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Susan Sarandon on Woody Allen: ‘He Sexually Assaulted a Child’

Susan Sarandon slammed Woody Allen at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

“I think he sexually assaulted a child and I don’t think that’s right,” Sarandon said during Variety and Kering’s Women in Motion talk with Geena Davis.

“I have nothing good to say about him,” she added. “I don’t want to go there.”

Allen is back in the headlines this week. At the Cannes premiere of new film, “Cafe Society,” comedian Laurent Lafitte made a rape joke involving director Roman Polanski that seemed to reference allegations that Allen sexually abused his step-daughter, Dylan Farrow.

That wasn’t the only reason Allen has been dominating the talk at Cannes. The director’s son, Ronan Farrow, penned a blistering opinion piece prior to “Cafe Society’s” debut, criticizing the media for not doing more digging into the allegations of abuse.

Sarandon and Davis also discussed the dearth of strong roles for women in studio films and the lack of directing opportunities for women. The actresses, who memorably collaborated on 1991’s “Thelma & Louise,” said that pundits initially predicted that the film would spur a new wave of projects about female friendship. But that never happened.

“The movie made a lot of money and that didn’t happen,” said Sarandon.

Davis expressed hope that things could improve. She noted that making movies more equitable is easier than increasing the number of women in boardrooms, congress, or other institutions.

“The thing about film is it can change overnight,” said Davis. “The next film somebody makes can be gender balanced.”

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Dev wrote:I just don't understand why Woody Allen get's a free pass on child molestation, but it seems like he does!

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

theplatypus wrote:What a fucked up family

Anders wrote:I consider Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors as his big four. But I can’t decide what the fifth movie in a big five would be.

Anders wrote:I consider Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors as his big four. But I can’t decide what the fifth movie in a big five would be.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine were really great late-career Allen movies. I’d count them among his best.

Anders wrote:What about The Purple Rose of Cairo?

Anders wrote:I consider Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors as his big four. But I can’t decide what the fifth movie in a big five would be.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Anders wrote:What about The Purple Rose of Cairo?

I’ve always found this one very overrated. Middling Allen IMO.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Anders wrote:I consider Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors as his big four. But I can’t decide what the fifth movie in a big five would be.

I mean, for me personally, it would have to be Midnight in Paris. But I'm not sure how many people you could get to co-sign that. So probably not a good/right/appropriate suggestion for what you're going for.

VinylGuy wrote:

Anders wrote:I consider Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors as his big four. But I can’t decide what the fifth movie in a big five would be.

Deconstructing Harry is a masterpiece.