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      <title>Film:Hannah and Her Sisters</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Hannah and Her Sisters<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1986<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Woody Allen<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> A <a href="/players/P____79388/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Woody Allen</a> Manhattan mosaic, Hannah and Her Sisters concerns the lives, loves, and infidelities among a tightly-knit artistic clan. Hannah (<a href="/players/P____22809/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Mia Farrow</a>) regularly meets with her sisters Holly (<a href="/players/P____76163/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Dianne Wiest</a>) and Lee (<a href="/players/P____32030/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Barbara Hershey</a>) to discuss the week's events. It's what they don't always tell each other that forms the film's various subplots. Hannah is married to accountant and financial planner Elliot (<a href="/players/P____10198/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Caine</a>), who carries a torch for Lee, who in turn lives with pompous Soho artist Frederick (<a href="/players/P____69424/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Max von Sydow</a>). Meanwhile, Holly, a neurotic actress and eternal loser in love, dates TV producer Mickey (Allen), who used to be married to Hannah and spends most of the film convinced that he's about to die. Appearing in supporting parts are <a href="/players/P____52886/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lloyd Nolan</a> and <a href="/players/P____53671/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Maureen O'Sullivan</a> (Farrow's real mom), as the eternally bickering husband-and-wife acting team who are the parents of Hannah and her sisters. The film begins and ends during the family's traditional Thanksgiving dinner, filmed in Farrow's actual New York apartment. Unbilled cameos are contributed by <a href="/players/P____74941/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sam Waterston</a> as one of Wiest's brief amours and <a href="/players/P____60672/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tony Roberts</a> as one of Allen's friends. Hannah and Her Sisters collected Oscars for <a href="/players/P____10198/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Caine</a>, <a href="/players/P____76163/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Dianne Wiest</a>, and <a href="/players/P____79388/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Woody Allen</a>'s screenplay. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 8<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 25<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 7<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 4<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:39:40 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Hannah and Her Sisters</spout:Title><spout:Year>1986</spout:Year><spout:Director>Woody Allen</spout:Director><spout:Plot>A &lt;a href="/players/P____79388/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Woody Allen&lt;/a&gt; Manhattan mosaic, Hannah and Her Sisters concerns the lives, loves, and infidelities among a tightly-knit artistic clan. Hannah (&lt;a href="/players/P____22809/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Mia Farrow&lt;/a&gt;) regularly meets with her sisters Holly (&lt;a href="/players/P____76163/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Dianne Wiest&lt;/a&gt;) and Lee (&lt;a href="/players/P____32030/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Barbara Hershey&lt;/a&gt;) to discuss the week's events. It's what they don't always tell each other that forms the film's various subplots. Hannah is married to accountant and financial planner Elliot (&lt;a href="/players/P____10198/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Michael Caine&lt;/a&gt;), who carries a torch for Lee, who in turn lives with pompous Soho artist Frederick (&lt;a href="/players/P____69424/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Max von Sydow&lt;/a&gt;). Meanwhile, Holly, a neurotic actress and eternal loser in love, dates TV producer Mickey (Allen), who used to be married to Hannah and spends most of the film convinced that he's about to die. Appearing in supporting parts are &lt;a href="/players/P____52886/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Lloyd Nolan&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/players/P____53671/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Maureen O'Sullivan&lt;/a&gt; (Farrow's real mom), as the eternally bickering husband-and-wife acting team who are the parents of Hannah and her sisters. The film begins and ends during the family's traditional Thanksgiving dinner, filmed in Farrow's actual New York apartment. Unbilled cameos are contributed by &lt;a href="/players/P____74941/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Sam Waterston&lt;/a&gt; as one of Wiest's brief amours and &lt;a href="/players/P____60672/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Tony Roberts&lt;/a&gt; as one of Allen's friends. Hannah and Her Sisters collected Oscars for &lt;a href="/players/P____10198/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Michael Caine&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/players/P____76163/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Dianne Wiest&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="/players/P____79388/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Woody Allen&lt;/a&gt;'s screenplay. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>8</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Taggedy Taggged (6-10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>25</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>7</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:SpoutRating>4</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t12688azk8m.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Hannah_and_Her_Sisters/14626/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Woody Allen by Jean-Luc Godard</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/8/13/33958.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t12688azk8m.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/19702/default.aspx'>Karina</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/13/2008 2:01:03 PM<br/>
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Meetin’ WA (1986)
by Tomsutpen
Thanks to Matt Prigge, I’ve spent the past 26 minutes watching Meetin’ WA, a 26-minute film about Woody Allen, shot in New York by Jean-Luc Godard. A good portion of the short is dedicated to a fairly formal, almost junket-style interview, with Godard asking the questions, sometimes with the help of a translator, and mostly concerning Woody’s then-new release, Hannah and Her Sisters. Godard then inserts his typically pointed commentary via almost non-sequitor intertitles and film stills. It was particularly interesting for me to see this so soon after hearing the full story of why Godard didn’t direct Little Murders, the ultimate subversive New York movie, for Eliott Gould. Fifteen years later, he’s revisiting the city and having an interesting but rather bloodless conversation with the man who is, at that point, the preeminent New York auteur, and he seems mostly concerned with Allen’s thoughts on television.  A stretch? Yeah, probably.
