This came up a couple of months back after maybe a preview--Chris K among
others, I think, was asking about the new Lumet/Sharon Stone "Gloria",
which has just come out, and a few aging movie nuts and Cassavetes fans (I
guess I fall under both headings) were asking if the "Gloria" asked about
was the Mrs. Cassavetes (the irreplaceable Gena Rowlands) movie of years
back, with blonde gun moll and kid on the run...The TImes clears this up
today--whether or not anybody agrees with the assessment after seeing the
new one, which I wouldn't know yet. (Times liked it):
"As written by Steve Antin and directed by Sidney Lumet with his customary
fine eye for the urban landscape of New York City, this "Gloria" is a
smoother, funnier, more suspenseful and more endearing
version of the 1980 John Cassavetes film of the same title."
Twang content: zilch. This one's city business trew and trew.
Barry
