THE BEST

 

Gena Rowlands died after living a very long time. She may have been my favorite - I write may because of Julie Christie. But Gena did my favorite acting of all time in Woman Under the Influence, playing a going deranged mom and the wife of a very frightened and knows- not-what-to-do Peter Falk. It’s hard to describe what she does in this movie directed by her gifted, dreamy husband. I read yesterday that she said she dreamed as her character. That’s how far she went for our entertainment and edification. What a fab, classic 20th century Hollywood haired broad. She knew the score.