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            Another Woman (1988)
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Review:

Omdat ze zich thuis niet kan concentreren huurt auteur Marion in de stad een appartement om aan haar nieuwe roman te kunnen werken. Haar woning zit naast de spreekkamer van een psychiater, en wat Marion daar van een vrouwelijke patiënt hoort, zal haar leven grondig veranderen.

There was a certain period in Woody Allen's career when he was trying desperately to imitate Ingmar Bergman's work. 
It rarely worked, and often turned out disasters like the execrable September. 
Another Woman is a riff on Bergman's Wild Strawberries: a college professor, played by Gena Rowlands, is past fifty and looking back on and reliving key events in her life as her present life is falling apart. 
The film is quite stagy at times, just as it was in September, Allen's previous film. 
He seems to think that adds something, but it really doesn't. 
One other problem Another Woman has is a couple of very clunky scenes, and a few poor bit performers, which were much bigger problems in September, which was actually the last Allen film that I saw and the one that made me subconsciously avoid him for the past several months. 
Allen's script here is excellent. He has produced an excellent character study which is probably unsurpassed in all of his other films that I've seen. 
The lead actors are wonderful here, Rowlands, Ian Holms, Blythe Danner, Sandy Dennis, and Gene Hackman. 
Allen's use of piano music is beautifully touching. 
It all adds up to a very touching and sad little film. 
It might not be Woody's best film, but it ought to be better respected and known.


 Genre............: Drama
 Year.............: 1988
 Country..........: USA
 Director.........: Woody Allen

 Source...........: Retail (not my rip)
 DVD Format.......: PAL
 DVD Size.........: DVD5 
 Programs used....: -
 Screen Format....: 16:9
 Audio Language...: English
 Audio Format.....: 2.0 D.D.
 Subtitles........: Dutch/Nederlands,English,French,German,French,Italian,Spanish and Portugese
 Runtime..........: 81 min

 Menu.............: [X] Yes
 DVD Extras.......: [ ] No

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