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( By Maureen Dowd New York Times Writer NEW YORK They die neurotic and sexy and smart, Woody's women They are the sort of women who can appreciate the sort of man who talks about the meaninglessness of life, adenoids, ulcers, Seconal, Socrates, i ( with women and their relationships with each other and their men He explored the lives of three sisters in his first screen drama, Interiors," in 1978, and he has done it again, with moie comedy, in Hannah and Her Sisters " Created Title First Allen thought of the title of his new movie first, he says, and then he wrote around it I thought it would be fun to work on sisters again, he says "It was only as an afterthought that I started to put my character in The movie, his 14th, brings Allen back on screen in all his neurotic glory ("I had a great time," he tells a date who drags him to a New Wave club Like the Nuremberg trials.) It features the largest cast of established actors he has ever directed including Fisher, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Maureen OSullivan, Michael Caine, Lloyd Nolan and Max Von Sydow. Tremendous Attraction His ladies square dance through the emotional terrain of his favorite life, death, love, lust, jealsubjects ousy and guilt. "Theyre both mean and supportive to each other, says Fisher. Its sort of human. They do terrible things behind each other's backs and then theyre very sweet to each other. I have a tremendous attraction to masturbation, Nietzsche and the Marx Brothers often in a single breath. As a writer, Woody Allen creates rare female roles, and, as a director, he draws rare performances from his actresses and makes them look warm, original and arresting Carrie Fisher, who worked with Allen for the first time in his new movie, Hannah and Her Sisters, which opens next Friday, was asked how he achieves this special rapport with women. Uses Intimidation Through intimidation, sie says, archly. That certainly makes me feel more womanly. f r 1 movies or plays or books that explore the psyches of women, particularly intelligent ones, says the director "Their feelings, their drives, their problems and strengths are always very interesting to me When Mary McCarthy wrote The Group, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it, or the Richard Yates novel, Easter Pa- More seriously, she replies, He seems to like women. And he likes them for good reasons, rather than their figures and stuff. Although he likes those, too Around someone like and there are not Woody Allen many people like him you want to be at your best. It must be some sort of organic thing. Allen has always been fascinated - rade He says he enjoys directing women and writing for them more than he does men I think of things in terms of female characters, he says. I very rarely think in terms of male characters, except for myself only. Allen said he also sees himself in most of his female characters Asked how he developed such strong amma, he suggests that it may be because "I was the only male in a family of many, many women. I had a sister, female cousins, a mother with seven sisters I was always surrounded by women." Not Inscrutable Mia Farrow, who plays the title role in the movie and is Allens comfeels that he is a panion strong director for women because he does not find them either inscrutable or intimidating "I think Woody understands and cares about the way that a woman thinks, says Farrow, as she sits on the floor of Allen's East Side cutting room with her adopted infant daughter, Dylan OSullivan Farrow. At 39, the mother of eight and star of Allens last four movies has the kind of gossamer blonde beauty usually found atop Christmas trees. About People You'll get action directors, mens directors, who deal with a lot of car chases, explosives, spy stories, things like that, she says, in her soft, ele- - I On todays Weekend cover 4 A in Salt Lake City. In the story on this page, Maureen Dowd of the Featured cn the Weekend cover today are Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, botl of whom appear in Allens new flm, Hannah and Her Sisters, which opens next Friday " New York Times interviews the actresses in the film about Allens g techniques. film-makin- gant voice Woodys movies tend to be more about people and the way they behave and the way they think, and that includes women to an interesting degree Farrow's mother, Maureen OSullivan, who plays her mother in the movie, compared Allen favorably with George Cukor, who was renowned in Hollywood lor his talent in directing actresses 0 Sullivan was directed by Cukor in the 1935 film, "David Copperfield, in which she played Dora. Not Intrusive "George had a preconceived idea and he made you do his concept of what he wanted, she recalled. "I liked working with Woody more be- - Holcause I felt he would find out in you look like Ichabod Crane, what you could do and let you do it. lys boyfriend Hes not intrusive he never nags, The heart, as Allens character never annoys, never pushes himself puts it, "is a very, very resilient little on you But he has a gentle way of muscle bringing out what you can do. In interviews, the actresses in Hannah" talked about what it is like O'Sullivan is the mother, a boozy old flirt with a filthy mouth," as she to work with the director who has become an American icon. describes herself. Farrow plays HanThe first thing he says is, if youre nah, the eldest sister, a successful acnot comfortable, change it," says tress who is, in the view of her siblings, disgustingly perfect, Wiest Dianne Wiest, in her breathy, little-gir- l voice So thats a big thing right plays Holly, the sister who is jealous of Hannah because her own love life there Nothing big, little nudgy things and acting career are floundering, like changing the verb and the noun You Hershey is Lee, the third sister, who or adding on a you know know?" has an affair with Hannahs husband Farrow says, Woody doesnt talk Carrie Fisher is a friend who, desper-at- e for a single man who does not Column 1 See M-co-op- ts nm The Man of Your Dreams is Back! 6 GMiSY WILD. .SCARY. . .Gives you goosebumps. . AS MUCH FUN AS THE ORIGINAL... Good scares, a sense of humor. . . got a kick out of ELM STREET 2. Joel Siegel, I ABC-T- ON El FREDDY'S REVENGE WILDCATS HAD ME CHEERING FROM THE BLEACHERS! 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