9622 for fans of woody allen

I was looking up something about a favourite book ("The magus", by john Fowles) and I came upon its Wikipedia article, which went on to talk about the film version. I haven't seen it but it's clearly a howler (Michael Caine said it was the wost moive he'd ever been in, and lets be honest, he's been in a few stinkers!) ... however, woody allen's comment had me in stitches:

[I]A film version was released in 1968, directed by Guy Green, and written by Fowles. It starred Michael Caine as Nicholas Urfe, Anthony Quinn as Maurice Conchis, Anna Karina as Alison, Candice Bergen as Lily/Julie, and Julian Glover as Anton, and was filmed in the island of Majorca. The adaptation, however, was a failure. Michael Caine himself has said that it was the worst film he had been involved in, because no one knew what it was all about. [I][B]Woody Allen said "If I had to live my life again, I'd do everything the same, except that I wouldn't see The Magus."[/B][/I][1] The Magus was commercially released on DVD in the US on October 17, 2006 .[/I]

beautifully succinct as ever!