Arts Entertainment

At The Movies

reelance writer Philip

Berk caught up with

Woody Allen in Los

Angeles, where the

promoting his newest

Smeet and Lowdown, a fanciful

of a legendary jazz guitarist

genius of the Swing Era who

forever in the shadow of his sin-

the real-life Gypsy guitarist

Reinhardt. Always on his way

never settle down.

m, Ray's travels take him

to Chicago, Detroit

ood film studio.

85 period-dressed loca-

the night clubs,

train yards of the

Swing Era jazz scene — mostly were

med in and around New York.

Keen viewers will discern some shots

filmed at Camp Ramah, a Jewish

summer camp based in Ontario.

o ody

And All That Jazz

Opening with Reinhardt's

Day is Done" from 1937

continuing with a soundtrack

supervised by Dick Hyman, Sweet

and Lowdown resonates with Allen's

ifelong love of jazz music.

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Woody Allen directs
Sean Penn in "Sweet
and Lowdown." Says
Allen, "The only
thing standing
between me and
greatness is me."

In an exclusive interview with writer
Philip Berk, Woody Allen answers
questions about his new movie, his
film career and his life off-screen.

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