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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