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Interiors (1978)

August. 02,1978
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PG
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When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…

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Actuakers
1978/08/02

One of my all time favorites.

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Claysaba
1978/08/03

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Freaktana
1978/08/04

A Major Disappointment

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Taha Avalos
1978/08/05

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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oOoBarracuda
1978/08/06

Opening with another perfect monologue, Interiors pulls no punches revealing that it is a dramatic film. the 1978 film by Woody Allen marks the first serious film devoid of comedy of the director's career. Showcasing the sudden upheaval of the lives of three sisters in the wake of their parent's unexpected divorce, Woody Allen proves his flare dramatic film as well as comedy. Able to bring focus to the lives of each character in his film, Woody Allen brings himself even closer to my heart than I ever thought possible.Renata (Diane Keaton), Joey (Mary Beth Hurt), and Flyn (Kristin Griffith) are three sisters in a dysfunctional family trying to navigate through the troubles of their own lives while also attempting to keep the peace in their parents' lives, as well. Their father has recently, and unexpectedly, sprung a divorce on their mother. Their mother is not dealing with her new status of divorcée very well and becoming increasingly emotionally despondent. Not only are the sisters struggling with their parents crumbling interiors, but their own as well. Each is experiencing problems in their personal, work, and emotional lives needing to be tended to that they are not well enough equipped to deal with. My favorite brand of director is a personal one. The injection of Woody ALlen's own obsessive fear of death into every film he makes is one that strikes all the right chords with me. Not only am I a bit of an existential nihilist loving to see that penchant in film, but I'll just always be on board for a director giving of themselves in their films. It's special to be able to take the art that you make and give it a touch that only you possess and I hope I never tire of discovering those personal touches in film as an artistic medium. Interiors was interesting because there were many pivotal scenes in which all the action was happening off-screen. The deliberate choice to showcase the film through a lens where the audience doesn't know all of what is going on was the perfect illustration of each sister not knowing fully what is going on with each other or with their parents. Interiors is emotionally raw in a beautiful way, and despite it not cracking my personal favorite of Allen's films, remains an important one in his body of work.

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Vahid Sohrabi
1978/08/07

one of the less seen movies of Woody Allen, some sort of strange movie in Woody Allen's career. Film uses elements from Ingmar Bergman the favor director of Woody Allen. Actors and actresses have one of their best performances in this movie. The movie's world is completely tragic and deterministic. Characters are condemned to suffer from their relationships, their life and their interaction with the world. Woody Allen doesn't play himself in this movie but the shadow of his usual components has been kept in the characters. Components such as anxiety distress and etc. Interiors is an unique movie in Woody Allen's career.You have to see it!

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grantss
1978/08/08

The story of a very dysfunctional family and what happens when the parents divorce. Eve (Geraldine Page) and Arthur (EG Marshall) are a 60-something couple, recently separated. They have three adult daughters - Renata (Diane Keaton), Joey (Mary Beth Hurt) and Flyn (Kristin Griffith). Renata is a poet and is married to Frederick (Richard Jordan). Joey is (reluctantly) in advertising and is married to Mike (Sam Waterston). Joey is a film and TV actress. Eve is an incredibly negative woman and this has had a toxic effect on her children. This results in stifling, unsupportive relationships and joyless lives.Woody Allen at his most introspective and negative. A very well made film, with Allen demonstrating his prowess behind the camera to full effect. Some great camera angles, fixed angle shots and lingering shots. Great performances too from all concerned. However, for the first 90% of the movie there is hardly a cheerful moment (this is clearly not one of the "funny ones"). Negativity is piled upon negativity. This is largely led by the mother, Eve, who is one of the most irritating, depressing characters in all of cinema. Equally depressing is how this has rubbed off on her children.The pain of watching the first 90% does pay off in the end, as the final few scenes tie the movie together and provide the closure and relief. The contrast is stark, like a release valve being opened, and make the movie worth watching.It is really a matter of gritting your teeth and getting through the first 90%...

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BitterJim
1978/08/09

I'm a big fan of Woody Allen, and I just watched this movie for the first time. I can totally understand why many people hate it, or do not like it. It is depressing, and there's no real "finish" or arc for the characters.That being said, the one thing that stood out for me that nobody has mentioned, is that even Woody Allen didn't like the characters. I think that was his point. As some have pointed out, the characters are pretentious, self absorbed upper middle class yuppies with no real problems. I think what Woody Allen was doing, as was the case in Manhattan, was giving us a glimpse into that sort of liberal elitist upper crest society, where these characters in particular are pseudo-intellectuals and wannabe artists, who create their own problems that really don't mean anything.This would explain the introduction of Pearl, the fathers new fiancé. Pearl is great. Amidst all the self absorbed, elitist syrup the characters espouse relentlessly, Pearl emerges as almost a down to earth, working class gal.The family goes out to a play with their father and Pearl, and later while eating dinner, they are discussing this play. The daughters and their yuppy husbands are over analyzing the play to literally a puke inducing pretentiousness...and Pearl just chimes in "One character was a squealer, the other wasn't. I liked the character who wasn't a squealer. Thats all there is to it!" They try to argue with her with more pretentious drivel, and Pearl simply states again "The message I got was "dont Squeal." Later, Pearl is dancing to dixieland music with everybody, and knocks over a vase on accident, and the one daughter calls her an animal. Towards the end of the movie, Pearl ends up saving the daughters life with CPR after she nearly drowns. She seems almost ungrateful. Its as if this fmaily is so elitist, they look down on Pearl as some sort of "inferior".Pearl is a down to earth, normal, lovable older woman with some spunk, which is why the father fell in love with her. Throughout the movie, we see how dominating and obnoxious their mother is. She is pretty much the reason the family is dysfunctional, with her delusional, relentless whining, and quiet yet aggressive behavior. On top of that, she was a successful interior designer, and her 3 daughters are all "artsy" intellectuals...and you can see why a character like the father is just overwhelmed with them all, and falls in love with a very grounded, relatively simple woman, Pearl.I think it was Woodys purpose to make you feel burdened or overwhelmed by the characters, the mother...hell, almost feel completely alienated, only to suddenly find yourself relating to Pearl when she arrives.Another scene that kind of highlights the pretentiousness of the characters, one of the girls husbands is speaking into a tape recorder about marxism and communism, hinting that he is a supporter of such ideology. Which, again, is woody making a small point. Because here you have this wealthy, yuppy guy, embracing the concept of marxism.For anyone who grew up or lived around New York in the 60's and 70's, that was always one of those ironies...wealthy yuppy types preaching about marxism and communism. Its sort of a hypocrisy Woody Allen often points out in many of his movies.To summarize, this was a serious movie that essentially criticizes the upper class liberal crowd, as Woody has done in many of his movies. In Manhattan, Woody narrates in the film at the end about how its full of people with no real problems, so they create them. That is essentially the characters in this film. They want for nothing...so they began creating these "existential dilemmas".

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