a place in the sun is a movie to end all movies.
seriously.
movies like this make me wonder why any other movies even exist.
why bother?
i've never been a big liz taylor fan. i am clearly more a marilyn gal. but even though liz doesn't exactly appeal to me, one fact is undeniable: she was a fucking fantastic actress.
maybe that's because she got all the good movie roles. i mean, have you seen who's afraid of virginia woolf?
clift and taylor are brilliant together. alone, too.
and i really feel fucking sorry for them. especially her.
as for him, i feel sorry for him. but i also resent him. the way he slouches around.
so awkward and silent. so goddamn stupid about it all.
he is pathetic, is what it is.
he should have just told her that he knocked a bitch up. after all, it happened before they really got together. and she LOVED him. she would have understood.
speaking of a bitch...
if i resented clift a little, shelley winters made me want to throw up.
unlike some, i did not sympathize. how could i?
yes, she was knocked up by a guy who didn't love her. but she was so utterly disgusting
repulsive
that i could not feel a thing.
the boat scene is the stuff that nightmares are made of.
and i don't mean the drowning part.
so at the end of the day, you gotta give it up to winters.
any actor who can make you physically sick
is a genius.