Interiors (1978)
Company: Twilight Time
Starring: Diane
Keaton, E.G. Marshall, Geraldine Page, Sam Waterston, Richard Jordan, Maureen
Stapleton, Mary Beth Hurt, Kristin Griffith
My Review and Thoughts:
Twilight Time has released many Woody Allen films on Special
Edition 3,000 Unit Blu-ray’s. Which you can read my reviews for all of them by
looking in the Twilight Time Section on the Left-hand side. From: A Midsummer
Night’s Sex Comedy / Love and Death / The Purple Rose of Cairo and others.
Woody Allen needs no introduction to the cinema world. His vast career of films
as both writer, director, actor and so on, have been hits, misses, but always
unique and interesting.
Woody Allen has a style that only he can do and get away
with in film. He has a natural talent of creating truly original pieces of
cinema. His ultimate completion of films is something that stands out as being
one of a kind experiences.
You either love or hate Woody Allen movies. Most of Allen’s
films are simple, down to earth and nothing grand, just great interaction and
performances. That performing holds the watcher, and creates a satisfied
experience, no matter how simplistic it is. Woody Allen is just one of those
unique, masterly, gifted and iconic performers, directors and writers that are,
few.
Twilight Time has lovingly brought out yet again another Allen
film with a new outlet that is flawless and is an example of how to treat a
film. This is another wonderful transfer. High quality product. Interiors has
never looked any better, and this is a wonderful ability to experience another
Allen film.
This like many of Allen’s films has a wonderful cast of
actors and actresses. Woody Allen uses many of the same actors and actresses repeatedly,
and one of those actresses is Diane Keaton. Keaton and Allen joined together,
for in my own opinion, one of the greatest comic films to date, and that’s
Annie Hall. Diane Keaton is another one of those persona's that needs no
introduction. She has always graced cinema with a flawless example of just how
a performance can shine, and the role of Renata in Interiors is no different.
She has been a part of cinema for many years, and her talented ability to own
her characters, and basically become them, shines in anything she does. I know
that I speak a lot about certain actors and actresses who own their characters,
but to me, that is the example of how good a performer they are. They are not
just acting out a job, that they have been paid for, they become the part and
express a true passion. The flawless actors and actress’ are those, who look at
a part and own it. They breathe it, enter its soul and possess it; that is what
Keaton does. Keaton is one of those performers that in my viewpoint goes up
there with all the greats of the past and present. From starring in the
greatest films like The Godfather series, to the many Woody Allen films, she is
a goddess of performance. She deserves all the recognition she can get. Her
ability to perform with Woody Allen is priceless in many of his films from
Sleeper, to Annie Hall and many, many others, including Love and Death and
Interiors. She not only is an actress but also a director. She is a
multi-talented person of cinema that is gorgeous to watch in anything she does.
Also, starring Richard Jordon. Jordan was one of the great
stage and screen actors. He plays anything from Shakespeare roles to television
roles. I will always remember him from three of my favorite films, Logan’s Run,
Dune and Gettysburg. He was a brilliant actor. He also starred in another
Twilight Time Blu-ray Special Edition release, Chato’s Land (1972).
Interiors is a drama both directed and written by Allen. I
think what one reality that needs to be pin pointed is the extraordinary acting
by Geraldine Page in this film. She would be nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Actress for this part. She was amazing as the character of Eve in
Interiors. She was a gifted soul and basically owned her many years and many
characters to a crystal-clear award worthy clarity. She was one of the few that
shinned and is truly a memorable soul of cinema. All one must do is look at her
long amazing career.
She was nominated for so many awards. Her many characters
in film stands out. From the mastery of 1953’s Hondo, 1962’s Sweet Bird of
Youth, 1985’s The Trip of Bountiful which might I add see finally won an
Academy Award for. Other greats she
starred in 1971’s The Beguiled, 1984’s The Pope of Greenwich Village just to
mention a few. The point is she was a golden ticket of film. It was great
seeing her again in this movie. When she died in 1988, Hollywood lost royalty in
my viewpoint.
Now also what really makes this film stand out is that this
was really the first and ultimate adventure for Allen in directing and writing
a Drama film. Allen was all about comedy, and that is really what he was known
for. Interiors is pure drama. The characters and the situation is a dramatic
journey in what I feel is amazing film making. Allen can transcend his comedy
and enter the world of thought provoking story telling. This is about a family.
The mother Eve is going mad. Her emotional makeup and reality is leading the
family into a realm of chaos with the reality taking place. A husband
disillusioned and three daughters cope, as their world changes.
Audio/Video:
Yet again another wonderful and flawless job by Twilight
Time. Beautiful vibrant colors, crystal clear imagery. Sound quality is spot on
brilliant. Both audio and video stand out as being true Blu-ray perfection.
LANGUAGE: English
VIDEO: 1080p High Definition / 1.85:1
AUDIO: English 1.0 DTS-HD MA
SUBTITLES: English SDH
Extras:
Audio Commentary with Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick
Redman. A wonderful listen. If you read my reviews you know I love listening to
film historians talk about movies. If you read my reviews then you also know I
am fond of two film historians that Twilight Time uses, Julie Kirgo and Nick
Redman are two amazing film historians that I speak highly of. Both are truly
gifted and knowledgeable in the field of cinema. This was a priceless listen.
Original Theatrical Trailer
Overall:
Yet again Twilight Time has brought the Grade A, high
quality reality to another product. Woody Allen fans will be super happy with
this new Blu-ray. I think film lovers will be amazed at this brilliance that
Twilight Time gives to their transfers of 1080p High Definition. Another
wonderful product in audio and video. Sadly, you only get one special feature,
which is an amazing special feature, a wonderful commentary, but sadly you don’t
get anything else. Looking passed that reality, the product transfer itself is
priceless, and should be praised, and most of all expressed, owned by any
movie lover or fan or collector. Highly Recommended.
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