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	SPLICEDwire \| "Charlotte Gray" review (2001) Gillian Armstrong, Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup
		Director Gillian Armstrong has a talent for visual imagery, and she makes a powerful impression with the opening shot of "Charlotte Gray" -- a field full of bright purple flowers, blurring past the window of a train car.
		Armstrong quickly establishes their affair with effective romantic shorthand (a meaningful stroke of her cheek, brushing her hair from her eyes during a longing stare), then dismisses the flyboy to battle.
		Armstrong fails to form an attachment to her characters.
	www.splicedonline.com /01reviews/charlottegray.html (710 words)

	Gillian Armstrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gillian Armstrong (born December 18, 1950 in Melbourne, Australia) is a film director.
		Gillian Armstrong graduated from Swinburne technical college in 1968 in art and later graduated from the Australian Film and Television School.
		Her feature length film My Brilliant Career (1979), an adaptation of Miles Franklin's novel of the same name, was the first Australian feature length film to be directed by a woman for 46 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gillian_Armstrong (113 words)

	The films of Gillian Armstrong
		In a move that might therefore seem curious, Collins states at the outset that she aims not to evaluate Armstrong's place in Australian (or women's) cinema but rather "to decipher, from her films, the idea of cinema entailed in 'A Gillian Armstrong film'" (91).
		It is therefore a mistake to describe Armstrong's films as somehow "about" generically strong, rebellious or independent heroines, for to do so is to reduce Armstrong's vision to predictable national archetypes (the spirited bush woman or squatter's daughter).
		She believes that the most compelling element of Armstrong's cinema is her "revelatory eye" for everyday objects in interior spaces (and, at the end of her book, she singles out "oranges" that appear somewhere in the scene in most of her feature films).
	www.latrobe.edu.au /screeningthepast/shorts/reviews/rev1199/ppbr8a.htm (708 words)

	Women Search for Their Identity in Gillian Armstrong's Movies - Festival News 6th March, 2002
		Armstrong admits that she is indebted to the feminist groups, but as she often repeats in interviews, she is not politically active herself.
		Armstrong was even pressured to change the end because it was feared that female viewers might not patronize the film.
		Armstrong described society with her short films in the beginning and in the middle of 1970s.
	www.uta.fi /festnews/fn2002/eng/wed/armstrongeng.html (580 words)

	Gillian Armstrong
		Gillian Armstrong was born on December 18, 1950, and raised in Vermont, Melbourne.
		Armstrong's choice of unknowns was cause for concern with those funding the film but she was vindicated after the release of the film.
		Armstrong says this film is the final part of the series, but perhaps one day her own daughters will continue the story of the teenagers and their lives.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/02/armstrong.html (4308 words)

	the i - Melbourne Film Festival - Not Fourteen Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Australian Director Gillian Armstrong is one such cinematic wunderkind who has the ability to draw from her subjects thoughts that often lie quietly at the core of a person's soul.
		But what also brings a smile to the face is Armstrong's perusal of the daughters of these women, who speak of their future ambitions and who seem to have learnt by their mothers mistakes.
		Armstrong is the most natural of film-makers who absorbs you with every scene she shoots.
	www.thei.aust.com /isite/cellmffnot14.html (523 words)

	A woman in war Charlotte Gray, directed by Gillian Armstrong
		In Armstrong’s film, a young Scottish woman, Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett), is on her way to London in 1942 during the blitz.
		She comes to these events, however, with all the baggage that the contemporary artist or intellectual almost invariably carries with him or her: a certain laziness, a general lack of deep historical insight, vaguely liberal or “left” ideas, but the kind of “leftism” identified with feminism and similar middle class trends.
		In short, Armstrong’s and Brock’s liberal-minded and feminist sensibilities, and their aesthetic extensions or equivalents, prove inadequate to the task of seriously tackling the events at hand.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2002/feb2002/gray-f13.shtml (1774 words)

	ingo, Bridesmaids, adn Braces
		Armstrong found that Diana was both married and pregnant and her husband Keith was being convicted of an assault charge.
		Armstrong has obviously gained the confidence of the three women, and her filming technique is certainly capable of handling the interviews and other shooting.
		That may be true, but a director of Armstrong's experience and capabilities cannot fail to be aware of the alternate techniques that exist in documentary filmmaking.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V109/N28/bride.28a.html (728 words)

