“It’s very funny and, at the same time, quite touching,” Ewing said. “It’s a bittersweet romance a lot of people can relate to.”
“One person asked me if I had any misgivings about showing ‘Chinatown.’ I said, of course, I think about it, but on the other hand, it’s a great film.’” He also pointed out that repertory movie theaters across the country have kept showing Miramax films produced by Harvey Weinstein. But if there’s a line, where does the Cinematheque draw it? Ewing said he would never show a snuff film. He would also think twice about “Manhattan.” In that movie, which came two years after “Annie Hall” and is considered another Allen classic, the filmmaker appears as a middle-aged comedy writer who dates a teenage girl played by Mariel Hemingway.