U-Allan Stewart Königsberg, owaziwa yibo bonke ngelikaWoody Allen, waqala emhlabeni wesinema njengombhali wefilimu efilimini kaClive Donner “Kwenzenjani, Pussycat?” ngo-1965.
Kodwa ukuxhumana kwakhe kokuqala nabaphathi akuzange kwaze kwaba ngemva konyaka nge-tape enelukuluku “.ULily the Tigress”. Ngaleso sikhathi u-Allen, owayeneminyaka engu-30 ubudala, wathatha izithombe ze-spy movie yaseJapane "Kagi No Kagi" kaSenkichi Taniguchi futhi wafaka izingxoxo ezihluke ngokuphelele ku-tape, eshintsha ngokuphelele isakhiwo.
Ifilimu yokuqala ekhishwe ngokusemthethweni kuWoody Allen ithi "thatha imali ugijime” ka-1969. Ngaleso sikhathi, uqondisa ifilimu, ngaphezu kokunakekela umbhalo. Inkampani ekhiqiza ifilimu, i-Palomar Pictures, eyatshala imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezimbili zamaRandi efilimini yokuqala yomdidiyeli, ayizange igculiseke ngomphumela esibukweni, kodwa kwaba yimpumelelo ebhokisini.
Eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kokuqala kwakhe esikrinini esikhulu uWoody Allen uthwebula "ubhanana”. Njengakwifilimu yakhe yokuqala, futhi njengoba ebezokwenza esigabeni sakhe sokuqala, umqondisi ukhetha i-cinema yamahlaya.
Ngo-1972 wadubula enye ifilimu ngephimbo elifanayo nelangaphambili, kodwa kulokhu ihlukaniswe iziqephu ezimfushane, "Konke owake wafuna ukukwazi ngocansi (kodwa awuzange wesabe ukukubuza)".
Nge-Olalayo", ngo-1973, wenza ukulungiswa kwamahhala ngendlela yamahlaya angenangqondo yenoveli kaGeorge Orwell ethi "1984".
"Ngobusuku bokugcina bukaBoris Grushenko" ngo-1975 wathola imiklomelo emibili yokuqala yefilimu yakhe, ifilimu yayiyi. yaklonyeliswa ku-Berlin Film Festival ngeSilver Bear – Iqhaza elivelele kwezobuciko kanye nendondo ye-UNICRIT.
Ngo-1977 uWoody Allen washintsha irejista futhi wasuka efilimini yamahlaya waya kowamahlaya, ngaleyo ndlela enikeza amafilimu akhe ukujula okwengeziwe. Ushintsho luza nefilimu yakhe "Annie Hall", okwaba yimpumelelo enkulu.
U-Annie Hall waba ngumnqobi omkhulu kuma-Oscars ka-1977, wawina imiklomelo yesithombe esihle kakhulu, umlingisi ongcono kakhulu kaDiane Keaton, umqondisi ongcono kakhulu we-Woody Allen, kanye ne-screenplay yasekuqaleni kaWoody Allen noMarshall Brickman. kwakusho ukuthini izifanekiso ezimbili zokuqala zomenzi wefilimu.
Le filimu iphinde yahlabana ngendondo Ifilimu Elingcono Kakhulu kuma-BAFTA kanye Nemiklomelo Yase-New York Film Critics Circle.
Ngemva konyaka waqhubeka emigqeni efanayo ne "Annie Hall" nomsebenzi wakhe "Interiors". Yize engazange awine izindondo ngale filimu, kodwa uphinde waqokwa kuyona Imiklomelo yaseHollywood Academy ngokuqokwa kwabahlanu, ikakhulukazi enababili, njengombhali-skrini nomqondisi wefilimu.
Futhi futhi ngo-1979 wabuya ukuyothola ukuqokwa Oscar, manje njengoba screenwriter ifilimu yakhe "Manhattan". Nakuba engazange athole mfanekiso walaba ababili akhetha ukuya kubo, akutholile i-BAFTA kanye Nebhodi Likazwelonke Lokubuyekeza lefilimu ehamba phambili.