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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Husbands And Wives (1992)

When their married best friends (Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack) announce they are breaking up, a married couple (Woody Allen, Mia Farrow) begin to question their own relationship as their own marriage begins to unravel.  Between the completion of the film and the film's release, the Soon Yi "scandal" broke and as a result, it's almost impossible to not read into Woody Allen's film. At one point in the film, Farrow asks Allen, "Are you hiding something from me?" and later when asked about his relationship with a girl (Juliette Lewis) young enough to be his daughter, he responds "Everything about it was wrong but it didn't deter me". HUSBANDS is rarely brought up when discussing Allen's best films but when it opened, the reviews were highly positive and I think it's very good. Allen's screenplay received an Oscar nomination as did Judy Davis's fierce performance. If you're not sure you've seen it, this is one that opens with Carlo Di Palma's dizzying handheld camera weaving in and out. The film's faux semi-documentary approach is the perfect setting for this romantic roundelay. With Liam Neeson, Blythe Danner, Ron Rifkin and Caroline Aaron.

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