Another Woman 1988

     Marion Post is married to Ken, this is her second marriage and she is about to turn fifty.  She is a well-respected Dean of Philosophy at a women’s college and she is on sabbatical to write another book.  Ken is a physician, Marion doesn’t have any children and Ken has Laura, his daughter from a previous marriage.  Marion’s first husband died from a mixture of alcohol and pills fourteen years ago.  She doesn’t believe it was a suicide but an accident.  Laura and Marion have a good relationship.  Laura’s mother has a volatile personality and Laura doesn’t have much of a relationship with Ken.  Marion and Ken have a lot of friends they get together with regularly to socialize.  Because of the upcoming milestone birthday and some incidents with people in her life, Marion wonders if she made the right decisions in her life? 

     This is a Woody Allen movie and of course the subjects are entanglements in relationships, marriages and friendships.  I thought this was interesting and good.  The characters and dramas are well developed with some surprises.  I could tell from the picture on the DVD cover that this film is related to the style of Ingmar Bergman.  The specific film is Wild Strawberries, Imdb 8.3 released in 1957.  A professor confronts the emptiness of the life he has lived.   3 ½* (I liked this movie)

81 min, Drama directed by Woody Allen with Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, Blythe Danner, Gene Hackman, Betty buckley, Martha Plimpton, John Houseman, Sandy Dennis, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy.

Note:  Imdb 7.4 out of 10, 65% critic 76% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 4*.

Special Note:  This movie was filmed in Alpine, New Jersey and in Manhattan, New York.  This is the first out of four collaborations between Allen and Bergman's preferred cinematographer, Sven Mykvist.