Although indisputably a film by Woody Allen, Interiors is about as far from "a Woody Allen film" as you can get--and maybe more people could have seen what a fine film it is if they hadn't been expecting what Allen himself called "one of his earlier, funnier movies." An entirely serious, rather too self-consciously Bergmanesque drama about a divorcing elderly couple and their grown daughters, it is slow, meditative and constructed with a brilliant, artistic eye. There is no music--a simple effect that Allen uses with extraordinary power. In fact, half the film is filled... with silent faces staring out of windows, yet the mood is so engaging, hypnotic even, that you never feel the director is poking you in the ribs and saying, "sombre atmosphere". Diane Keaton, released for once from the ditzy stereotype, shines as the "successful" daughter. Some of the dialogue is stilted and it's hard to tell whether this is a deliberate effect or simply the way repressed upscale New Yorkers talk after too many years having their self-absorption sharpened on the therapist's couch. Fanatical, almost childish self-regard is the chief subject of Allen's comedy--it's remarkable that in this film he was able to remove the comedy but leave room for us to pity and care about these rather irritating people. --Richard Farr [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. A fine Woody Allen drama, the first of his 'Bergman-esque' films and nominated for five Oscars, relating the traumas involved when a divorce splits a fashionable middle-class New York family... Actors Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E.G. Marshall, Geraldine Page, Missy Hope & Sam Waterston Director Woody Allen Certificate 15 years and over Year 1978 Screen Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic Languages English ; German ; French ; Spanish ; Italian - Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Italian ; Dutch ; Spanish ; Portuguese Duration 1 hour and 28 minutes (approx) Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.
The first non-comedy from writer-director Woody Allen. Three sisters (Diane Keaton, Mary Beth Hurt and Kristin Griffith) try to come to terms with themselves and their family when their father Arthur (E.G. Marshall) decides to divorce their mother (Geraldine Page) to enable him to marry a lively middle-aged woman (Maureen Stapleton).
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