Glimmerglass’ ‘Greater Good’ isn’t either one

maupassant_boule_de_suif_small.jpgBy JOSEPH DALTON [Times Union, 25 July 2006]
COOPERSTOWN — People sitting around doing nothing in a claustrophobic environment is not the typical recipe for good drama, but screenwriter Sofia Coppola managed to get away with it in her 2003 film “Lost in Translation.” She even walked off with an Academy Award for her efforts.