Movies
March, 1988
Homeless people who rave in the street probably want to tell us something about being society's dispossessed. That humane message comes through loud and clear in Ironweed (Tri-Star), adapted by William Kennedy from his masterful novel about some end-of-the-line bums in Albany, New York, back in 1938. Director Hector Babenco, whose Kiss of the Spider Woman had an equally depressing subject but became a surprise success and brought an Academy Award to William Hurt, beats the odds again with this d...
