Coup de Chance intrigues me. Done in French and the score as far as I can tell is like Mission Impossible. Not Woody Allen’s usual traits, no Dixieland, no English speaking. Lectured at the Harris School last Tuesday. Group of students – musicians\/ producers\/ managers. Typical questions, what do you do about writer’s block? Does scoring get easier over time? I don’t mind trying but there is no answer that resolves anything. You can see the strings attached to the puppet or you don’t. There is a difference in making art and making money from art and they are not the same thing. If you removed the money part, would they still feel it problematic that they don’t have “enough” ideas or evidence of improving? In Woody Allen’s film Hollywood Ending, a broke outsider auteur is hired to direct a commercial film. He develops psychosomatic blindness from the first take. Others try secretly assisting but every scene is directed without the director knowing what it looks like. Once completed the film is hated and panned by all ….until the French see it and find it awesome! His reputation renewed. I don’t know how to explain that as the answer to the student questions but it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"