Even the publication of the 400-page Apropos was dogged by controversy. Hachette Book Group announced early in March that it would bring out the autobiography this month. Subsequently, the New York-based company reneged on that plan after Allen’s journalist son, Ronan Farrow, announced he would stop working with Hachette, whose imprint Little, Brown and Co published his Pulitzer-winning Catch and Kill, which highlights his investigations into Harvey Weinstein and other serial sexual predators.
Woody Allen’s on-off-on memoir is set to widen opinions about whether he is a brilliant filmmaker-cum-writer or a classic nebbish
SINGAPORE (Apr 17): Trust Woody Allen, as well known for his wit as his obsession with young women, to name his memoir Apropos of Nothing, a phrase Oxford Dictionary defines as “having no relevance to any previous discussion or situation”. Is it the controversial US director, writer, actor and comedian’s way of telling fans and detractors that whatever they may think or say, “this is what happened in my life”?
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