This film is powerful! The acting, writing, direction all superb! Richard Burton can deliver lines on-screen like no other actor. A "how-to" film in film-making.
Claire Bloom sizzles with Burton, you can feel the passion and desire on the screen. His friendship with his Welsh room mate is touching and serves as an anchor for the plot. Tension is always present and the attitudes of the time are perfectly portrayed. His relationship with his wife is interesting in his domineering, passionate and fiery temperament, as only Burton can render it. Today the only word that would be used to describe Burton's behaviour would be "abusive", but there was a reason for this, as Ma Tanner's death would later show.
Jimmy Porter, as played by Burton, seems like an irascible creature but there are many good points in his character. Anger is not a "dirty word" in this movie as it would be portrayed in today's films. Society then would try to understand other peoples' foibles by trying to ascertain the underlying root cause.
We could learn a lot from this movie today. A "must see" for any intelligent audience. A tremendous film portrayal! Worth owning!
Claire Bloom sizzles with Burton, you can feel the passion and desire on the screen. His friendship with his Welsh room mate is touching and serves as an anchor for the plot. Tension is always present and the attitudes of the time are perfectly portrayed. His relationship with his wife is interesting in his domineering, passionate and fiery temperament, as only Burton can render it. Today the only word that would be used to describe Burton's behaviour would be "abusive", but there was a reason for this, as Ma Tanner's death would later show.
Jimmy Porter, as played by Burton, seems like an irascible creature but there are many good points in his character. Anger is not a "dirty word" in this movie as it would be portrayed in today's films. Society then would try to understand other peoples' foibles by trying to ascertain the underlying root cause.
We could learn a lot from this movie today. A "must see" for any intelligent audience. A tremendous film portrayal! Worth owning!