The éclat of Geraldine Page in a cool grey room...

One of my enduring film obsessions has got to be

Geraldine Page in Woody Allen's Interiors (1978).

Yes, the death of an interior decorator was serious stuff

for Mr. Allen — but Ms. Page was there to support

and she meant business. The film looks very much like

an Ingmar Bergman opus, masterly photographed

in cool greys by Gordon Willis. The scheme was set to mirror

the tragic despair of Eve, Ms. Page's character —

and both are brilliant beyond belief.

Of course, these stills do not do the film justice.

If you've never watched Interiors, add it to your list

and view the beautiful grisaille color scheme in its

production design. This monochromatic grey

is like a stoic character itself, standing aside and

watching the subtle drama play out among the actors.

I love Eve's dress in this shot, her too-perfect hair,

the symmetry. Truly a masterpiece.

"Miss Page, looking a bit like a youthful Louise Nevelson with mink-lashed eyes, is marvelous — erratically kind, impossibly demanding, pathetic in her loneliness and desperate in her anger."

— Vincent Canby, from his 1978 review of the film

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