	GILLIAN ARMSTRONG FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Gillian Armstrong (born December_18, 1950 in Melbourne, Australia) is a film_director.
		Her feature length film ''My_Brilliant_Career'' (1979), an adaptation of Miles_Franklin's novel of the same name, was the first Australian feature length film to be directed by a woman for 46 years.
		Since then, Armstrong has specialised in period drama, directing films including ''Oscar_and_Lucinda'' (1997) and ''Charlotte Grey'' (2001).
	www.palfacts.com /Gillian_Armstrong (92 words)

	Gillian Armstrong @ Filmbug
		Gillian Armstrong's ability to bring such ethereal elements as romantic attraction and deep emotion to the screen has led to her universal appeal.
		Armstrong has made her mark with films about unusual women facing grueling tests of one kind or another.
		Armstrong was subsequently invited to Hollywood to develop feature films but refused and stayed to make a second film in Australia.
	www.filmbug.com /db/35088 (266 words)

	Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
		Irresistible to Armstrong were the novel’s rich, complex characters at the “comic and fl edge” of fate and death, and its “wonderful themes” and visual imagery “of water and glass and obsession and gambling” (Fox Searchlight).
		While Armstrong’s project was delayed for years, Fiennes worked his way to critical and popular acclaim in Schindler’s List (1993) and Quiz Show (1994), as well as in a brilliant turn as Hamlet on London and Broadway stage.
		Armstrong’s next challenge was casting the feisty, bloomer-clad Australian heiress, Lucinda Leplastrier, whose scandalous late night gambling in Sidney card rooms shocks her conservative society.
	web.cocc.edu /humanities/hir/film/oscarlucinda.htm (1220 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Gillian Armstrong
		After directing two concert documentaries, Armstrong returned to Australia to make High Tide (1987), a drama about a woman (Judy Davis) struggling to reconcile herself with both her past and the daughter she abandoned at birth.
		It was with her 1994 adaptation of Little Women that Armstrong earned a substantial degree of international recognition; featuring strong performances by the likes of Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, and Claire Danes, the film became one of the most popular of the year.
		Armstrong followed this success three years later with Oscar and Lucinda, an adaptation of the Peter Carey novel of the same name.
	www.mtv.com /movies/person/70307/bio.jhtml (365 words)

	Salon Entertainment \| Oscar and Lucinda
		Armstrong has proven herself capable of getting inside crazy, self-destructive passions (as she did in her too-little-seen "Mrs.
		Armstrong's best films -- "High Tide," "The Last Days of Chez Nous," "Little Women" and her ongoing series of documentaries on the lives of three Australian women and their daughters -- are grounded without being shackled.
		Part of the problem is that, beyond the idea of a woman determined to live by her own rules, the character of Lucinda isn't really developed.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/1998/01/23oscar.html (1119 words)

	Gillian Armstrong Interview:
		GILLIAN ARMSTRONG: No, no. The key thing he said was it works best when you don't know it's there – that looks the most real.
		GILLIAN ARMSTRONG: The talent is still coming through.
		GILLIAN ARMSTRONG: I've got a couple of things on the boil, but I'm really trying to take this year a bit easy because I've got number one daughter doing her HSC and that's enough stress in one house.
	www.abc.net.au /dimensions/dimensions_future/Transcripts/s914939.htm (718 words)

	kamera.co.uk - film review - Charlotte Gray directed by Gillian Armstrong - reviewed by Tim Smedley
		Gillian Armstrong's re-working of the Sebastian Faulks novel offers a moving depiction of war and the individuals who are thrown from the ordinary into the extraordinary.
		Both Armstrong and Faulks appear to recognise that a study of individuals within a small part of the war gives a fuller sense of the history and atmosphere.
		Such complex issues as the changes to France during occupation, the divided nation, the Vichy government and the persecution of Jews are certainly not ignored but simply come into the narrative as Charlotte experiences them, and thankfully none of them are forced upon us as the 'point' of the film.
	www.kamera.co.uk /reviews_extra/charlotte_gray.php (585 words)

