This scene has such great flow.. It flows like a realistic, natural, normal conversation between family friends. The handheld camera makes you feel involved. So well-done.
What's amazing is how this defined the style of reality TV, many years before it came out. Woody Allen takes all the polish off and throws you into a very raw and emotional situation. It doesn't feel scripted at all.
I agree but for me I go to the movies or watch tv not to be presented with real life but a version; I want it better than real life and they have everything to hand to make it so.
I have to add that these and related scenes come across as actors desperate to make them seem natural so in that sense they are another version of phoney.
I love how this scene unravels, from polite acceptance to everyone each in their own worlds muttering nonsense and pacing about...from "none of our business" to "how can you do this (to ME)?!" in like 1 minute. Love how Woody says "you'll be back together in a year" (he's right lol).. there's this note of everyone looking to each other to maintain their faith in marriage and family...THIS shatters it...and they dont know how to handle it...
"You're looking for one little answer. There is no one traumatic event. You know that, people grow apart." Very accurate depiction of divorce in many cases.
DO THE RIGHT THING AND HAVE A MIA WE ARE SORRY !! THE OSCARS HAVE BEEN ALFUL TO HER !! ROSEMARY'S BABY !! ALICE !! JUST TO NAME A FEW BUT THIS MOVIE AND PERFORMANCE BELONGS TO MIA !! SHE OWNS EVERY SCENE SHE IS IN !! THIS IS WHAT CINEMA DEMANDS !! AND SHE DELIVERED !!"
The fact Mia Farrow filmed this after discovering the photos of Soon Yi that Allen took adds a whole new level to her performance. One of his angriest films.
@@basehead617 So sad. It was the beginning of the end. So during the whole movie he was cheating on her, and she didn´t know. So sad. I hate cheaters. Be a man, and divorce, but don´t cheat.
Sydney Pollack is a very good actor. It's interesting to me how many directors are very fine actors: John Huston, Orson Welles, Woody Allen....even Ben Affleck.
i love how Mia at first says ‘it’s none of our business’ when Woody asks why and then a minute later she’s interrogating them and saying ‘why isn’t it our business?’ lol
The weather was horrible throughout shoot of Husbands and Wives and yet Woody is giving his characters lines over and over about 'what great weather it is' lol
Somehow, the scene from “ Hannah and her sisters” where WA and MF ask their friends for a sperm donation seems much much light and more humorous than it used to. :)
@@LauRa-re9un How smart reminder: a lot of people still believe they were married. And Woody Allen didn't cheat Mia Farrow with Soon-Yi Previn: they were not married and their love relationship has ended a long time ago, after Satchel - now Ronan - was born. An other useful reminder: during his all time relationship with Mia Farrow, Woody Allen never slept one time at his apartment.
@@happynotegames Where are your sources? Woody Allen in an interview said that he would never had left Mia if she didn´t find out about Soon Yi. Let me see if I can find it for you. I´ll edit if I do.
I can't watch this without thinking of the BEN STILLER SHOW's parody of this movie, including the scene above, and also other scenes from the movie .... only each of the main characters were all mash-ups of: 1) each of the original movie's actors/characters; and 2) one of the Universal Studios Monsters: S. Pollack-Frankenstein, J. Davis-Bride of Frankenstein, W. Allen-The Mummy, etc. Were Ben & Co. high on some drug when they thought of this, and made this? I'm not doing it justice, so watch it for yourself: ruclips.net/video/uIZmiempVH4/видео.html
With today’s terminology, they would simply nail, said they were “ taking a break” or “ seeing other people for a while”perhaps. Still, I loved this opening scene…. Reminds me of the scene of Hannah and her sisters where Hannah asks the neighbor to be the sperm donor so she can get pregnant….
Mia must love that these clips on the Internet with Woody groping on her for thousands of people to see. Some of these scenes do capture the confusion and hypocrisy of people. Judy Davis' character is quite a B. The scenes remind one of how genuinely awful it is to date then and now. LOL Liam Neeson's character is a total SIMP. ha ha probably the LAST time he every played that role in his career...WISELY.
