Woody Allen on the set of *Hannah and Her Sisters,* 1986. *Coup de Chance,* his 50th film—and first in French—was released earlier this week.

“All the Romance of Filmmaking Is Gone”

Woody Allen on Paris, cancel culture, retirement, and “the whole mortality question”

By Sam Wasson

I didn’t want to startle him. Leaning snugly against the armrest at the far corner of the couch, he was so small and still I was compelled to tiptoe in. When I did speak, it was in a whisper.

“Woody?”