New york so there i was, sitting in woody allens living room, up in the penthouse overlooking central park, waiting for woody and meditating on the dimensions of his talent. Aug 17, 2016 interiors is the seventh film written and directed by woody allen, released in 1978. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of interiors. There must not be, i decided, many people who can simultaneously star in their own comic strip and make a movie the critics call bergmanesque and then of course theres woody the jazz clarinetist, and woody s. It is the only complete standup show of allen s on film. Richard jordan upper left is frederick, kristin griffith lower left is flynt, marybeth hurt upper right is joe and sam waterston lower right is mike in woody allen s interiors. The screenplay was written by allen and marshall brickman. New york so there i was, sitting in woody allen s living room, up in the penthouse overlooking central park, waiting for woody and meditating on the dimensions of his talent. Although indisputably a film by woody allen, interiors is about as far from a woody allen film as you can getand maybe more people could have seen what a fine film it is if they hadnt been expecting what allen himself called one of his earlier, funnier movies. After their three girls are raised, a wellmannered business father e. Interiors is woody allens first serious work a quiet drama about a family. Granted, bergman has already cleared the path for him to some degree, but interiors stands on its own.
This was writerdirector woody allen s first dramatic feature, and the first of his films in which he did not act. Best interiors from movies beautiful design in films. Interiors the films of woody allen pictures cbs news. Marshall, mary beth hurt, and keaton received a mixed reaction from critics, some of whom saw it. Woody allen, american director, screenwriter, and actor known for bittersweet comic films containing elements of parody, slapstick, and the absurd. This book has the scripts for woody allen s films from 19771980. He gets swept away into periods of history only to find that theyre not as dreamy as hed imagined. Diane keaton, kristin griffith and mary beth hurt are sisters in woody allens interiors. Interiors 1978 starred diane keaton, kristin griffith and mary beth hurt as sisters who.
One of my enduring film obsessions has got to be geraldine page in woody allen s interiors yes, the death of an interior decorator. Interiors us bluray released february the woody allen pages. Woody allen interview by barry norman on film 95 duration. Its a beautiful exploration of the what if, and fuels nostalgia for bygone eras of interior design. In 1967 allen hosted a tv special for nbc, woody allen looks at 1967. Mostly, though, its to overlook the earnestness of all his comedies, from take the money and run to. But none are able to provide ample support to their devastated mother. All 47 woody allen movies ranked from worst to best.
One of woody allens serious movies, which he created after visiting with the then quite elderly director ingmar bergman, in sweden. U filmu su glavne uloge ostvarili kristin griffith, mary beth hurt, richard jordan, diane keaton, e. Visually and aurally its a quiet film, permeated with silences, dark offwhite colors, beige and grays mostly, despair and sadness. Interiors is the seventh film written and directed by woody allen, released in 1978.
Aug 02, 1978 to describe interiors as woody allen s first serious drama is to stress the irrelevant. Allen and nykvist would do two more films together, crimes and misdemeanors 1989 and celebrity 1998. Its not only his first dramatic film its his first dramatic anything. Twilight time continues their release of woody allen s early films on bluray in 2017 with interiors. Featured performers are kristin griffith, mary beth hurt, richard jordan, diane keaton, e. Its a puzzle movie, constructed like a wellmade play from the american past, and given the beautiful, solemn visual clarity of a bergman film, without, however, the eroticism of bergman.