	Biography for Gillian Armstrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		"At her best," Molly Haskell has written, "...Gillian Armstrong cuts closer to the core of women's divided yearnings than any other director." In the early 1970s, she began working as an editor for a commercial house that made educational and industrial films, then won a scholarship to the Australian Film and Television School.
		Again Armstrong agreed to try an American project, but later described the (little-seen) political love story Fires Within (1991) as the worst experience of her life, because the film was taken away from her during postproduction.
		Armstrong retrenched in her native country, and earned worldwide acclaim for The Last Days of Chez Nous (1993), a brittle portrait of a love triangle involving a writer, her husband, and her younger sister.
	us.imdb.com /name/nm0000788/bio (424 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Little Women (1994) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Based on the feature commentary for her film, Gillian Armstrong must be a pretty delightful person to spend an evening with.
		Armstrong engages us while talking about casting (much influenced by star Winona Ryder), locale (mostly Vancouver, B.C.), the modernization of the characters, and the task of bringing the intricate design of the 19th-century piece to life.
		She had a vision and depth of attention to this film's details that ought to be celebrated, yet rarely is for women directors.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002O7Y7Q (1288 words)

	Gillian Armstrong - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Gillian Armstrong - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Gillian Armstrong contains research on
		Gillian Armstrong, Career, Films by Armstrong, References and External links.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Gillian_Armstrong (151 words)

	Charlotte Gray: Film Story: Filmmakers
		GILLIAN ARMSTRONG’S international reputation was established with her first feature film,
		Armstrong’s quartet of documentaries examining the lives of three women from girlhood to motherhood won prizes and international recognition, with the last in the cycle,
		In 1998 Gillian Armstrong was given the Women in Hollywood Icon Award in recognition of her contribution to the film industry, having already twice been awarded the Dorothy Arzner Award for Directing in 1993 and 1995.
	charlottegraymovie.warnerbros.com /cmp/filmmaker.html (717 words)

	Xiibaro Reviews: Charlotte Gray, Collateral Damage, Big Fat Liar, and Rollerball
		For international intrigue, the thought of spending a couple hours with Cate Blanchett and Gillian Armstrong sounds quite commanding.
		The World War II love triangle found in Charlotte Gray may not be as egregiously repugnant as the similar one found in Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor, but that's not really saying much.
		Armstrong and cinematographer Dion Beebe turn the picturesque French countryside and the curvy face of Mrs.
	xiibaro.hypermart.net /archive/04/07.html (1537 words)

	The Brilliant Career of Gillian Armstrong
		Australian-born director Gillian Armstrong seems to have a knack for picking projects that prove that there really is a market for well crafted films that refuse to mimic the Hollywood formula.
		After the film was selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Armstrong was invited to Hollywood to develop features, but elected to continue working in Australia until 1984, when Mrs.Soffel brought her to America to maker her US directorial debut.
		Around the world, Armstrong's films have drawn critical acclaim because of her ability to bring such ethereal elements as romantic attraction and deep emotion to the screen.
	www.dga.org /news/mag_archives/v20-4/armstrong.html (1327 words)

