Editing Woody Allen (section)

== Favorite films ==
In 2012, Allen participated in the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' film polls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210102716/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people//sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1200|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2016|title= Wood Allen's Picks for 2012 Sight and Sound Poll|website= [[British Film Institute]]|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref> Held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, contemporary directors were asked to select ten films of their choice. Allen's choices, in alphabetical order, were:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2012/08/woody-allens-top-10-revealed-in-sight-sound-greatest-film-poll/|title= Woody Allen's Top 10 Films Revealed In Sight & Sound Greatest Film Poll|website= woodyallenpages.com|date= August 4, 2012|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openculture.com/2013/08/woody-allen-lists-the-greatest-films-of-all-time.html|title= Woody Allen Lists the Greatest Films of All Time: Includes Classics by Bergman, Truffaut & Fellini|website= Open Culture|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref>
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* ''[[The 400 Blows]]'' (France, 1959)
* ''[[8½]]'' (Italy, 1963)
* ''[[Amarcord]]'' (Italy, 1972)
* ''[[Bicycle Thieves]]'' (Italy, 1948)
* ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (US, 1941)
* ''[[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]]'' (France, 1972)
* ''[[La Grande Illusion]]'' (France, 1937)
* ''[[Paths of Glory]]'' (US, 1957)
* ''[[Rashomon]]'' (Japan, 1950)
* ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' (Sweden, 1957)
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In his 2020 autobiography ''[[Apropos of Nothing]]'' Allen praised [[Elia Kazan]]'s ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (1951): {{blockquote|the movie of ''Streetcar'' is for me total artistic perfection.... It's the most perfect confluence of script, performance, and direction I've ever seen. I agree with [[Richard Schickel]], who calls the play perfect. The characters are so perfectly written, every nuance, every instinct, every line of dialogue is the best choice of all those available in the known universe. All the performances are sensational. [[Vivien Leigh]] is incomparable, more real and vivid than real people I know. And [[Marlon Brando]] was a living poem. He was an actor who came on the scene and changed the history of acting. The magic, the setting, New Orleans, the French Quarter, the rainy humid afternoons, the poker night. Artistic genius, no holds barred.}}