Gary Olsen, author of "15 Geniuses Behind The Lens," will discuss Woody Allen's early life, whose details he inserts in many of his films. Clips from his movies, including the brilliant 1973 classic "Sleeper," right up to his groundbreaking 1977 "Annie Hall" will be shown.

Despite Allen's personal controversy, his peers have called him a genius. He is acclaimed for formulating jokes through his early movies that have transcended most of his comic contemporaries.

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