Apropos of Nothing

By: Woody Allen

Narrated by: Woody Allen

The long-awaited, enormously entertaining memoir by one of the great artists of our time.

In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn childhood and his stint as a writer for the Sid Caesar variety show in the early days of television, working alongside comedy greats, Allen tells of his difficult early days doing standup before he achieved recognition and success. With his unique storytelling pizzazz, he recounts his departure into moviemaking, with such slapstick comedies as Take the Money and Run, and revisits his entire 60-year-long and enormously productive career as a writer and director, from his classics Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters to his most recent films, including Midnight in Paris. Along the way, he discusses his marriages, his romances, and his famous friendships, his jazz playing, and his books and plays. We learn about his demons, his mistakes, his successes, and those he loved, worked with, and learned from in equal measure.

This is a hugely entertaining, deeply honest, rich and brilliant self-portrait of a celebrated artist who is ranked among the greatest filmmakers of our time.

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A Wonderful Listen

This book really showcases Allen's ability as a writer and performer. I listen to it as I go on walks and never once am I bored. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested, but especially to writers, filmakers, and comedians.

Enjoyed every second of it

Incredibly witty and humorous as always. Worth reading and rereading. Listening over and over.

Entertaining and Interesting

I especially enjoyed the fact that the author read his book. The stories of his youth and entry into show business are all very interesting and well told. I find his telling of the incidences in his breakup with Mia very believable and the findings from various court proceedings would seem to bear this out.

It’s so ironic that a life-long liberal who has marched in step with doctrines of the left is now caught up in leftist blacklisting and book banning. The current atmosphere would make McCarthy proud.

Totally cool!

A wonderful book. The idiocy of the accusations against him are only matched by the craven cowardice of the “celebrities” who have spoken out against him.

Listen to this book!

This is a phenomenal book. Funny. Easy to follow. And incredibly insightful into what really happened in the Woody Allen "scandal".