Release Date: 18 December 1987
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Dianne Wiest, Sam Waterston
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093940/
My Rating: (8/10) ★★★★★★★★✩✩
"Life is too short to dwell on our tragedies"
September was intended to be like a filmed play, thus there is only one location and a small cast of characters. Perhaps this is also why there is a touch of melodrama running throughout the piece and a very theatrical way about each of the characters. Elaine Stritch as an old Broadway star, of course gets a free pass. But the rest find themselves again and again in situations where whispers or screams are more appropriate than natural conversation. To the credit of the film though, the quietest scenes are the most engaging and Mia Farrow strikes a chord as a lonely woman recovering from a suicide attempt.
The most interesting thing about this film to me is that it was actually filmed twice. Woody Allen, so dissatisfied with the first attempt, recast a few roles and tried it again. Perhaps in this way it is most like a stage production.
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