USA,
1980
Shown in 1984
CREDITS
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John Cassavetes
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COMMENTS
Shown as part of a retrospective in honor of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, who appeared in person.
In Gloria—made for Columbia—we recognize a group theatrical method of filmmaking that will not compromise or go away, and which never stops insisting that the real America is unlike most of its movies. And as Hollywood declines further, it is more than heartening to see Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands getting better and better.
—David Thomson
FACTOID #111
Both parents of TV star Mariska Hargitay attended the Festival, but not at the same time. Actress Jayne Mansfield attended in 1966 on a lark, and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay attended in 1989, having appeared as himself in György Szomjas’s film Mr. Universe.
