Serious Woody Allen
by Lyda Baker
It has been done. The genius
comedian writer-director-actor
Woody Allen has created a
serious dramatic film.
Interiors Allen's new film
although serious still has a
couple of things in common
with his comedies.
First of all it does not
dissapoint. Also the film ex
plores Allen's reoccuring
themes of loneliness, aging,
death, love and women.
Unlike his comedies there is
not a single intentional laugh
and Allen is not in the movie.
The film's plot conveys the
choices and changes a wealthy
family encounters, primarily
the choices and changes the
women experience.
The women of the family
are, of course, Diane Keaton
who is a successful poet, Ger
aldine Page, the mother and an
interior designer, Kristen
These photographs are the work of Robert Conrad, a 12th term
Business Administration major. Conrad is enrolled in Troy
Thomas' photography class this term and this has been his first
encounter with the technical end of photography. According to
Bob, "Simplistic reality is something people see but don't realize
its presence until the photo is taken."
Griffith, an actress and Mary
beth Hurt, a talented young
woman struggling with her
talents.
The men of the family are
secondary to the themes of the
drama
Almost every aspect of the
film parallels the artistic life
style of the family. The di
alogue of the family members is
always sophisticated cultural
conversation. At times, how
ever, the conversation becomes
too saturated with the arty
talk.
The screen shots are mostly
close ups, tightly framed and
graphically balanced. These
shots also parallel the film title
as most of the close ups are
shots inside of buildings.
Interiors is definately a
turning point for Allen; with
this dramatic film he has shown
his seriousness and versatility
as a writer and director.