Following the playful and enormously successful Annie Hall, Woody Allen’s next film concentrates on a time of crisis between three grown daughters (Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, and Mary Beth Hurt) after their parents unexpectedly divorce. Combining the psychological severity of Ingmar Bergman with the disillusionment and despair of Eugene O’Neill, Interiors is Allen’s first foray into full-fledged drama.

Alex Ross Perry on Interiors: “Before I had a clear idea of what Queen of Earth would become, in the weeks following Listen Up Philip’s premiere at Sundance, I became obsessed with the idea of the follow-up. What do you do for an encore, I thought, after something that is big and represents a fairly comprehensive cataloguing of the path you have been on for some time? I thought about what it must have been like to follow-up Annie Hall with the austere and humorless Interiors. But the retention of cinematographer [Gordon Willis] and lead actress [Keaton] unites the films, creating a fascinating bridge that I was obsessed with. Interiors if of course beautiful and masterful on its own in many ways, but this maligned, support-base-alienating, 180-degree follow-up is something I was obsessed with as I found myself aspiring to make one of my own.”

Queen of Earth opens August 26 for a theatrical run with Alex Ross Perry in person for Q&As.