This scene has such great flow.. It flows like a realistic, natural, normal conversation between family friends. The handheld camera makes you feel involved. So well-done.
I adore the camera work in this film!
Judy Davis's performance in this film was outstanding. One of the best i've seen.
She should have won Supporting Actress that year.
She's just an amazing actor altogether
Natural and convincing.
What's amazing is how this defined the style of reality TV, many years before it came out. Woody Allen takes all the polish off and throws you into a very raw and emotional situation. It doesn't feel scripted at all.
I agree but for me I go to the movies or watch tv not to be presented with real life but a version; I want it better than real life and they have everything to hand to make it so.
I have to add that these and related scenes come across as actors desperate to make them seem natural so in that sense they are another version of phoney.
Cinematography was great and brilliant.
Watching this for the first time now.😁 Woody Allen films are the best!
A story on the plague of desire and the choice of love. A real commentary on the downfall and strengths of relationships. Beautifully written.
The writing in this is brilliant, this dialogue is genius.
Allen’s always had a terrific ear for dialogue.
Sydney Pollack was brilliant in this movie
Love the name...beware Louis Mazzini.
Everyone was phenomenal in this film; I do believe that this is Allen's masterpiece!!
You're right though, his performance, he shines through in this role
I love how this scene unravels, from polite acceptance to everyone each in their own worlds muttering nonsense and pacing about...from "none of our business" to "how can you do this (to ME)?!" in like 1 minute. Love how Woody says "you'll be back together in a year" (he's right lol).. there's this note of everyone looking to each other to maintain their faith in marriage and family...THIS shatters it...and they dont know how to handle it...
"You're looking for one little answer. There is no one traumatic event. You know that, people grow apart." Very accurate depiction of divorce in many cases.
My favourite Woody Allen movies Annie Hall, Manhattan and Husbands and Wives not necessarily in that order though. Brilliant.
Oh! Don't miss out on Manhattan Murder Mystery.
Mine: Interiors/Manhattan/Another Woman.
DO THE RIGHT THING AND HAVE A MIA WE ARE SORRY !! THE OSCARS HAVE BEEN ALFUL TO HER !! ROSEMARY'S BABY !! ALICE !! JUST TO NAME A FEW BUT THIS MOVIE AND PERFORMANCE BELONGS TO MIA !! SHE OWNS EVERY SCENE SHE IS IN !! THIS IS WHAT CINEMA DEMANDS !! AND SHE DELIVERED !!"
Cinematic genius happening here.
Almost a 5 minute take. Amazing choreography and really no need to cut in for close ups.
03:07 Judy Davis is brilliant. ("Don't NOT support us...")
Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, they kill it in this film; a complete tour de force of acting!
Sydney too
Agreed
The fact Mia Farrow filmed this after discovering the photos of Soon Yi that Allen took adds a whole new level to her performance. One of his angriest films.
Talk about keeping it professional yikes.
no she found them near the end of filming, only a couple scenes at the end were filmed, solo to the camera, after that point
@@basehead617 So sad. It was the beginning of the end. So during the whole movie he was cheating on her, and she didn´t know. So sad. I hate cheaters. Be a man, and divorce, but don´t cheat.
She's an ingenious actor, just completely ingenious!
@@LauRa-re9un Not that it makes too much of a difference, but Mia had been cheating on Woody for years, most famously with Sven Nykvist.
Sydney Pollack is a very good actor. It's interesting to me how many directors are very fine actors: John Huston, Orson Welles, Woody Allen....even Ben Affleck.
John Cassavetes, Charlie Chaplin, Laurence Olivier, Roman Polanski...
Harold Pinter
Mia’s character is shocked because it resonates with how she feels about her marriage
0:47 nice to see this referenced in The Worst Person in the World
i love how Mia at first says ‘it’s none of our business’ when Woody asks why and then a minute later she’s interrogating them and saying ‘why isn’t it our business?’ lol
😂 yes I love that too!