Allen costars as a twicedivorced 42yearold comedy writer who dates a 17yearold girl mariel hemingway but falls in love with his best friend michael murphys mistress diane keaton. Interiors is one of the most unique films in woody allens large filmography. Allen s least funny movie, interiors is also his most polarizing, dividing viewers who found it suffocatingly slow. Interiors lrp22788 this is an original press photo. Marshall 12 angry men, 1957, geraldine page 1986 best actress academy award winner for a trip to bountiful, maureen stapleton bye bye birdie, 1963, diane keaton annie hall, 1977, and mary beth hurt the world. This film by the director jacques tati is a satire on the post war obsession with modernist architecture and consumerism. If any one film derserved an academy award for ensemble acting, its this one. Interiors is woody allen s first serious work a quiet drama about a family. Marshall, geraldine page, maureen stapleton and sam waterston page received a bafta film award for best supporting actress and was nominated for an oscar for best actress. Watch interiors starring diane keaton in this drama on directv. It is a true drama, which you cant say about all that many allen films. Trailer for interiors 1978 starring woody allen and diane keaton. Match point is a serious drama thats tonally far away from what weve come to expect from a woody allen picture, yet still a brilliant film in its own right. Interiors is about familial competitiveness, the lies we tell each other and ourselves, and the little ways in which we turn into our parents as we age.
Thats not to say classics like annie continue reading. The first to not include woody in the film at all, and almost entirely free of comedy. Set in contemporary paris, this woody allen film tells the story of an author with a penchant for the past. Allens next film, interiors 1978, was a carefully crafted homage to the weighty psychodramas of ingmar bergman. Manhattan is a 1979 american romantic comedy film directed by woody allen and produced by charles h. Interiors 1978 until 1978s interiors, woody allen exclusively made comedies. In 1967 allen hosted a tv special for nbc, woody allen. Years of stand up, playwriting, acting and writing comic short stories was put aside for 100 minutes. Interiors script transcript from the screenplay andor. Bergmanesque drama from writerdirector woody allen, who does not appear or. Interiors 1978 woody allen, diane keaton, geraldine page, kristin griffith, drama april 15, 2018 homage to ingmar bergman in this family drama involving a fashionable long island interior designer who tries to impose her overbearing, critical standards on her husband and her three grown daughters. The first dramatic film by woody allen comes to high definition on 14th february 2017.
Stunningly photographed by the legendary gordon willis the godfather films, and all of woody allen s from 1977 through 1985, interiors plunges allen s audience into an alien universe signaled by the virtual absence of musiconly two of allen s signature classic dixieland jazz numbers find their way into the film and relatively late. The people in this serious woody allen film are destroyed by the repressiveness of good taste, and so is the picture. Interiors 1978 woody allen, diane keaton, geraldine page. Another phenomenal woody allen movie, this one explores the relationships between parents and their children, as well as the three sisters at the heart of the film. Every day, watch this offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. To describe interiors as woody allen s first serious drama is to stress the irrelevant. Allen isnt bergmanor eugene oneill, for that matterand his most studious efforts at imitation tend to be where the film struggles most. Interiors 1978 is comedic writerdirector woody allens first serious dramatic film, and is a stylistic homage to the films of swedish director ingmar bergman. Woody allen ranked a list of 49 titles created 16 feb 2012 1970er a list of 42 titles created 29 dec 2016 see all related lists. There must not be, i decided, many people who can simultaneously star in their own comic strip and make a movie the critics call bergmanesque and then of course theres woody the jazz clarinetist, and woody. Annie hall and manhattan are two of allen s most praised films, for good reason.
With interiors, he proved that he could also succeed without having to make his audience laugh it was a pivotal film that would be the precursor to some of his best and worst work. Interiors must rank as one of the most spectacular changes of direction for an american artist since clint eastwood made breezy. Interiors received five oscar nominations, including best director for woody allen, best original screenplay for allen, best actress for geraldine page, best supporting actress for maureen stapleton who plays arthurs new love, and best art direction for mel bourne and daniel robert. Rather than describe interiors as his first serious drama, i think its more precise to say that its the first woody allen film that doesnt care to be. Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask. For midnight in paris 2011, allen had discussions with cinematographer darius khondji, who would film three more of woody s films, about shooting the 1920s sequences in black and white, but they eventually decided to go with colour. Woody allen had made his name as a comic performer and director of film comedies. Marshall, geraldine page, maureen stapleton and sam waterston.
