Hannah & Her Crazy Sisters

Today we watched the Woody Allen film Hannah & Her Sisters. The film was so funny, so typically Woody Allen. The film begins with an offscreen voice narrating while a busy household prepares for a dinner. The narrator is expressing his love for another man's wife, who happens to be Woody Allen's ex-wife's sister. This woman has two other sisters and a deranged set of parents all who seem to be in one way or another tied to the entertainment business. One sister has a history with cocaine and is constantly in need of money, one sister is happily married to a egotistical painter, and one is a more reasonable, rational sister. The story occurs in three main parts which occur during a year long period. Allen, as usual, plays a stressed out neurotic man who is a theatre producer and apparently also a hemophiliac. He believes he's dying after some hearing loss in one of his ears but later finds out that its just his age catching up to him. The cinematography is shot in an interesting way, almost as if to mimc real life. Characters walk in and out of focus throughout the film and it subtly draws focus to them. Symbolism is made use of quite a bit and upon a second glance gives the viewer a better look at what the characters and the plot might be saying in an understated way. Since I'm hyped up on my morning macchiato and not doing a very good job of explaining this film, I'll just let you watch the trailor :) ...

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