BagelOnAPlate wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 9:39 pm
CinemaInternational wrote: ↑March 11th, 2023, 12:10 pm
Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑March 9th, 2023, 11:52 am
Speaking of painful slogs, try getting through Woody Allen's ANOTHER WOMAN. Just try.
I saw that one through ...twice. I thought it was very powerful and extremely well acted, but then again I liked a lot of Woody Allen's films, although the last section of his directorial period has been hit and miss.
I've never seen
Another Woman, but I do like a lot of Woody Allen's movies.
My favorite of his movies is probably
Hannah and Her Sisters (it's one of mom's all-time favorites so I've seen it a lot).
Others I like:
The Purple Rose of Cairo (LOVE THIS ONE!!!)
Love And Death
Sleeper
Manhattan
Interiors
Match Point
I love HANNAH AND HER SISTERS.
The first time I saw it (in the early 2000s), I felt that, in the the scene where the three sisters have lunch at the restaurant, Holly (Dianne Wiest's character) was correct when she said Hannah (Mia Farrow) was discouraging even though Hannah insisted she was only trying to offer constructive advice. When I watched the movie again about 10 years later, I wondered if my allegation would have shifted. But I found that I was still Team Holly.
That restaurant scene is brilliantly written, acted and directed. One of my favorite lines in the movie is the response of the middle sister Lee (Barbara Hershey) to Hannah when Hannah asks about Holly, who has not yet arrived:
"You know Holly. When she’s depressed, she’s manic."
Holly is my favorite character in the movie, and Dianne Wiest is wonderful in the role (for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar).
I love her scenes with Woody Allen's character Mickey especially their disastrous first date and the scene where they meet again by chance at the record store.
In general, I'm not a fan of voiceovers in movies, but they work in HANNAH AND HER SISTERS to convey the thoughts of multiple characters.