Elizabeth Taylor: Reflections in a Golden Eye - Movie

Reflections in a Golden Eye
Cast :	Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando
Director :	John Huston
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Released Date :	October 13, 1967
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Date	July 07, 2005
Summary	A Daring Film Classic
Content	"Reflecions in a Golden Eye" is a deliberately slow moving, moody, atmospheric rendition of a literay classic. Critics and audiences were not impressed in 1967, when it was first released. But to compare it to international masterpieces such as Luis Bunuel's films, Carl Theodore Dreyer's (The Passion of Joan of Arc)masterpieces, and even Ingmar Bergman's unforgetable views into the dark psyche of "normal" and "abnormal" people, is to realize how close to the mark John Huston was. The acting by the four principles is truly moving. I'll never forget Brando's expression after his wife's horse throws him. Gives this film a chance. It is sad and quietly passionate at the same time.

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Date	March 10, 2005
Summary	Brilliance
Content	A film that will come of age one day. Human extremes bring self examination. Executed with gut, ahead of of it's time then, and sadly, still. It's style's influence can be seen in the 70's heyday, but never matched. Taylor preps V.Wolf, Julie Harris finally snaps! and Brando puncuates his previous work with unforseen skill, offering his first and only 100 percent. A man's portrait still unrivaled. Where are the Huston DVD's? Not the Noir. Criterion? Esp. this one. Is this film stock decaying?

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Date	August 24, 2004
Summary	Brando's Best Since Waterfront
Content	Of the Brando movies I've been able to find and review, this was his most impressive work since Streetcar and On the Waterfront. He had the ability to tackle emotionally tough and gritty roles. The Chase and Mutiny on the Bounty were good, but this is better. I'm not as familiar with Liz Taylor but she was excellent too. The pacing of the movie is slow in keeping with its southern flavor, but keeps you watching wanting to know what will happen. Recommended.

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Date	June 21, 2004
Summary	Southern Gothic Classic With Brando And Mrs. Burton
Content	John Huston's "Reflections In A Golden Eye" is one of his lesser-known works. This overlooked film is a riveting piece of Cinema. He brought together the unlikely combination of Carson McCuller's southern gothic novel along with the talents of Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, and Julie Harris to create a fascinating study of deceit, lies, and murder. Julie Harris brings to the project her unique blend of neurosis and pathos. She inhabits the role as Allison the mentally fragile wife of Brian Keith fully, coloring her role with the nuance of madness. Keith gives his best performance as the philandering husband of Harris and the bumbling lover of Taylor. It is his finest hour on the screen. His pathetic recollection of his lost wife is acted with subtlety and feeling and proves his metal as an actor. Marlon Brando as Major Penderton rises to his role as a closeted homosexual. This is one of his masterworks as an actor and quite possibly one of his best in the 1960's. He is puffy, middle aged and completely without vanity. To watch him struggle to lift a barbell with one arm is delightfully disturbing. As Leonora Penderton Elizabeth Taylor is at the top of her game, dumb, sexy and funny. It is one of her most deeply complex performances from a career full of great work. There is so much humor mixed into her character and she goes all the way to reveal the each nuance and layer of Leonora. The music by Toshiro Mayuzumi is hauntingly beautiful and atmospheric. The opening theme carries a muted smoky jazz sound that sets the scene perfectly. The only false note in the film are Taylor's costumes by Dorothy Jenkins. Set in the late 1940's Miss Taylor is dressed in the current fashions of the late 1960's and she looks beautiful but out of time with the era along with her hair by Alexandre of Pairs. Huston directs with calm assuredness, as he leads is excellent cast to the tragic inevitable end to the film. *****

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Date	June 03, 2004
Summary	One of Brando's Finer Roles
Content	Adapted from the novel of the same name by the Georgian writer Carson McCullers and directed by the great John Huston, REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE stars Marlon Brando, an army officer on a military post somewhere in the South, and Elizabeth Taylor as his bored wife. There is a lot going on here. Brando plays a latent homosexual who is being cuckolded right under his nose by another officer Brian Keith who is married to a fragile mental case, Julie Harris. Ms. Harris, who has just cut off her nipples with scissors when the movie begins, is cared by by an effeminate Asian houseboy. Add to this mixture a young soldier (Robert Forster) who has a propensity for riding horses bareback and with a bare backside. I have seen this movie three or four times now and can never decide if it's me or the movie; but I never get all the parts fitted together. This film certainly is worth watching and has an erotic mystery about it. Elizabeth Taylor repeats a part she had done before of the beautiful Southern woman and does a credible job with her Southern accent. But by far the best thing about this movie is Marlon Brando. He of courses acts in every frame and is perfect as the army officer about ready to go to pot who struggles with his forbidden desires. I do not remember what kind of reviews this movie received in 1967, but Brando gives one of his best performances here. The critics should have so stated.

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