Analysis of Hannah and Her Sisters
‘Hannah and her Sisters’ is an American film set in the 1980’s
directed by Woody Allen. Woody Allen was influenced by a Russian
dramatist called Chekhov who wrote a play called ‘Three sisters’.
Woody Allen based the film on the play, in which the sisters are close
but there is still tension between them at the same time.
‘Hannah and her Sisters’ is a funny, swift, difficult yet beautiful
film. All the characters lives seem to be uncontrollable. One sister
is anxiously striving to find a meaningful direction in her life;
another is intertwined with her sister’s husband; and Hannah herself
is left lingering in the middle. Each man and woman in the film is
exposed and defenceless while at the same time being envious and
secretly bitter of others. Despite their errors and imperfections we
are encouraged to sympathise with all of the central characters;
without forgetting that mendacious behaviour leads to treacherous
outcomes.
I think Woody Allen created this film to express people’s feelings, as
the film does not really contain a theme or a storyline; it is mainly
about exploration of the characters lives. During the film we explore
feelings of jealousy, confusion, rivalry, sadness and loneliness.
Throughout the film we can see inner conflicts, hidden feelings, and
vulnerable characters by the use of the voice-overs.
In the opening of the film we watch a joyous thanksgiving party;
although we hear the distressed voice of one of the characters;
privately conveying his desires, emotions, and deepest fears. This is
Elliot’s voice we hear; Elliot expresses his inner apprehensions, he
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...s in reality. Each character and sister had a different
personality and all of the characters had settled down and matured by
one of the final scenes in the film; this again was a thanksgiving
party. But in the beginning of the film the characters were unsettled
and unaware of what they were supposed to be doing in life. Except in
the thanksgiving scene which was almost the last, the characters had
come together in some relationships and drifted apart in others. But
taken as a whole this film manages to bring out one of the most
important feelings in life, love, whilst exploring feelings of
jealousy, confusion, rivalry, hope, sadness and loneliness on the way.
Although there was limited hope for the characters to come together in
the end, they did, it was in the vulnerability and tenderness of it
all that love emerged.
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They are already in a compromising situation in celebrating her eighteenth birthday at a gas station having coffee which was already established as being not the norm earlier with Marie recounting her own large party where her “mother made a large party” (154). There reality is broken when the teenagers arrive and “One of the girls went to the juke box and put money in” and they are forced to leave because of Carol condition which causes her to have a breakdown from the noise (157). The arrival of the kids forced them to come into contact with their own reality which can never coincide with the one they have fabricated. This small reminder of what the norm is supposed to be is often brought to their attention through others such as when they “could see, in the light shaft of light, a boy, two girls and a dog” (155). In this instance, they are walking on the way to their weekly picnic, which is in itself repetitive, when they are shown the norm of other having fun “the boy splashing in the water with the dog” while they are forced to go through the motions without much emotion. This depiction of the norm unsettles their reality and, even though they don’t stop trying to alter reality to shelter Carol, shows how dysfunctional their own situation is as it can be seen as a potential version of themselves without Carol’s
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Three parallel, in fact, not related to the story of the composition of the film, but also describes the Hanna sisters three complex family history, history of love, and history of psychology. This is a family, ethics slice, but in the form of comedy, and aren't Bergman "heart" form of tragedy, woody really leave imitation stage, step into their maneuverability personal movie world. The three story of the film has no fixed character, or the emergence of a number of characters can be said to be the protagonist of the film, although the film's film called "Hanna sisters". Woody in the film show depicted reality great skill and observation, the blend of tragedy and comedy, in realism No unfavorable effect of reality, the perfect combination of classic.