	Amazon.com: My Brilliant Career (2001) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Gillian Armstrong and Judy Davis (as the autobiographer, Sybilla Melvyn in the film, a woman named Miles Franklin in real life) made their stunning entrances into directing and acting stardom in this little gem of a film, stunningly photographed in the Outback of Australia by Donald McAlpine (whose genius would 20 yrs.
		Both Armstrong and Davis seem to understand and respect how deeply the character of Sybilla lives, and work hard to bring her fully to life.
		So successful are they that poor Harry Beecham seems really too anemic for her--she lives so deeply that Harry's sheltered life has not grown him up to be as strong and complex as she is. This connundrum haunts her throughout the story.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000F55X?v=glance (2537 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "Charlotte Gray"
		Gillian Armstong's latest triumph is a juicy melodrama starring a stunning Cate Blanchett.
		The director, Gillian Armstrong, has made a genre movie in a genre nobody works in anymore.
		She wants to sweep us up into a drama of wartime romance and intrigue, to delight in old-style movie glamour, and she pulls it off without resorting to gush.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2001/12/28/charlotte_gray (757 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Gillian Armstrong
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - Gillian Armstrong
		Armstrong, Lance, born in 1971, American cyclist, a record seven-time winner of the Tour de France, the most prestigious cycling race in the world...
		Armstrong, Neil Alden, born in 1930, one of the first civilian United States astronauts and the first human to set foot on the moon.
	encarta.msn.com /Gillian_Armstrong.html (118 words)

	LITTLE WOMEN *** 1/2 Directed by Gillian Armstrong. Produced by Denise DiNovi, Screenplay by Robin Swicord from the ...
		The main male roles are convincingly performed: Laurie (Christian Bale) is the young man who becomes the March girls' "brother" and Gabriel Byrne as the German professor, fleshes out his simpatico, thoughtful persona in only a small number of scenes.
		She was the first woman in her country to direct a feature, her brilliant debut "My Brilliant Career," which also launched the wonderful Judy Davis.
		Soffel" and "The Last Days of Chez Nous") I would say that Armstrong, with her extraordinary flair and empathy for other women of all ages and natures, and especially for girls growing up, was predestined to do "Little Women." Her experience as art director also enhances the look of this period piece.
	holysmoke.org /fem/fem0567.htm (1165 words)

	Popcorn Taxi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		A technical theatre student at Swinburne College, Gillian Armstrong studied filmmaking at the Melbourne and Australian Film and Television School, paying her tuition by working as a waitress.
		~ Gillian is now in post production on her new feature film - Charlotte Gray which will be released very soon.
		SYNOPSIS: An old woman (in her sixties), treated as a simple-minded invalid by her family, periodically escapes to sit by the river and listen to the races on her radio.
	www.popcorntaxi.com.au /Events.asp?Event_ID=109 (631 words)

	Gillian Armstrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Gifted Australian-born director who has consistently provided strong portraits of women beginning with the early award-winning shorts she made as well as her debut feature "My Brilliant Career" (1978) about a young woman who chooses career over marriage.
		Armstrong was the first woman in Australia to direct a feature film.
		Armstrong began her studies at Swinburne Technical College in her native Melbourne, where she took part in various aspects of film production, ranging from designing costumes to acting as "tea girl" to director Fred Schepisi on his segment of the anthology film, "Libido" (1973).
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/196036 (527 words)

	Charlotte Gray, regia di Gillian Armstrong, con Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudrup, Michael Gambon, Rupert Penry-Jones, ...
		Charlotte Gray, soprattutto per il racconto, spesso realistico, di miserie e vergogne, di timori e speranze della gente comune in tempo di guerra, periodo in cui i valori umani sono irrimediabilmente azzerati in nome della violenza e della sopraffazione gratuita.
		L’obiettivo di Gillian Armstrong è sempre pronto a cogliere questo intricato e disperato mosaico umano allo sbando, con una narrazione dilatata in ampi spazi rurali e riducendo al minimo l’azione e gli effetti speciali.
		In tale contesto la protagonista – spia ai primi passi e dall’errore facile – costituisce un esile raggio di luce nelle tenebre della Shoah: Charlotte Gray, pur riconoscendosi impotente davanti agli eventi, riuscirà comunque a fare la cosa giusta, alleviando il dolore dei suoi protetti con un inganno a fin di bene.
	www.scanner.it /cinema/charlgray1649.php (453 words)

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