San Sebastian (Spain) (AFP)
The American filmmaker Woody Allen said Tuesday that President Donald Trump had given birth to the best satirical humor in years in the United States.
"There has been so much criticism and so much complaint (towards the Trump administration) that it has generated the most creative and successful satirical humor in years in the United States," said Woody Allen at a conference. press conference in San Sebastián in the north of Spain, where he will shoot his next film.
"Sometimes nervous tension and difficult events make people laugh more easily," said the 83-year-old New York filmmaker, who has over 50 films to his credit.
"Comedy works almost everywhere and in all circumstances, whether the laugh is loud or nervous," said Woody Allen.
The director of "Manhattan" and "Match Point" is scheduled to begin Wednesday shooting a romantic comedy with Christoph Waltz, Wally Shawn, Gina Gershon, Elena Anaya and Sergi Lopez, against the backdrop of the film festival of the Basque city .
Woody Allen has been overtaken in recent years by charges of sexual abuse by her adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow dating back to 1992 when she was seven years old. The filmmaker categorically denies these abuses.
"My philosophy has always been that no matter what happens, you have to stay focused on work and continue to work, no matter what happens in life, with family, children, news, politics ... "Woody Allen insisted as the press asked if he had thought of retiring after the resurgence of the charges.
"I'll surely die in the middle of a catch, in a set making a movie," he said.
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