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...Anderson plays Lily, handsomely, as a rare creature trapped under glass. The air thins; her breath shortens. And the viewer watches, appreciative of her plight, all but moved. The film is under glass as well. Davies, whose Distant Voices, Still Lives is a muted masterpiece, here is closer to Masterpiece Theatre, tastefully observing the glamour of social ruin...
STARRING: Gillian Anderson, Anthony LaPaglia, Eric Stoltz, Laura Linney DIRECTOR: Terence Davies OPENS...
Lily Bart (Anderson) has a knack for audacity. "My genius," she says, "seems to consist in doing the wrong thing at the right time." Men want to leave their fortunes to her, or their wives for her. But in old, moneyed Manhattan, sensation was more narrowly defined, more severely censured. Lily's charm is punishable by exile...
...Someone has to listen to all those anti-TV activists; it may as well be me. A typical comment from Joan Anderson, author of Getting Unplugged and Breaking the TV Habit: "TV is not a member of the family; it's a stranger. Would you let a stranger into your child's bedroom?" Amen...
Strait has her resident permit, and Anderson has applied for his. While neither can work in France, each is focused on making a new life. "You almost re-create yourself once you move abroad, because there are none of the usual frames of reference," says Anderson. "The transition can be a mental and emotional challenge--as well...