Woody Allen responds to Ronan Farrow essay: 'Never read an interview. Never read anything'

Welp, guess that's all he has to say about that.

On Wednesday, the Cannes Film Festival opened with a screening of Cafe Society, the latest film by acclaimed director and comedy icon Woody Allen -- whose long-term relationship with actress Mia Farrow deteriorated in 1992 after Allen began a relationship with Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn.

That same year, Farrow accused Allen of sexually abusing a daughter they had adopted together, Dylan. Authorities declined to pursue the allegations after an investigation; Allen continued to make movies starring some of Hollywood's biggest names.

But in 2014, as Allen's film Blue Jasmine began to take a victory lap across the awards circuit (and the Golden Globes prepared to present him its Lifetime Achievement Award), the allegations resurfaced -- first thanks to a tweet from Farrow and Allen's biological son, Ronan Farrow, and later when Dylan reiterated the accusations in an open letter printed on the website of the New York Times.

Allen responded with his own New York Times op-ed; the revitalized controversy didn't stop Blue Jasmine from winning an Oscar that year, for lead actress Cate Blanchett. Still, though, it's tough now for cinephiles to think of Allen without immediately associating him with the allegations -- and according to Ronan Farrow, that's how it should be.

"It hurts my sister every time one of her heroes like Louis C.K., or a star her age, like Miley Cyrus, works with Woody Allen," he wrote in a Hollywood Reporter essay published Wednesday, the same day as Cafe Society's big premiere -- and one week after THR ran an interview with Allen that never directly addressed Dylan Farrow's allegations.

So, what does Allen think of his own son's harsh words -- which excoriate anyone who still supports his father?

Nothing. Because he hasn't read them.

“I never read anything about me, these interviews I do, anything. I said everything I had to say about that whole issue in the New York Times,” Allen told reporters in Cannes on Thursday, according to Variety. “I have moved so far past it. I never think about it. I work. I said I was never going to comment on it again. I said everything I have to say about it."

Uh huh. When pressed, Allen reiterated his "not gonna read it" stance -- "I made the decision I think five years ago never to read a review of my movie. Never read an interview. Never read anything" -- without directly mentioning Ronan's name or the alleged abuse.

"I’ve been very productive over the years by not thinking about myself," Allen continued. "I don’t like to hear that a critic thinks my film is a masterpiece and I don’t like to hear that a critic thinks my film misses.”

A Variety reporter tried pressing him by noting that the piece in THR wasn't written by a critic: "It's your son." Still, Allen stood his ground: "I've said all I have to say about it."

So there you go. Aren't film festivals fun and glamorous?

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