‘Lot of the thrill gone’ in making movies – Woody

Woody Allen’s filmmaking career may soon reach its final act.

Allen said Tuesday during an Instagram Live interview with Alec Baldwin that he likely won’t write or direct many more movies.

The controversial filmmaker didn’t address his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow’s sexual abuse allegations against him during Tuesday’s interview, but has previously denied the claim.

“I’m 86 years old. But I like staying home and writing,” Allen (photo) told Baldwin. “I’ll probably make at least one more movie, but a lot of the thrill is gone because it doesn’t have the whole cinema effect. When I started, you’d do a film and it would go into a moviehouse, and moviehouses all over the country, and people would come by the hundreds to watch it in big groups on a big screen.”

He said films frequently go from theaters to streaming services or other at-home platforms in a matter of weeks now.

“People love sitting home with their big screens and watching on their television sets, and they have good sound and clear picture, but it’s not the same as when I went into the movie business, so it’s not as enjoyable to me as it was,” Allen said.

Farrow claims Allen abused her in 1992, when she was 7. Allen was in a relationship with actress Mia Farrow when they adopted Dylan as a baby.

Allen sued Amazon in 2019 after the media company canceled a four-movie deal with him as the abuse allegation garnered renewed attention during the #MeToo movement. Allen and Amazon settled their dispute later that year.

Farrow’s accusation drew attention again last year when it was covered on the HBO documentary series “Allen v. Farrow.” Allen has never been charged with a crime.

In announcing their interview Sunday, Baldwin wrote he has “ZERO INTEREST in anyone’s judgments.”

“I am OBVIOUSLY someone who has my own set of beliefs and COULD NOT CARE LESS about anyone else’s speculation,” Baldwin wrote on Instagram. “If you believe that a trial should be conducted by way of an HBO documentary, that’s your issue.”

He added in a video in that post, “I love you, Woody.”

Baldwin turned the comments off during Tuesday’s interview, which went for nearly an hour and was interrupted multiple times due to connection issues.

Allen said he plans to film a movie in Paris later this year.