Another Woman (1988)
Starring: Ian Holm,
Mia Farrow, Gena Rowlands, Martha Plimpton, Gene Hackman, Blythe Danner, Betty
Buckley
Company: Twilight Time
My Review and Thoughts:
My Rating: 4.5 out of 5
This was a different style of film for Woody Allen. It is one
of his shortest films, clocking in at a short 81 minutes. It’s also one of the
films, that does not linger on the comedy aspect, that most of his films do. This
is all drama.
The plot is about a woman named Marion Post played
flawlessly by Gena Rowlands. She is a philosopher. She is going through a sort
of mid-life crisis. The building she lives in is going under construction so
she has no peace of mind, as she is writing a book. So, to get peace and quiet
and to write her book, she rents an apartment room downtown in New York. This
apartment happens to be alongside an office for a psychiatrist. There in her
new room she can hear the conversations and meetings in the psychiatrist
office. She becomes interested and drawn toward a woman named Hope who is
pregnant, and is a patient of the psychiatrist.
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, most recently
Interiors, and many 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.
One of your main female leads, is his once wife, and often a
stable in many of his early films, actress Mia Farrow. Always a wonderful treat
to see. An amazing actress that owns and creates a memorable character that
only she can do in every film she starred in. My personal favorite is one of my
favorite horror films of all time, the one and only Rosemary’s Baby. I often
return to this film repeatedly.
Farrow’s acting in Rosemary’s Baby is something
that shines with complete clarity in how to create a perfect horror film and
build a character. That brings me to the character of Hope in Another Woman.
Mia can bring this character to life in a believable reality like she always
does.
Starring another fantastic stunning lady of cinema Gena
Rowlands. Rowlands is an actress that blesses the screen with her presence in
anything see does. Starting in 1954 and still working today. She is beautiful,
graceful and has an expertise in front of the camera no matter how small the
part, or how big the part is.
Also, starring a very underrated actress that I have often
felt should be a household name. She has been a part of my life since I was a
child. Watching her as I grew up in such 80 classics like the one and only
Goonies and a comedy favorite of mine 1989’s Parenthood. She also starred in
another Twilight Time Special Edition release 1990’s Stanley & Iris. Loved
her in 1998’s John Water classic Pecker. No matter how big or small Martha
Plimpton is a golden ticket of acting perfection. From TV shows to feature
films to voice acting, I love watching and seeing her act. I am a huge fan of
her performances. She can act in comedy and drama and everything else. Perfect
seeing her in this.
Also, starring the extraordinary master Gene Hackman who
really needs no introduction to film. A master talent of acting. Starring in
some of my favorite films, the one and only western Unforgiven. But my all-time
film I return to is, which is also a wonderful Special Edition released
Twilight Time Blu-ray Mississippi Burning, which is such a perfect film in my
book. You can read my Twilight Time review of Mississippi Burning in the Twilight
Time section. He also starred in one of my favorite comedy classic’s The
Birdcage. A god of cinema. A master talent of old-school and new school
perfection.
Audio/Video:
My Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Yet again a flawless example of how to treat a film. Giving
a film a new outlet. A wonderful clarity in picture and sound. High definition.
Crisp in audio and vibrant in colors.
LANGUAGE: English
VIDEO: 1080p High Definition / 1.85:1
AUDIO: English 1.0 DTS-HD MA
SUBTITLES: English SDH
1988 / Color
81 MINUTES
RATED PG
Extras:
Slim pickings here, but still you are given the wonderful
isolated Music Track.
Isolated Music Track
Original Theatrical Trailer
Limited Edition of 3,000 Units
Overall:
This was my first time seeing this film and I personally must
say I absolutely loved it. The drama enriched plot and character development,
even though the movie is so short, it still maintains the growth the film needs
to attract the viewer. I think this is an excellent film.
Like most Allen’s films, the movie is jam packed with stars
of young and old. Classic actors and actresses. It’s always wonderful seeing a
vast array of cinema acting perfection. The wonderful amazing Ian Holm who I
will always love from the original sci-fi classic Alien. The amazing male roles,
Philip Bosco, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh, David Ogden Stiers, and the one and
only, god rest his amazing acting soul, the one of kind acting thespian John
Houseman. The wonderful and beautiful female roles, besides the one’s mentioned
above in the review, you have Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Sandy Dennis,
Frances Conroy. An amazing cast in this film which I feel shines.
Twilight Time has done an amazing job in transferring this
to High definition 1080p Blu-ray. Highly recommended.
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