I felt pathetic realizing that I've only watched seven of Woody Allen's movies now knowing how prolific he is as a filmmaker. I especially love Woody's attitude towards life, how he constantly questions existence, and how he doesn't really put much concern about what people say but keep going on doing what he feels like doing. I once wrote about how hard it is to be consistently good, now even to a highly acclaimed genius like him, not all his works was being appreciated enthusiastically by the audience, but what matters to him is that each work is personal and is what he wanted to do, not driven by the market or ratings or critics whatsoever. And that put him as a real respectable artist to me personally.
I like how the documentary closes with Woody's rhetoric lines: "When I look back on my life, I've been very lucky that I've lived out all these childhood dreams. I wanted to be a movie actor, and I became one. I wanted to be a movie director and a comedian, I became one. I wanted to play jazz in New Orleans, and I played in street parades and joints in New Orleans and played in opera houses and concerts all over the world. There was nothing in my life that I aspired toward that hasn't come through for me. But despite all these lucky breaks, why do I still feel that I got screwed somehow?"
