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D16 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1988 MOVIES Angst and mid-life musings from Woody Allen REVIEW Another Woman Elmdale Marion is taking a sabbatical to write her first book. She goes to parties, but doesn't seem to enjoy them much. She is one of those women who is obviously so intellectually special "she stands above other people," according to a young and distant relative. She wears good suits, tailored slacks and braids her hair academically and Rowland catches all her nuances. She is a voice-over narrator who admits she was traumatized on her 50th birthday (which can't have been long ago; she wears well).

Her marriage to Holm is comfortable and undemonstrative. It's also unfulfilling physically, a factor that weighs more heavily on Marion she once seduced her lover away. And the very refreshing Martha Plimpton (last seen in as the girlfriend in Running On Empty) is the crutch from another generation who seems quite unawed at so much evidence of mid-life angst around her. Sven Nykvist's camera, when it isn't detailing crisp interior settings, is never far from Rowlands's face, etching the agony on features that look as though they might break if she lost control. It's a fine performance, central to a film that is itself always under control a little sterile for some tastes, but never detached.

Star ratings: Excellent (5); Good (4); Average (3); Poor (2); Awful (1) I 'A a it ludes in films like Interiors and September? The trepidation is real, though not entirely realized. Self-discovery depends on who is making the journey and in the case of Rowlands's character, Marion, the level of elevation is significant. Marion is a director of undergraduate studies in philosophy. She is into her second marriage, with Ken, played by Ian Holm (the lead in Game, Set and Match on television) without any particular reference to his Englishness. THE OFTHE Gena Rowlands A fine performance V.

a -45 Marion as the film progresses though she doesn't have long. It's only 75 minutes. The story takes place as a series of encounters, conversations and a dream. The past is always there reminding, probing, therapeutic. There are moments with Gene Hackman as Larry when passion was awakened, but inhibitions intruded.

There's a scene with her father (John Houseman in his last film talking about "my life drawing to a that turns into a sort of paternal confessional. Sandy Dennis appears as an embittered girlhood friend, now a neurotic actress, who reminds 'S SPHOlilCE OPENING THEATRES By Noel Taylor Citizen staff writer nother Woman is one of those Woody Allen set that falls in the general category of mid life musings. It unfolds undramatically, without much intrusion by raw emotion, and it is played by a cast that is listed alphabetically so that the audience understands this is an ensemble exploration of a personal trauma that its actors believe in. The names are mostly recognizable, which is a form of tribute to the esteem in which they hold the film-maker. But this time they are different, new to the Woody Allen repertory company.

The only constant is Mia Farrow, looking very pregnant again in her eighth appearance with Allen, as a mixed-up stranger whose voice is heard from the psychiatrist's couch through the heating vent of Gena Rowlands's Manhattan apartment. Another Woman is described in the blurb as "a psychological drama about a woman who finds out who she really is, and that she is not who she thought she was Descriptions like this tend to freeze the viewer. Haven't we seen, and heard, it all before, with all possible variations, and several times from Allen himself, especially from his more serious inter- Liz's son gets Reagan's help The Associated Press WASHINGTON I veryone may be equal under the law, but it doesnt hurt if you're the son of a 'famous actress who was once married to a US senator. Ask actor Michael Wilding. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill to grant Wilding a resident visa despite a drug conviction 14 years ago in Wales.

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