Armando Iannucci on Woody Allen, comedy and cinema | BFI

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Writer-director Armando Iannucci introduces Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories (1980) and reveals how the film and the rest of Allen’s work sparked his interest in cinema. Iannucci also explains how comedy inspires experimentation.

Armando Iannucci was speaking at a screening courtesy of BFI Screen Epiphanies in partnership with American Express®.


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