Writing at Acculturated.com, Mark Tapson examines the nihilistic worldview of Woody Allen, who is an open atheist and whose movies often reflect that.

While at the 68^th annual Cannes Film Festival recently promoting his newest film, Woody Allen took the opportunity in an interview to expound upon his personal philosophy. For those who still consider Allen a comedian and filmmaker of mostly comedies, his worldview will no doubt seem surprisingly grim.

Allen acknowledged that he “had to be a comic filmmaker because that’s where my gifts were,” but he “had always wanted to be a serious filmmaker” like Ingmar Bergman. And by serious he means depressing…

Read the article “Woody Allen and His Existential Void” on acculturated.com.