You know this is really all Woody Allen, her performance, Mia's performance to me in this film was outstanding, she should have gotten an Oscar
This is the best I've seen Mia Farrow!
The weather was horrible throughout shoot of Husbands and Wives and yet Woody is giving his characters lines over and over about 'what great weather it is' lol
Somehow, the scene from “ Hannah and her sisters” where WA and MF ask their friends for a sperm donation seems much much light and more humorous than it used to. :)
the scientist is Nicolas Metropolis.He was credited as part of the team that came up with the name Monte Carlo method.
I love the casual way announcing their divorce. Later on in her mind it was an experiment. In his mind he moved on and met a younger women.
As it happens in real life. Men always win, that´s what I say. Or as my gynecologyst says: "God is a man". LOL
There's a touch of Cassavetes in this first scene.
Judy Davis was ROBBED of the best supporting actress Oscar!!
So was Sydney Pollock. Very underrated film.
Ok despite of everything that happened, am I allowed to still love Allen’s films or I’ll be cancelled?
🙏🤔
Given that he’s never been convicted of a crime and that Mia is a child abuser, I’d say watch away. He’s a genius.
You're forever un-cancelled by me. Does that help at all?
Love is changeable and the result of chance. Genius.
The Mia Farrow character is so upset because she has doubts about her own marriage, and cannot handle that she has the same feelings as her friends.
No, she is acting.
@@LauRa-re9un LOL!
Allen’s work is righteously painful. Excruciating, actually. To the point of hilarity.
C'mon let's eat! What about when Judy Davis goes on the Don Giovanni date?
YES!!! OMG she's so good. I love Judy Davis.
A short reminder: in real life Woody Allen and Mia Farrow were never married and never lived together.
How stupid reminder, everybody knows it. Besides, he cheated her with her daugther. Short reminder also.
@@LauRa-re9un How smart reminder: a lot of people still believe they were married. And Woody Allen didn't cheat Mia Farrow with Soon-Yi Previn: they were not married and their love relationship has ended a long time ago, after Satchel - now Ronan - was born.
An other useful reminder: during his all time relationship with Mia Farrow, Woody Allen never slept one time at his apartment.
@@happynotegames Where are your sources? Woody Allen in an interview said that he would never had left Mia if she didn´t find out about Soon Yi. Let me see if I can find it for you. I´ll edit if I do.
I can't watch this without thinking of the BEN STILLER SHOW's parody of this movie, including the scene above, and also other scenes from the movie .... only each of the main characters were all mash-ups of: 1) each of the original movie's actors/characters; and 2) one of the Universal Studios Monsters: S. Pollack-Frankenstein, J. Davis-Bride of Frankenstein, W. Allen-The Mummy, etc.
Were Ben & Co. high on some drug when they thought of this, and made this?
I'm not doing it justice, so watch it for yourself:
ruclips.net/video/uIZmiempVH4/видео.html
haha! "gub"..."Take the Money and Run"
i'm pointing a gub at you xD
great scene. passive aggressive.
With today’s terminology, they would simply nail, said they were “ taking a break” or “ seeing other people for a while”perhaps. Still, I loved this opening scene…. Reminds me of the scene of Hannah and her sisters where Hannah asks the neighbor to be the sperm donor so she can get pregnant….
Mia must love that these clips on the Internet with Woody groping on her for thousands of people to see. Some of these scenes do capture the confusion and hypocrisy of people. Judy Davis' character is quite a B. The scenes remind one of how genuinely awful it is to date then and now. LOL Liam Neeson's character is a total SIMP. ha ha probably the LAST time he every played that role in his career...WISELY.
Sadly, this was the last great movie Woody Allen made. Great 20+ year run though, not many people can say that.
You’re a clod. Midnight in Paris is one of his best films.
@@rosario508 everyone says I love you is my third favourite of his
How about Match Point?
@@rosario508 Well, that's your opinion.
I'd make a case for "Sweet and Lowdown", even thought this one is better.