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Gillian Armstrong: High Tide
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When "Starstruck" opened in New York in 1982, Janet Maslin of The New York Times noted its "dizzy, impudent high-spirited glory" and opined that Ms. Armstrong "may be an original." Ms. Armstrong seemed set on proving it. She went around giving interviews dressed in a large fuzzy blue sweater dress decorated with colored beads, a black and white polka dot blouse, black tights and blue suede shoes. Her blond hair was cut in a punk shag. Faced with the tailored woman in subdued brown silk who now sits across the table pouring tea, it is hard to imagine. Other things have ... changed.
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Currently editing her latest film, Death Defying Acts, in Sydney, Armstrong says there are several special highlights during the process of making a film. “The first is at the first reading of the script when you feel that you alone can make this film and you are ready and willing to put two or three years of your life into it.
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The production is lovingly attended to by all involved, with gorgeously rich cinematography, a sharp attention to historical detail, and smooth direction on the part of Armstrong. The cast prove themselves to be highly competent in the face of the sacharrine storyline, giving this version of Little Women a welcome touch of reality, as in Jo's trip to New York in winter and Beth's bout with Scarlet Fever. Danes makes a perfect Beth, wasting away with the grace and gratitude of a prepubescent saint, while Alvardo shores up the more two-dimensional role of Meg with a fair amount of heart and intelligence.
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