Similar to Armstrong, Gerwig is also an advocate for featuring strong female characters on screen. Apart from directing the 1994 Little Women, she also directed 2001’s Charlotte Gray and 1997’s Oscar and Lucinda, both starring Cate Blanchett as strong female characters. How does it compare with Gerwig’s updated version? Let’s take a look.Īustralian Gillian Armstrong specialises in period drama, and she is also known for telling stories from female perspectives and featuring female protagonists. Gerwig’s version is the fifth Little Women movie, and there were countless other Little Women TV adaptations of the story about four sisters coming of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.Īmong the movie versions, the 1994’s one directed by Gillian Armstrong is the one we remember the most. She first wowed us with Lady Bird, her directorial debut in 2017, and this year Greta Gerwig is ready to impress us again with the latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel, Little Women.
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