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   "Eric Cohen"  wrote in message   
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   >I am interested in learning more about Woody Allen's working method. I   
   > heard on a commentary track that he tends to write a bit, shoot, edit,   
   > and then go back to shoot more. He repeats this process until he is   
   > done. Is this true   
   >   
   > Can you recommend any books, URLs, articles etc. that talk about his   
   > work process? I am interested in examples of directors who are more   
   > iterative in their filmmaking, where they cycle through writing,   
   > shooting an editing, rather than locking a script, then shooting, then   
   > editing.   
   >   
   > All feedback is most appreciated!   
   >   
   > Eric Cohen   
      
   From what I understand Woody starts with a finished script but has reshoots   
   budgeted for in the original budget because during editing he will see that   
   he would wish he'd done things differently and he goes back and reshoots   
   what he needs. As time has gone on I think he may have started to edit   
   during production. But I think he always starts with a finished script.   
      
   George Lucas likes to work this way now too. Write. Shoot. Edit. Rewrite.   
   Reshoot. Reedit.   
      
   Fave book on Woody is : "Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation With   
   Stig Bjorkman" where he discusses each of his films. I can't remember the   
   last film, and I can't check since I have the book packed away at the   
   moment, but it goes into the '90s.   
      
      
      
      
      
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