Woody Allen said Tuesday as he prepared for his directing debut at Milan's La Scala opera house that he has "always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe." Allen was greeted with applause at a news conference ahead of the weekend premiere at La Scala of Puccini's comic one-act opera "Gianni Schicchi" with the prolific filmmaker as director. Alongside the La Scala production, a cinema museum in Milan is showing a retrospective of 28 Allen films. After Saturday's "Gianni Schicchi" premiere, Allen said he plans to travel to San Sebastian, Spain to work on his next film. "I have a weakness for people who live on the margins of society and slightly outside of the law, so have I have great affection for Gianni Schicchi," Allen said.

Source: ABC News July 02, 2019 13:17 UTC