Show & Tell: Gloria Bell
All:
Sometimes the calendar is on your side and sometimes it wants to give you a wedgie and throw you down the stairs.
Long story short, family travels will keep me from discussing Gloria Bell on Wednesday. The change from our usual Tuesday schedule was an early attempt to get around my necessary absence, but it didn’t work.
I hope you will go see Gloria Bell anyway. It’s a remake of a 2013 movie by Chilean director Sebastian Lelio about an older woman who refuses to give up on either dancing or love. The remake, remarkably, is by the same director and uses virtually the same script and shot-by-shot structure. It would be fascinating to have both movies in a double feature.
The new version stars Julianne Moore as the older woman, and critics have been enthusiastic about the strength she shows and the universal appeal of her heroine. We don’t get to see many roles for actresses of a certain age that show warmth, strength, and resilience, but Moore is said to convey both Gloria’s joy and her yearning.
I’m sorry to miss the film, but I hope you’ll all huddle when the lights come up and discuss it anyway. Let me know what you think.
Paul Goodwin
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