I haven't seen this film in at least twenty years, but it had a strong impact on me. Eve was so cold. Maureen stapleton in that red dress, coming into that frozen family, like blood returning to a dead body.
Many ppl hated this movie...either they didnt get it or they criticized Allen's character development and thought he was stealing from Bergman. I loved it. It made me so sad; and I thought it was a pretty decent study in mental illness and how it affects the family dynamic. For the time period in which it was made, movies heavy in psychological themes were really in their infancy.
Interesting film in that you can see it the way you want to. Some see it as total camp - I see it as total tragedy. What a mess these people are in - what drab, beige "un-life," at least until Pearl comes along.
I happen to agree with your personal response to the film; I in no way would try to convince you to feel otherwise. I am merely trying to point out that it is possible to elevate this film to a greater stature (because, let's face it, it is not as highly regarded as some people would like to believe) by saying that if it is approached as "camp" - and I'm talking Sontag camp, not "Desperate Housewives" camp - it becomes an astonishingly rich work. I seem to be in the minority in this, er, camp.
Odd, I seem to be a vulgarian with a degree in film and art history,which, agree or not with my opinions (because they are opinions, not laws) qualifies me to appraise this film as I have. I NEVER said it wasn't a fine work - indeed I feel it to be one of Allen's best. I also never said it was a comedy - far from it, but what makes it camp is the exorbitant stretch of its aesthetic and thematic reach beyond its textual and plastic execution.
Oh, puh-leez...and you can hate me for this: this movie is über-camp! It's such fun you can't get through it without laughing. When Renata has her neurotic moment where she feels her mortality closing in...Joey and her "I feel such rage 'tord you!!! The affected way everyone has of talking ("I'm not far from the age when mother first showed signs of strain." ) And the lack of ambiguity...Eve really does off herself: I initially though it was Joey's fantasy. P.S. I love this movie; really!
@Autostade67 - In all candour... this is a SERIOUS piece of FINE WORK. Make no mistake, the creative thing is VERY delicate. Since your comment is now TOTALLY irrevocable... I can only conclude that you are a VULGARIAN!!!! At the centre of a sick psyche, there is a sick spirit!!!! I can't seem to shake... the REAL implication that this film may be a comedy. It's TERRIFYING. The intimacy of it embarrases me. Bring me the duct tape!
In my opinion I cannot think of any movie which pin-pointed and modernized the psycho-social family drama in the Cassavetes-Bergman tradition better than this highly underrated movie of Allen. Some wise mouth said that only a great comedian knows the profound complex and tragic condition of the human being.
A Master-piece, imho. This movie should be a basic study of students of Psycho-therapy.
Allen - and supposedly audiences and critics alike - were none too keen on this picture, but I consider it a fave of mine. It's profoundly moving, different, beautifully realized and acted by everyone. Perhaps a bit too solemn for some, but if you like this kind of genre, I highly recommend it. Allen is everything Steve Martin WISHED he was. Only in his dreams.
I haven't seen this film in at least twenty years, but it had a strong impact on me. Eve was so cold. Maureen stapleton in that red dress, coming into that frozen family, like blood returning to a dead body.
purecharm459 1 month ago
an epic film.
buckwinthrop 2 months ago
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OvertheHills26 4 months ago
Many ppl hated this movie...either they didnt get it or they criticized Allen's character development and thought he was stealing from Bergman. I loved it. It made me so sad; and I thought it was a pretty decent study in mental illness and how it affects the family dynamic. For the time period in which it was made, movies heavy in psychological themes were really in their infancy.
SomethingReal1119 4 months ago 4
The step-mom was awesome!
mediblue9 11 months ago
what is this from?
aishikura 11 months ago
I would love to see this movie and just cant find it...Hoping someone will post it on YT.
susuemikado 1 year ago
@susuemikado its on instant netflix
aishikura 11 months ago
@aishikura thank you :)
susuemikado 11 months ago
@susuemikado "Interiors" is released by MGM Home Entertainment. I bought my copy from HMV online
Prokifiev 10 months ago
@Prokifiev thanks much
susuemikado 10 months ago
a complete pile of pretentious doggie doo
MrBillcale 1 year ago
@MrBillcale It's not pretentious, it's just out of your league.
jerryhello100 8 months ago 3
@jerryhello100 an awful movie.. but see midnight in paris..possibly the best movie i have ever seen... ah paris..
