Interiors
- Kristin Griffith: Flyn
- Mary Beth Hurt: Joey
- Richard Jordan: Frederick
- Diane Keaton: Renata
- E. G. Marshall: Arthur
- Geraldine Page: Eve
- Maureen Stapleton: Pearl
- Sam Waterston: Mike
Inner life is the first feature film directed by Woody Allen, who was created as a serious drama. The film was closely based on the works of the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, who is considered the favorite director Woody Allen. Inner life can be described as cinematic turning point in Woody Allen's work.
Action
The interior designer 's Eve and the lawyer Arthur are a couple of advanced age. Her three daughters Flyn, Joey and Renata have outgrown the home and lead their own lives. Arthur decides to separate from his wife temporarily to gain clarity about his other life goals in Greece. The decision means that the family structures retracted messed up. Joey gives up her job as an editor and is determined to abort her unborn child. Renata, who must play within the family rivalry with Joey, gets into a marriage crisis because her husband with his work as a writer is dissatisfied. The abandoned Eve performs a suicide attempt that fails, however. Arthur opened his daughters that he wants to divorce from Eve and wants to marry the somewhat naive Mittsechzigerin Pearl. Pearl is not accepted by the daughters Joey and Renata in the family. Nevertheless, Arthur marries her in the presence of his daughters. On the night of the wedding ceremony, the tragedy happens: The abandoned Eve enters the house and talking to Joey. Eve then disappears rushed and ends her life in the surf of the ocean itself an end.
Background
- Woody Allen came into this film for the first time not even as an actor in appearance, but was solely responsible for screenplay and directing.
- Inner life was Allen's film after his great success The city euro sufferers.
- Many followers Allen applies the film to be problematic because it excludes strictly comedic elements and focuses on the deep structure of the characters and their interpersonal relationships.
- Allen admitted in an interview with the Swedish filmmaker Stig Björkman that he had created the film in many parts different from today's perspective.
- The film almost completely refrains film music. Rather, natural sounds such as the sound of waves and wind play an important role. This, too, was a novelty in the work of the filmmaker.
- Inner life was nominated for five Oscars.
Reviews
" Brilliant and oppressive family psychogram terrific in the small work with the actors and just as in the pictures. "