I’ll have some thoughts on Woody Allen’s recent work, including the about-to-premiere Vicky Cristina Barcelona, tomorrow Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth<br/>
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Meetin’ WA (1986)
by Tomsutpen
Thanks to Matt Prigge, I’ve spent the past 26 minutes watching Meetin’ WA, a 26-minute film about Woody Allen, shot in New York by Jean-Luc Godard. A good portion of the short is dedicated to a fairly formal, almost junket-style interview, with Godard asking the questions, sometimes with the help of a translator, and mostly concerning Woody’s then-new release, Hannah and Her Sisters. Godard then inserts his typically pointed commentary via almost non-sequitor intertitles and film stills. It was particularly interesting for me to see this so soon after hearing the full story of why Godard didn’t direct Little Murders, the ultimate subversive New York movie, for Eliott Gould. Fifteen years later, he’s revisiting the city and having an interesting but rather bloodless conversation with the man who is, at that point, the preeminent New York auteur, and he seems mostly concerned with Allen’s thoughts on television.  A stretch? Yeah, probably.
I’ll have some thoughts on Woody Allen’s recent work, including the about-to-premiere Vicky Cristina Barcelona, tomorrow Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Woody Allen by Jean-Luc Godard</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/13/33957.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t12688azk8m.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/13/2008 2:00:54 PM<br/>
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Meetin’ WA (1986)
by Tomsutpen
Thanks to Matt Prigge, I’ve spent the past 26 minutes watching Meetin’ WA, a 26-minute film about Woody Allen, shot in New York by Jean-Luc Godard. A good portion of the short is dedicated to a fairly formal, almost junket-style interview, with Godard asking the questions, sometimes with the help of a translator, and mostly concerning Woody’s then-new release, Hannah and Her Sisters. Godard then inserts his typically pointed commentary via almost non-sequitor intertitles and film stills. It was particularly interesting for me to see this so soon after hearing the full story of why Godard didn’t direct Little Murders, the ultimate subversive New York movie, for Eliott Gould. Fifteen years later, he’s revisiting the city and having an interesting but rather bloodless conversation with the man who is, at that point, the preeminent New York auteur, and he seems mostly concerned with Allen’s thoughts on television.  A stretch? Yeah, probably.
I’ll have some thoughts on Woody Allen’s recent work, including the about-to-premiere Vicky Cristina Barcelona, tomorrow Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
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Meetin’ WA (1986)
by Tomsutpen
Thanks to Matt Prigge, I’ve spent the past 26 minutes watching Meetin’ WA, a 26-minute film about Woody Allen, shot in New York by Jean-Luc Godard. A good portion of the short is dedicated to a fairly formal, almost junket-style interview, with Godard asking the questions, sometimes with the help of a translator, and mostly concerning Woody’s then-new release, Hannah and Her Sisters. Godard then inserts his typically pointed commentary via almost non-sequitor intertitles and film stills. It was particularly interesting for me to see this so soon after hearing the full story of why Godard didn’t direct Little Murders, the ultimate subversive New York movie, for Eliott Gould. Fifteen years later, he’s revisiting the city and having an interesting but rather bloodless conversation with the man who is, at that point, the preeminent New York auteur, and he seems mostly concerned with Allen’s thoughts on television.  A stretch? Yeah, probably.