MrBillcale 8 months ago
what special was this from??
musicfan3121 1 year ago
Interesting film in that you can see it the way you want to. Some see it as total camp - I see it as total tragedy. What a mess these people are in - what drab, beige "un-life," at least until Pearl comes along.
rob9641 1 year ago
We love our parents when we are young, and when we get older we judge them. Sometimes we forgive them and sometimes we don't.
septip123 1 year ago
Okay, now I am officially in love with you!!! You totally HAD me - and that is RARE, RARE, RARE!
I hope somebody is lucky enough for you to making their life a total joy!
Why in hell don't they make more of you?
Autostade67 1 year ago
I happen to agree with your personal response to the film; I in no way would try to convince you to feel otherwise. I am merely trying to point out that it is possible to elevate this film to a greater stature (because, let's face it, it is not as highly regarded as some people would like to believe) by saying that if it is approached as "camp" - and I'm talking Sontag camp, not "Desperate Housewives" camp - it becomes an astonishingly rich work. I seem to be in the minority in this, er, camp.
Autostade67 1 year ago
Odd, I seem to be a vulgarian with a degree in film and art history,which, agree or not with my opinions (because they are opinions, not laws) qualifies me to appraise this film as I have. I NEVER said it wasn't a fine work - indeed I feel it to be one of Allen's best. I also never said it was a comedy - far from it, but what makes it camp is the exorbitant stretch of its aesthetic and thematic reach beyond its textual and plastic execution.
Autostade67 1 year ago
@Autostade67 - didn't you see what I was doing?! I TOTALLY agree with you! This film is a campfest!
Messylin 1 year ago
Oh, puh-leez...and you can hate me for this: this movie is über-camp! It's such fun you can't get through it without laughing. When Renata has her neurotic moment where she feels her mortality closing in...Joey and her "I feel such rage 'tord you!!! The affected way everyone has of talking ("I'm not far from the age when mother first showed signs of strain." ) And the lack of ambiguity...Eve really does off herself: I initially though it was Joey's fantasy. P.S. I love this movie; really!
Autostade67 1 year ago
@Autostade67 - In all candour... this is a SERIOUS piece of FINE WORK. Make no mistake, the creative thing is VERY delicate. Since your comment is now TOTALLY irrevocable... I can only conclude that you are a VULGARIAN!!!! At the centre of a sick psyche, there is a sick spirit!!!! I can't seem to shake... the REAL implication that this film may be a comedy. It's TERRIFYING. The intimacy of it embarrases me. Bring me the duct tape!
Messylin 1 year ago
Criterion Collection should produce a box set of Woody's three dramas:
Interiors, September, and Another Woman.
TIPTON340 1 year ago 2
one of allen's best films!!!!!!!!!!
jimmyl324 1 year ago
In my opinion I cannot think of any movie which pin-pointed and modernized the psycho-social family drama in the Cassavetes-Bergman tradition better than this highly underrated movie of Allen. Some wise mouth said that only a great comedian knows the profound complex and tragic condition of the human being.
A Master-piece, imho. This movie should be a basic study of students of Psycho-therapy.
zurapDOR 1 year ago
Allen - and supposedly audiences and critics alike - were none too keen on this picture, but I consider it a fave of mine. It's profoundly moving, different, beautifully realized and acted by everyone. Perhaps a bit too solemn for some, but if you like this kind of genre, I highly recommend it. Allen is everything Steve Martin WISHED he was. Only in his dreams.
pandorabangles 1 year ago
@pandorabangles -- Interiors came out August of 1978 little more than a year
since the release of Annie Hall, a HUGE hit for Allen. So I suppose it was a bit
of a culture shock for audiences who were used to Allen's humor in Sleeper,
Take the Money and Run or Bananas. As for Steve Martin, his career is faultering
severly in my view by not giving orginial material over empty remakes of
films that were better off left alone.
TIPTON340 1 year ago