Woody Allen with wife/step-daughter/lucky charm Soon-Yi (Photo: BBC)

I admit that some of my distress at Woody Allen's expatriation has subsided since hearing about his upcoming visit to Lincoln Center. However, Reuters has a sneak peek at Vanity Fair's December interview with Allen, who has now turned his wry misanthropy on himself in new and equally dispiriting ways:

"All the crap that they tell you about ... getting joy, and having a kind of wisdom in your golden years -- it's all tripe," said Allen, who turns 70 on December 1. "I've gained no wisdom, no insight, no mellowing. I would make all the same mistakes again, today."

Allen said (ex-girlfriend Mia) Farrow's discovery of the nude photos he had of Soon-Yi in his apartment as "one of the fortuitous events, one of the great pieces of luck in my life."

Ewww. I mean, I would get it, I guess, if he had not followed up with the part about his role in his marriage having "a more paternal feeling to it."

Anyway, Allen adds that he never made anything as good as Kurosawa's or Bergman's best (do not be so hard on yourself, there, guy) and that he bears "no professional grudge" against Farrow. Right, Woody--as opposed to the "personal" one stemming from her accusing you of child molestation? Jesus, man, call her agent; the sky's the limit for you two.

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