I’ll have some thoughts on Woody Allen’s recent work, including the about-to-premiere Vicky Cristina Barcelona, tomorrow Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Time to revist classic woody</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/estela/archive/2008/7/17/32652.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t12688azk8m.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/135075/default.aspx'>estela</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/17/2008 9:40:55 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Most people would give a nod to Annie Hall as being the most loved Woody Allen film. I feel it overshadows Hannah and Her sisters understated love stories all three sisters and the people that come in an out of their lives reflect the true to life emotions of relationship that occurs at every stage of life. Thoughts we think but dare not mention like Michael Cain infactuation for his sister in law. I have a lot of favourite scenes but can relate to bad date gone wrong woody allen date with the youngest of the sisters. This film showcases the ingeniuty of human endevours to feel love and be loved however farfetched our own imanginings of what love is. Hudle up under a blankie and escape to the sidewalks of New York with the Maestro that is Allen.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:40:55 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>estela</spout:postby><spout:postto>estela Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/17/2008 9:40:55 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Most people would give a nod to Annie Hall as being the most loved Woody Allen film. I feel it overshadows Hannah and Her sisters understated love stories all three sisters and the people that come in an out of their lives reflect the true to life emotions of relationship that occurs at every stage of life. Thoughts we think but dare not mention like Michael Cain infactuation for his sister in law. I have a lot of favourite scenes but can relate to bad date gone wrong woody allen date with the youngest of the sisters. This film showcases the ingeniuty of human endevours to feel love and be loved however farfetched our own imanginings of what love is. Hudle up under a blankie and escape to the sidewalks of New York with the Maestro that is Allen.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/jj79/archive/2008/6/9/30928.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t12688azk8m.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/9/2008 12:35:17 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Released: 1986Director: Woody Allen                                 *****Oh, Hannah...you and your sisters (Lee played by Barbara Hershey and Holly played by Dianne Wiest) are as neurotic as writer/director/co-star Woody Allen.  Hannah is perfect, with a perfect husband (Michael Caine), a perfect house, a perfect former career (actress), a perfect Thanksgiving.  Lee, basically unemployed, and Holly, a struggled actress, can never measure up.  Their world becomes complicated when Elliot (Caine) admits to loving Lee, setting into motion an affair.  See, Lee is living with a stick in the mud professor, Frederick (Max von Sydow), out of whom she gets no pleasure.  Then there's Holly, always in Hannah's shadow...              Know what?  It would be far easier to diagram the relationships and stories in Hannah and Her Sisters with a flow chart than to describe them with words.  There's the girls parents, Hannah's former husband/Holly's beau, some business about twins...entirely too much to keep track of here.  Essentially, Hannah is the center hub of the tire and everyone in the movie revolves around her in some way.  Allen gets a typical (possibly stereotypical) New York family right: one person talking over another, everyone interconnected in three different ways, the mannerisms, the phobias...it helps that the Allen is Mr. New York, the film was produced in NY and the sets were actual apartments in NY. Caine and Weist won Oscars for their work here-Caine did not accept in person since he was on the set of Jaws: The Revenge.   He's, as usual, solid, but nothing he did really screamed out "OSCAR".  The same could also be said of Weist's Holly: she is the most fun to watch out of all the actors not because she's necessarily the best actor, but because the character is drawn so richly and over the top. There is a veritable who's who of 1980s actors here, ranging from Mia Farrow (Hannah), Weist, Caine, Hershey, von Sydow, Allen, Carrie Fisher, Maureen O'Sullivan, Daniel Stern, Julie Kavner, Lewis Black, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, JT Walsh, John Turturro and Sam Waterston.  This movie is an ensemble piece in the purest sense of the word.  There is no "lead actress" or "lead actor"' each of the sisters and their stories gets enough screen time to make the audience care about them.  Though we do have to wonder how far in the sand Hannah's head is: she doesn't realize anything happened between Elliot and Lee? <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:35:17 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JJ79</spout:postby><spout:postto>JJ79 Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/9/2008 12:35:17 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Released: 1986Director: Woody Allen                                 *****Oh, Hannah...you and your sisters (Lee played by Barbara Hershey and Holly played by Dianne Wiest) are as neurotic as writer/director/co-star Woody Allen.  Hannah is perfect, with a perfect husband (Michael Caine), a perfect house, a perfect former career (actress), a perfect Thanksgiving.  Lee, basically unemployed, and Holly, a struggled actress, can never measure up.  