The best film of 1978 and one of the finest american films ever. Finally, the interiors script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the woody allen movie. Nov 14, 2014 woody allen has always included themes of death and dying in his work, but interiors 1978 is his first take on the subject without the ability to take relief in the comedy genre. Interiors is a 1978 drama film written and directed by woody allen. In 1965 allen filmed a halfhour standup special in great britain for granada television, titled the woody allen show in the u.
Working as director and writer only, allen put together a. Stunningly photographed by the legendary gordon willis the godfather films, and all of woody allens from 1977 through 1985, interiors plunges allens audience into an alien universe signaled by the virtual absence of musiconly two of allens signature classic dixieland jazz numbers find their way into the film and relatively late. The film received four other oscar nominations, two for allen. Interiors, its title suggested by diane keaton, is sandwiched between annie hall 1977 and manhattan 1979. The minimal commitment that appearing in an allen film entails is a highly relevant consideration for. Featured performers are kristin griffith, mary beth. Nov 09, 1978 t was the wednesday before the monday that shooting was to begin in the southampton house selected as one of the major locations for woody allens new film interiors. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. But nowadays, its those very things that make my skin crawl when watching interiors today. And, at the time, i loved the ingmar bergmanstyle visuals and themes. Woody allen is right to say that his drama, interiors, belongs more in the tradition of eugene oneill than of ingmar bergman. Thats not to say classics like annie hall or manhattan dont breach the topics with poignancy and depth but this is a film stripped of his particular brand of comical self. Interiors 1978 is comedic writerdirector woody allen s first serious dramatic film, and is a stylistic homage to the films of swedish director ingmar bergman. Feb 08, 2020 interiors will always be known as woody allen s first serious movie, as in noncomedy, and dramatic, it is.
One of woody allen s serious movies, which he created after visiting with the then quite elderly director ingmar bergman, in sweden. Here we have a woody allen film, and were talking about oneill and bergman and traditions and. T was the wednesday before the monday that shooting was to begin in the southampton house selected as one of the major locations for woody allen s new film interiors. His bestknown movies included bananas, sleeper, annie hall, manhattan, the purple rose of cairo, crimes and misdemeanors, mighty aphrodite, and vicky cristina barcelona. Heres 10 things about the film, many of them you probably dont know. Kristin griffith as does arthurs new romance with a vibrant artist maureen stapleton. Interiors 1978 starred diane keaton, kristin griffith and mary beth hurt as. Interiors is one of the most unique films in woody allen s large filmography. Incredible film, now much more so due to the restoration to bluray. It is the only complete standup show of allens on film.
Marshall, geraldine page, maureen stapleton i sam waterston glumica page osvojila je britansku nagradu bafta za najbolju sporednu glumicu, a nominirana je u kategoriji. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. This movie in part is a cinema graphic testament to bergman. Aug 28, 20 allen isnt bergmanor eugene oneill, for that matterand his most studious efforts at imitation tend to be where the film struggles most. Interiors is woody allen putting aside his neuroses and directing with unshakable confidence.
From his own script, allen tells the story of couple divorcing late in life. Allen switched gears with his followup film, taking as his inspiration the works of ingmar bergman. Woody allens interiors interior, woody allen, room. I was impressed with interiors when i first saw it many years ago as it was a major departure from what we generally expected from a woody allen film. Mar 25, 2020 woody allen, american director, screenwriter, and actor known for bittersweet comic films containing elements of parody, slapstick, and the absurd. There must not be, i decided, many people who can simultaneously star in their own comic strip and make a movie the critics call bergmanesque and then of course theres woody the jazz clarinetist, and woodys.
Twilight time have been releasing allen s early films on bluray sporadically for the last several years. But then people enter the rooms, and their lives and voices have a particularly american animation. In woody allen s first dramatic film, the disintegration of an upper class couples marriage forces their three grown daughters diane keaton, mary beth hurt and kristin griffith to reveal their feelings about them and each other. The film is sharply but understatedly emotional, and its execution is cold, lovely, and sophisticated.