Woody Allen: A Biography

When it first appeared in 1991, Eric Lax’s splendid biography, written with nineteen years of access to Woody Allen, was universally hailed as the definitive portrait of a film genius. The next year, as Allen’s long relationship with Mia Farrow disintegrated amid scandal, a new phase of his life and work began. For this edition, Lax has written a chapter on the breakup and the personal and professional changes that followed. He chronicles Allen’s next eight films, from Shadows and Fog to Small Time Crooks , and again offers Woody’s candid opinions of his art and himself. Published to coincide with Allen’s sixty-fifth birthday, this updated biography will continue to be “required reading for Woodyphiles” ( Kansas City Star ).