Their world becomes complicated when Elliot (Caine) admits to loving Lee, setting into motion an affair.  See, Lee is living with a stick in the mud professor, Frederick (Max von Sydow), out of whom she gets no pleasure.  Then there's Holly, always in Hannah's shadow...              Know what?  It would be far easier to diagram the relationships and stories in Hannah and Her Sisters with a flow chart than to describe them with words.  There's the girls parents, Hannah's former husband/Holly's beau, some business about twins...entirely too much to keep track of here.  Essentially, Hannah is the center hub of the tire and everyone in the movie revolves around her in some way.  Allen gets a typical (possibly stereotypical) New York family right: one person talking over another, everyone interconnected in three different ways, the mannerisms, the phobias...it helps that the Allen is Mr. New York, the film was produced in NY and the sets were actual apartments in NY. Caine and Weist won Oscars for their work here-Caine did not accept in person since he was on the set of Jaws: The Revenge.   He's, as usual, solid, but nothing he did really screamed out "OSCAR".  The same could also be said of Weist's Holly: she is the most fun to watch out of all the actors not because she's necessarily the best actor, but because the character is drawn so richly and over the top. There is a veritable who's who of 1980s actors here, ranging from Mia Farrow (Hannah), Weist, Caine, Hershey, von Sydow, Allen, Carrie Fisher, Maureen O'Sullivan, Daniel Stern, Julie Kavner, Lewis Black, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, JT Walsh, John Turturro and Sam Waterston.  This movie is an ensemble piece in the purest sense of the word.  There is no "lead actress" or "lead actor"' each of the sisters and their stories gets enough screen time to make the audience care about them.  Though we do have to wonder how far in the sand Hannah's head is: she doesn't realize anything happened between Elliot and Lee? </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, USA, Woody Allen) ****</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2008/5/13/29009.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t12688azk8m.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/131080/default.aspx'>CinemaRian</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 5/13/2008 8:16:14 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> After seeing so many of his films, it's easy to forget that Woody Allen is a great filmmaker.  Although a director as proflic as Allen has made film that range from masterpiece (Annie Hall, Interiors) to garbage (Everyone Says I Love You) the truly great movies in his ouvre make delving into his huge filmography worthwile.  Hannah and Her Sisters is such a picture. At this point, it's customary to describe the plot, but this film does not have one, at least, a conventional sequence of events. It's collection of different intrigues regarding people who know Hannah (Mia Farrow).  They include her two sisters of the title, Lee (Barbara Hershey), who is an unsatisfied relationship with Frederick (Max Von Sydow), a much older artist; the insecure Holly (Diane Wiest), who is hoping to start a relationship with an architect (Sam Waterson), Hannah's husband Elliot (Michael Caine), who is infuated with Lee, Hannah's parents (Lloyd Nolan and Maureen O'Sullivan), who fight constantly; and family friend Mickey (Woody Allen) who may be terminally ill with a brain tumor. One of the major problems that usually happens in a movie like this is that one or more the stories simply aren't very interesting, and that is not true here-all the pieces fit together perfectly.  For a director often critized for poorly structured films, this is quiet an achievment.  The acting is all suberb, but I thought that the real standouts were Allen himself in his most dramatic role and Caine, who manages to be both fully human while is character does rather immature and slimy things. Also, unusual for Woody Allen is that this is his most life-affirming film, the eternal pessimest manages to end his film on a magical, positive note.  This is a great film, and is the kind of work that Allen will be rememberd for. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:16:14 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>CinemaRian</spout:postby><spout:postto>CinemaRian Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>5/13/2008 8:16:14 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>After seeing so many of his films, it's easy to forget that Woody Allen is a great filmmaker.  Although a director as proflic as Allen has made film that range from masterpiece (Annie Hall, Interiors) to garbage (Everyone Says I Love You) the truly great movies in his ouvre make delving into his huge filmography worthwile.  Hannah and Her Sisters is such a picture. At this point, it's customary to describe the plot, but this film does not have one, at least, a conventional sequence of events. It's collection of different intrigues regarding people who know Hannah (Mia Farrow).  They include her two sisters of the title, Lee (Barbara Hershey), who is an unsatisfied relationship with Frederick (Max Von Sydow), a much older artist; the insecure Holly (Diane Wiest), who is hoping to start a relationship with an architect (Sam Waterson), Hannah's husband Elliot (Michael Caine), who is infuated with Lee, Hannah's parents (Lloyd Nolan and Maureen O'Sullivan), who fight constantly; and family friend Mickey (Woody Allen) who may be terminally ill with a brain tumor. One of the major problems that usually happens in a movie like this is that one or more the stories simply aren't very interesting, and that is not true here-all the pieces fit together perfectly.  