By: Vickie J. Rubinson
Why is the legendary director's film set in Barcelona?
"To come to the set every morning with two of the sexiest women in the world...." notes Woody Allan in Entertainment Weekly, "That was certainly as big a treat as you could have!"
Allan is discussing his upcoming new film Vicky Cristina Barcelona to be released August 29, starring Penelope Cruz and his favorite pet actress Scarlett Johansson.
"I really liked filming in Barcelona," says Woody. "It's highly cosmopolitan and it's also a very bustling modern kind of place that's like a perpetual Mardi Gras. You come home at 4:00 in the morning and every place is still going."
In the film, Javier Barden (No Country for Old Men), plays a well-known Spanish painter who romantically juggles two American college students. But when his emotionally unstable ex-wife (Penelope Cruz) enters the picture, a frisky love-triangle grows complicated.
"I don't know what my appeal in Europe has ever been. It's always surprised me. I grew up loving European cinema of the 50s and 60s so much. I guess I'm reproducing some quality that resonates with the European audience. But I still love New York and I'm filming an untitled comedy-romance here, starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson. Hopefully it will be funny. Only I can ruin it."
Why is the legendary director's film set in Barcelona?
"To come to the set every morning with two of the sexiest women in the world...." notes Woody Allan in Entertainment Weekly, "That was certainly as big a treat as you could have!"
Allan is discussing his upcoming new film Vicky Cristina Barcelona to be released August 29, starring Penelope Cruz and his favorite pet actress Scarlett Johansson.
"I really liked filming in Barcelona," says Woody. "It's highly cosmopolitan and it's also a very bustling modern kind of place that's like a perpetual Mardi Gras. You come home at 4:00 in the morning and every place is still going."
In the film, Javier Barden (No Country for Old Men), plays a well-known Spanish painter who romantically juggles two American college students. But when his emotionally unstable ex-wife (Penelope Cruz) enters the picture, a frisky love-triangle grows complicated.
"I don't know what my appeal in Europe has ever been. It's always surprised me. I grew up loving European cinema of the 50s and 60s so much. I guess I'm reproducing some quality that resonates with the European audience. But I still love New York and I'm filming an untitled comedy-romance here, starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson. Hopefully it will be funny. Only I can ruin it."
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