Three sisters

Marcelino 2022-01-01 08:01:38

Woody Allen presented the three sisters one by one with an opening family gathering. The eldest sister Hannah was divorced once, and is now married to Elliott, an economic man. The second sister Holly is anxious and nervous. She is addicted to cocaine and asks her eldest sister Hannah to borrow money to tide over the difficulties. Hannah’s husband Elliott, played by Michael Kane, fell in love with his sister-in-law Li... Woody Allen’s work in this period can always be seen in Bergman’s shadow, such as "The Husband "Wife and Lovers" has the shadow of Bergman's "Marriage Life", while the film has more or less the shadow of "Screaming and Whispers". But Woody Allen did not show too much the estrangement and contradiction between the sisters, but divided into three lines to tell the three sisters' personal lives that are full of intersections, and Woody Allen gave himself one: infertility and the eldest sister. Na divorced, felt a malignant tumor, found a false alarm, thought about death and the meaning of life, tried to believe in Catholicism as a Jew, asked Hindu people in the park, and finally fell in love with the second sister Holly who was on the right track of life and was still pregnant. The weird story line of the child. Maybe this is thinking about the benefits of falling in love after life, it can treat infertility... After Mickey, the TV director played by Woody Allen, discovered that she was infertile, his wife Hannah invited a friend to visit her home, and When a friend made a request to borrow sperm from a friend’s husband, the scene was quite embarrassing. Given that Hannah and Mickey had been divorced, it was certain that her friend had rejected the request, and it is not clear whether the relationship has been broken... Na also introduced her sister Holly to Mickey, but Holly took Mickey to listen to underground rock and took drugs while listening... Mickey took Holly to listen to Bruce, and Holly took drugs while listening to each other... Disregarding each other's taste, they parted ways. Until now, many years later, after Holly got on the right track and wrote a script based on the marriage life of her sister Hannah, the two came together. The story line of the idiot Elliott hiding from Hannah to pursue his sister-in-law Li can be said to be a mixture of sadness and joy. The joy comes from Elliott’s idiot fan. He finally captured Li’s heart and got Li’s body, but His unwillingness to divorce Hannah also caused Li to have a new love after waiting hopelessly. Her university professor... The sadness comes from the way Li and the artist’s boyfriend get along. Her boyfriend regards Li as his only communication object and the only bridge for him to communicate with the world. This makes Li bear huge pressure and responsibility. These are two loneliness. soul. The relationship and dialogue between them are quite similar to those of Bergman's movie characters, especially the scene in which Li proposes to break up and her boyfriend finds Li and someone else (Elliott) kissed and then collapsed. And it is Bergman’s queen actor Max von Sudoff who plays her boyfriend. I think this is another kind of tribute to Bergman by Woody Allen.

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  • Ora 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    Very tender, still makes New York very attractive, comparable to "Manhattan", and the structure is also very good. But I don't like the result of Mick's search for meaning in life, nor the superfluous ending of Hawley and Mick.

  • Elenor 2022-01-01 08:01:38

    Holly and Mom’s dresses are really beautiful, and the accessories in each appearance are amazing, and I am very fond of ~~~ But writing all the male characters so stupid and trivial makes the story a little cliché and incest themes. It's better to touch less, it's a bit redundant to write two in one play.

Hannah and Her Sisters quotes

  • Frederick: I'm not interested in what your interior decorator thinks, okay?

    Dusty: I can't commit to anything without consulting her first. That's what I have her for, okay?

    Frederick: This is degrading. You don't buy paintings to blend in with the sofa.

    Dusty: It's not a sofa - it's an ottoman!

  • Mickey: One day about a month ago, I really hit bottom. Ya know I just felt that in a Godless universe I didn't wanna go on living. Now I happen to own this rifle, which I loaded believe it or not, and pressed it to my forehead. And I remember thinking, I'm gonna kill myself. Then I thought, what if I'm wrong, what if there is a God. I mean, after all nobody really knows that. Then I thought no, ya know maybe is not good enough, I want certainty or nothing. And I remember very clearly, the clock was ticking, and I was sitting there frozen with the gun to my head, debating whether to shoot.

    [gun fires]

    Mickey: All of a sudden the gun went off. I had been so tense my finger squeezed the trigger inadvertantly. But I was perspiring so much the gun had slid off my forehead and missed me. Suddenly neighbors were pounding on the door, and I dunno the whole scene was just pandemonium. I ran to the door, I didn't know what to say. I was embarrassed and confused and my mind was racing a mile a minute. And I just knew one thing I had to get out of that house, I had to just get out in the fresh air and clear my head. I remember very clearly I walked the streets, I walked and I walked I didn't know what was going through my mind, it all seemed so violent and unreal to me. I wandered for a long time on the upper west side, it must have been hours. My feet hurt, my head was pounding, and I had to sit down I went into a movie house. I didn't know what was playing or anything I just needed a moment to gather my thoughts and be logical and put the world back into rational perspective. And I went upstairs to the balcony, and I sat down, and the movie was a film that I'd seen many times in my life since I was a kid, and I always loved it. I'm watching these people up on the screen and I started getting hooked on the film. I started to feel, how can you even think of killing yourself, I mean isn't it so stupid. Look at all the people up there on the screen, they're real funny, and what if the worst is true. What if there is no God and you only go around once and that's it. Well, ya know, don't you wanna be part of the experience? You know, what the hell it's not all a drag. And I'm thinking to myself, Jeez, I should stop ruining my life searching for answers I'm never gonna get, and just enjoy it while it lasts. And after who knows, I mean maybe there is something, nobody really knows. I know maybe is a very slim reed to hang your whole life on, but that's the best we have. And then I started to sit back, and I actually began to enjoy myself.