Interiors (1978)
This unusual drama from writer-director Woody Allen followed his Oscar winning Best Picture Annie Hall (1977). It's about a fairly tightly knit family of three adult daughters, all creative persons - two with spouses, that must deal with the separation and divorce of their parents; their father (E.G. Marshall), who initiated it, remarries near the end of the film. Mary Beth Hurt plays the daughter that's closest, physically and emotionally, to their emotional mother (Geraldine Page, who received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance), an interior decorator. Hurt's character is married to a political activist (Sam Waterson) of whom her mother didn't approve. Diane Keaton plays the oldest daughter, a poet who's more successful than her married husband-writer (Richard Jordan) is, so he settles for a college professor position. Kristin Griffith plays the third daughter, an actress who lives the furthest away that gets roles more for her looks than for any talent. While their mother is falling apart, the intellectuals bristle when their father introduces them to his vulgarian twice widowed girlfriend (Maureen Stapleton, whose Supporting Actress performance was also nominated). Director Allen received an Academy Award nomination as did his truthful (the older I get, the more I can appreciate his work) screenplay; the film's stark Art Direction-Set Decoration was also nominated.
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