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Thoughts on 'Another Woman'

posted 13 years ago by pacwarbuff
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I watched Another Woman again recently and realized that the film's very title can signify several things:

1. Marion Post's (Gena Rowlands) former self.
2. Hope (Mia Farrow)
3. The woman Marion had become; the sensible professor.
4. The woman she had become at film's end.

People have said that Woody was ripping off Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and while that belief does hold water, Woody's take isn't remotely cartoonish, despite the dream sequence, but I do see the comparisons. I'd like to think that the Allen film is subtle enough where people take a look at their own lives without having been the downright awful person Scrooge was as opposed to Gena Rowlands' Marion Post character, who, as Woody stated, made safe and cold choices rather than the right ones. The dream sequence with Gene Hackman's character was really effective and the most moving scene in the entire film.

"Thank God the French exist."

[–] romancingthegutter 13 years ago

5. Lydia, with whom she finds her husband cheating with - which she herself had done with him before to begin their marriage.

[–] pacwarbuff 13 years ago

That's right! Thanks, rtg!

I accept your addition.

"Thank God the French exist."

[–] ibbi 13 years ago

I liked it. I thought it was another of his attempted Bergmanesque movies, and probably my favourite one. I think a lot of his dramatic movies, certainly from this period, have a tendency to be a little dull (could't stand September) but this one really worked for me. Helped that the cast are all so first class.

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