tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110763255680842124.post5056010987687578064..comments2023-01-26T11:10:28.159-08:00Comments on Filmsweep by Persona: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Mike NicholsPersonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00654267145028433577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110763255680842124.post-892970460650741242012-01-25T05:57:42.934-08:002012-01-25T05:57:42.934-08:00In the second paragraph, the word "defended&q...In the second paragraph, the word "defended" should have been "descended" - ToddToddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110763255680842124.post-56167625442311914582012-01-25T05:51:42.978-08:002012-01-25T05:51:42.978-08:00This is a disaster film, plain and simple, only in...This is a disaster film, plain and simple, only instead of depicting an earthquake, meteor strike or towering inferno, it depicts a dysfunctional marriage. Unlike the aforementioned natural disasters I listed, a towering inferno is avoidable for the most part. So to is a marriage like George and Martha's. That's the object lesson here. Nothing uplifting, no redeeming moment reaffirming the union, except maybe the realization that they probably deserves each other. They probably created one another, or at least cultivated the worst in each other's nature. Like I said, a situation to be avoided. Its a portal into a very ugly relationship, or its a mirror.<br /><br />I liked the movie. The acting is as superb as it is informed by the level of disfunction that may have already defended into the off camera lives of Burton and Taylor. The direction is as superb as it is transparent, letting the dialog be the star and not letting one actor chew through scenes.Toddnoreply@blogger.com