Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | Movie Review
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- čas přidán 24. 11. 2021
- perfect thanksgiving movie :) shout out to a new $50 patron Ryan Oliveira for requesting this film!
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Truly I think this is the Best film ever made. It is Surreal
I totally agree. Regardless of how “long” it is, each moment is riveting. I’ve been watching it throughout my entire life, and there’s always something fresh to discover.
Films like this and Lawrence of Arabia were made long before the introduction of video games and computer technology, back when we had longer attention spans.
If anything could use editing, it’s this review. I have not seen “Carnage“.
With no frame of reference to that movie, it’s description could have been shorter, or omitted entirely.
Overall a decent and balanced review. I do feel more emphasis could have been placed on the play from which the screenplay was adapted. Edward Albee was one of the few great American playwrights, and the screenplay's greatest distinction was that it made a largely successful effort to remain faithful to the excellent play from which it was adapted. WAOVW (the play) won a lot of awards, spent a long time on Broadway (a fairly reliable measure of quality in those days,) and I understand that it's still a staple in college drama classes. It's probably my second-favorite Albee play (after his debut, the riveting two-man The Zoo Story) and that says a lot, considering I've read and/or seen performed a great many of his plays, several of which remain, in my estimation, among the very best of American theater. I'd rank him second only, perhaps, to Tennessee Williams. Albee's work has been largely overlooked lately outside of academic circles, and that's a shame, as he was genuinely gifted. I feel that your review might have been more grounded if you'd read the play first, then seen the movie. I highly recommend it, along with the aforementioned The Zoo Story and the searing Tiny Alice. Albee's stature (then) is reflected in the choice by Burton and Taylor (and "hot properties" of their day Segal and Denny) to star in it, as B and T were, in those days, in the very first rank of acclaimed actors in the US. They certainly wouldn't have acted (especially together) in just any movie. They were also married (twice I believe) for many years, which I believe contributed a lot to their dynamic in the film. I feel that they both reached their peaks in Virginia Woolf. Many years since I last saw this one, but I remember it vividly, especially the elegiac ending. (WAOVW means, essentially, who's afraid of a life without illusion?) Anyway, thanks for listening.
This is one that I've yet to see. Another "old couple" film based on a stage play that came out in roughly the same era is "A Lion in Winter" (featuring Katherine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole and other big names). It's one of my all-time favorite Hepburn performances that depicts a truly weird dynamic between Eleanor of Aquitaine and her husband Henry Plantagenet (Henry II of England and the first of its long lines of Plantagenet kings) that is based in part on the extraordinary real-life dynamics of their historical dynastic conflicts. It would make for an interesting review as well...
In 1966 when it was released it was absolutely mind-blowing, shocking and hilarious. Clergy were denouncing it. Jackie Kennedy, a friend of Mike Nicholl's, said to the Cardinal at a screening, "Jack would have loved this." (Jack being JFK). It's hard to describe the impact this show had - Richard Burton was robbed of his Oscar - Movie marriages had always been depicted as warm and fuzzy. Virginia Woolf blew all that away. Albee got the toilet from some graffiti he saw on a wall.
This was based on a play by great playwright Edward Albee the original dialogue was written by him and didn’t change much so should mostly be attributed to Albee. Again Carnage is based on the play Le Dieu du carnage by Jasmine Reza. Screenplay was by Reza and Polanski. It’s important to note Mike Nichols was a theatrical director as well as film.
Revisiting this video. Memories
Burton was robbed of his oscar
Like most movies adapted from plays, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? lives more comfortably on stage than screen, nevertheless this is still a great achievement. This movie, along with the screen adaptations of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962), is what turned me into a theater junkie!
This is masterpice one of one for me best movie ever made and i think with All about Eve best acted movie everithing
Ooops - I meant Albee got the title from graffiti he saw on a toilet wall.
Just finished it and I agree, it needed to be cut down a bit. They have these intense, long winded exchanges, and it's just not necessary.
Can’t wait to discuss this masterpiece on the CineBums podcast soon
They weren’t an older married couple. Elizabeth Taylor was like 32 in the movie.
She plays an older woman in this show/film. She was aged up
Brilliant movie by a brilliant cast ! All four performances were Oscar worthy. It's hard to believe all four stars are now gone.
Wonderful film about horrible people.
I could do with twenty less minutes but it's a must see anyway and Liz is legendary
1:15 🤣🤣😂💀
So happy you enjoyed this film.
I haven't ever seen a film which provoked such a wide range of emotions. I laughed out loud (which is rare for me in the context of watching comedy even if I'm laughing inside) and cried also, often ten minutes apart. It is one of only two films ever to be nominated in every Oscar category.
The acting was exceptional. Only minor criticism was that it could have been slightly shortened in the second act.
I literally just watched it this morning, since you recommended it. I honestly feel like your review is spot on, and we're on the same page on this one. I'm also feeling a 7/10.
Good film, gets a bit boring at times. Your review is spot on I feel. Thanks.
"What a dump " scene is used in an episode of duckman called grapes of wrath.
The way I understood the film seemed to imply that George was a closeted homosexual and could never give Martha the child she desperately wanted and so Martha immersed herself into a fantasy that George went along with or helped indulge her in. At the end he was telling her he was ending the fantasy. It was time to sober up and face reality and maybe try and fix their toxic lifestyle/relationship.
My movie 🎥 score is a soft 1 👎
Damn! seriously? Lol
@@TheMisfitPond Your excellent review was better than the movie 👍
Absolute Chad take. You must be a huge unironic Michael Bay fan.
@@MPerfect92 You must be huge snooze fest fan😴 💤💤💤
This movie was boring & a snooze fest 😴 & nothing happens 😖
I just thought it was too long. The first half is fantastic filmmaking. The second half drags.
@@TheMisfitPond Big credit, this movie has great acting 👍
The Graduate is Litness 🥸👌🔥 also I saw C'mon C'mon and it gave me the feelz