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1992-08-28
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PEOPLE, Page 65Ambiance Chasing
By JESSE BIRNBAUM/Reported by Wendy Cole
It's hard to explain, but Italians go gaga for WOODY
ALLEN. He has signed up with Coop, Italy's biggest foodstuffs
chain, to write and direct (but not star in) five TV commercials
dealing with health and environmental matters. American viewers
will not get to see the spots unless they own a terrific
satellite dish, but here is one possible story line, suffused
in a darkly brooding Berg manesque ambiance: a woman named, say,
Mia upbraids a man named, say, Marcello, who is tying square
knots in fresh pasta. There ensues a lively, if oblique,
discussion of Wittgenstein, Freud and the existential
consequences of global warming, whereupon they fall in love and
forsake osso buco for a lifetime diet of organically grown
radicchio. Allen will harvest a reported $2 million for the
series.