This is one of those crazy movies, like The Virgin Suicides and Doll's House, but with the European art house feeling of a movie like Breathless.
What I like about it is that it keeps you guessing until the end, not knowing exactly what is going to happen, even though you kind of have an inkling. It keeps you engrossed. But it's also gross.
And here, I thought the kind of insanity that we see on screen today is a reflection of how uniquely disturbed we are as a society today. And it's true that we are, but this movie will let you see that the roots of that disturbance were planted years ago. While this is still nowhere near as grotesque as some of the movies made today, the feeling of unease that one gets by the end will linger on long after the end credits roll, and it will make you want to promptly put on a Hayes code era film, from a time when none of these things were even allowed to enter the discussion! You will want to be protected, you will want to clear your mind of it all.
The irony is that Elizabeth Taylor started out in such gentle films as the golden age of Hollywood era demanded, and then she ended up in highly disturbing material like this. I guess it takes all kinds. And that's why this film is effective.
What I like about it is that it keeps you guessing until the end, not knowing exactly what is going to happen, even though you kind of have an inkling. It keeps you engrossed. But it's also gross.
And here, I thought the kind of insanity that we see on screen today is a reflection of how uniquely disturbed we are as a society today. And it's true that we are, but this movie will let you see that the roots of that disturbance were planted years ago. While this is still nowhere near as grotesque as some of the movies made today, the feeling of unease that one gets by the end will linger on long after the end credits roll, and it will make you want to promptly put on a Hayes code era film, from a time when none of these things were even allowed to enter the discussion! You will want to be protected, you will want to clear your mind of it all.
The irony is that Elizabeth Taylor started out in such gentle films as the golden age of Hollywood era demanded, and then she ended up in highly disturbing material like this. I guess it takes all kinds. And that's why this film is effective.
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