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8 Monday, March 3, 1986
Review
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By PATRICK JEAN
Staff writer
With 44Hannah and her
Sisters," Woody Allen has made
what is oerhaDs his best film ever
The film, written and directed
by Allen, is a comic-dramatic exploration
into life's meaning and
family relations. Allen reaches a
creative peak above his earlier
films here, painting a fetching
portrait of three sisters.
The central character is Hannah
(Mia Farrow). An actress,
she seems happily married to
Elliot (Michael Caine). She's
strong, financially stable and
self-sufficient ? perhaps too
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after Hannah's sister, Lee (Barbara
Hershey). Disgusted by his
feelings, he talks to himself, trying
to resolve his adulterous immorality.
"I can't fathom my
own heart," he sighs.
Lee is alienated from her mate,
Frederick (Max Von Sydow). A
cranky intellectual, he denounces
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leads to a friendship, understanding
and an illicit affair with
Elliot.
The unstable sister is Holly
(Dianne Wiest). She dresses oddly.
is hvoeractive and
everyone dislikes or decries her.
Her apprehensiveness takes her
from career to career and man to
man, trying to find a niche in life.
The most comical character is
Mickey (Allen), Hannah's exhusband
and a troubled TV director.
A chronic pessimist,
everything seems to go wrong in
his life. Trying to find the meaning
of life, he quits his job, sees
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No one's life is perfect. Hannah
has control of her life but
alienates herself from her family.
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trying to love Lee and his wife.
Lee, uncertain of her place in life,
develops a strong attachment to
Elliot. Holly can't gain a relationship,
career or happiness.
Hannah's parents ? a flirtatious,
alcoholic mother and a doting
father ? are unhappy.
These situations aren't treated
as dramatically as they sound.
Allen crcates a humor/drama
hybrid. There is emotional, Ingmar
Bergman-like treatment of
Hannah and her family, along
with Allen's typical hilarious wit
and wry observations.
Mickey is a comic, tragic aside.
His observations evoke guffaws
and sympathy. He thinks
everything is wrong with his life.
As he finds out that he doesn't
have a fatal brain tumor, he
becomes depressed that he will
eventually die. His complaints go
from jogging to Catholicism.
Allen employs some artistic experimentation.
As there are
changes in scenes or emotions, he
uses titles to reflect the changes,
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such as "God, she's beautiful,"
"We all had a terrific time,"
"The abyss," etc. They work like
chapters in a novel. Carlo Di
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Allen's love of New York.
Unlike some of Allen's
previous films, he resolves all
conflicts and presents a happy en
ding. Each character solves his or
her trouble, and the climactic
scenes arc absolutely joyous. The
ending causes a smile and a tear.
Every actor is in top form.
Wiest steals the show, but Allen,
Farrow, Hershey and Caine are
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Allen made a recovery from
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the best film Woody Allen has
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