Woody Allen may quit film-making

Woody Allen said in an interview with the Financial Times that he may stop making movies. He noted that he's quite old and could die any time, although his father lived to be 100 and worked a job when he was 90. He won't be directing anything until there's either a vaccine for COVID-19 or the pandemic peters out if that's possible.

Then there's the issue of movie theaters. The theaters in New York are closed at the moment and it's not clear how many will reopen. Allen said that people are getting used to staying home and watching their big hi definition TV's. He wants his movies shown in theaters,

I would imagine it's a money thing at least in part. He gets a percentage of the gross box office. He made a fortune off Midnight in Paris. If his movies go straight to streaming video, he'll be stuck with nothing but his directing fee, writing fee and acting fee if he appears in it.

He's like a low-level Spielberg. Spielberg rakes in a percentage of ticket sales. It's made him a billionaire. He attacked Netflix and blathered about the importance of seeing movies in theaters. He hasn't been to a movie in forty years. It's just the money he's after.

Allen's just like the rest of us. He thought he'd really get some work done while sheltering in place, but all he does is sit around the house.

I would imagine that Steven Spielberg's daughter has delayed starting her sex industry career although, out of some confused sense of sexual morality, she said she'll only do solo videos out of consideration for her husband or boyfriend or whatever he is. So she could start filming them now on her own. She could be a director as well as an actor. I hope she'll take time to re-consider her terrible choices.

I still say the poor girl could have a perfectly good career acting in regular movies. Everyone would want her in their low budget movie. If Spielberg is any kind of a father, it would guarantee that he would see it. It could be their ticket to the big time. She could be the new John Carradine appearing in movie after movie after movie.