen has directed over fifty films during his lifetime so far, with movies like “Annie Hall,” “Manhattan,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” “Husbands and Wives” and “The Purple Rose of Cairo” often hailed as classics.
Though Allen himself remains a controversial figure in recent years, his body of work is generally considered one of the more robust, and certainly one of the most prolific, of any American filmmaker.
Ahead of the world premiere of his new French thriller film “Coup de Chance” at the Venice Film Festival, 87-year-old Allen spoke with the Greek magazine K (via World of Reel) and says:
“I had all the advantages. I was making money, I had complete artistic freedom, and I could make exactly the movies I wanted, one after the other. I made some good ones, but no masterpieces. And because I didn’t make a masterpiece, I feel like I let myself down. Someone who had my opportunities should have made two or three masterpieces. Not just some good mid-fifties.”
“Coup de Chance” follows a picture-perfect French couple living a seemingly perfect life. When the wife crosses paths with a former high school friend, she is immediately hooked – things spill out from there.
Niels Schneider, Lou de Laage, Valerie Lemercier, Melvil Poupaud, Elsa Zylberstein, Grégory Gadebois, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Sara Martins, Bárbara Goenaga, Arnaud Viard, and Anne Loiret star.
“Coup de Chance” opens in cinemas in France on September 27th.
