Interiors - 1978 - 7/10
Allen’s first pure “serious” film no longer comes as such a shock as it did originally.
The estranged family gathers for a dinner. Some clutch grudges and rivalries, others hope for reconciliation.
The latter hope is crushed when the father arrives with a new girlfriend in tow.
Tension is thick throughout, with no truly satisfying release.
Conversation predominates, with no plot push or resolution – sorta like all family dinners.
This strikes me as an homage to Bergman and Chekov, and would work better onstage.
As an experiment, a break from comedy, this succeeds.