For a director often critized for poorly structured films, this is quiet an achievment.  The acting is all suberb, but I thought that the real standouts were Allen himself in his most dramatic role and Caine, who manages to be both fully human while is character does rather immature and slimy things. Also, unusual for Woody Allen is that this is his most life-affirming film, the eternal pessimest manages to end his film on a magical, positive note.  This is a great film, and is the kind of work that Allen will be rememberd for. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: One Of My Favorite Woody Allen Films</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/archive/2007/12/26/23224.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t12688azk8m.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/98071/default.aspx'>JakeStevens</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/26/2007 9:32:30 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> How Woody Allen consistently (and almost annually, I might add) writes such well written, well rounded and yet personal screenplays is beyond me. This one definitely has his touch and yet seems the most honest and realistic of his films that I&#39;ve seen to date (I&#39;d say a close second is Another Woman, and I haven&#39;t seen Interiors or Manhattan yet). How he manages to jump between all of the lead character&#39;s lives so effortlessly and have the audience keep up with all of the various story lines is beyond me. Hidden inside this screenplay are some of Woody Allen&#39;s best gems, both dramatic and comedic. Pure genius.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:32:30 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JakeStevens</spout:postby><spout:postto>JakeStevens Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/26/2007 9:32:30 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>How Woody Allen consistently (and almost annually, I might add) writes such well written, well rounded and yet personal screenplays is beyond me. This one definitely has his touch and yet seems the most honest and realistic of his films that I&amp;#39;ve seen to date (I&amp;#39;d say a close second is Another Woman, and I haven&amp;#39;t seen Interiors or Manhattan yet). How he manages to jump between all of the lead character&amp;#39;s lives so effortlessly and have the audience keep up with all of the various story lines is beyond me. Hidden inside this screenplay are some of Woody Allen&amp;#39;s best gems, both dramatic and comedic. Pure genius.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Allen at his best-- and not concentrating on himself for a change...</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/devastating1/archive/2007/6/12/10875.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t12688azk8m.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/25607/default.aspx'>devastating1</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/12/2007 9:21:55 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Hannah and Her Sisters is a warm, funny and genuine film about families in general and the intertwining lives of three adult sisters.  It deals with the connections that alter with the successes and failures that each family member brings with them into their relationships-- this may not sound like a Woody Allen picture, but it has his stamp all the way through it. There is also a fine minor leimotif about creativity that also runs through the film, as painters, writers, perdormers and even rock musicians make their appearances, and even poetry is used to woo oe sister by another&#39;s husband.I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve ever seen a more anxious and gratifying performance out of Michael Caine, and Dianne Wiest and Barbara Hershey are also astounding.  This movie seems to have been filmed at the zenith of the Farrow/Allen blended family, and both their performances are relaxed and responsive. This is a terrific film for anyone just discovering Allen&#39;s talents or just interested in a wonderful social comedy that may remind you of your own family.  And what do you know?  A happy ending, too.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:21:55 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>devastating1</spout:postby><spout:postto>devastating1 Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/12/2007 9:21:55 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Hannah and Her Sisters is a warm, funny and genuine film about families in general and the intertwining lives of three adult sisters.  It deals with the connections that alter with the successes and failures that each family member brings with them into their relationships-- this may not sound like a Woody Allen picture, but it has his stamp all the way through it. There is also a fine minor leimotif about creativity that also runs through the film, as painters, writers, perdormers and even rock musicians make their appearances, and even poetry is used to woo oe sister by another&amp;#39;s husband.I don&amp;#39;t think I&amp;#39;ve ever seen a more anxious and gratifying performance out of Michael Caine, and Dianne Wiest and Barbara Hershey are also astounding.  This movie seems to have been filmed at the zenith of the Farrow/Allen blended family, and both their performances are relaxed and responsive. This is a terrific film for anyone just discovering Allen&amp;#39;s talents or just interested in a wonderful social comedy that may remind you of your own family.  And what do you know?  A happy ending, too.</spout:body></item>
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