Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) 6.8
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post. Director:John Huston |
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Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) 6.8
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post. Director:John Huston |
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| Marlon Brando | ... | ||
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Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
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| Julie Harris | ... |
Alison Langdon
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Zorro David | ... |
Anacleto
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| Gordon Mitchell | ... |
Stables Sergeant
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Irvin Dugan | ... |
Capt. Murray Weincheck
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Fay Sparks | ... |
Susie
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| Robert Forster | ... |
Pvt. L.G. Williams
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| Ed Metzger | ... |
Pvt. Frank Brian
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On a U.S. Army post circa 1948, a major who is an impotent, latent homosexual is married to an infantile birdbrain who never misses an opportunity to ridicule his masculine failings. He displaces his hostility by brutally flogging her horse and she retaliates by humiliating him before a houseful of guests, repeatedly slashing him across the face with her riding crop. She is also committing adultery with the officer next door, who's wife cut off her nipples with garden shears after the death of her baby. She has sought solace in the ministrations of her effeminate houseboy. The sixth character, coveted by the major, is a darkly handsome noncom, a voyeur and lingerie-fondler, given to nightly appearances as a peeping tom in the birdbrain's bedroom and daily sessions of horseback riding in the middle of the woods stark naked. Written by filmfactsman
"Reflections in a Golden Eye" was recognized by John Huston himself as his most important film of his late period along with "The Man who would be a King". While generally the later is accepted as his masterpiece "Reflections in a Golden Eye" is misunderstood as Huston's "misfire", as a "flop", an opinion with which I tend to disagree. What we have here is a good drama whose story is based on a book by Carson McCullers, featuring superb performances from Marlon Brando who plays a U.S. Army Major in an isolated military fort somewhere in the south, who gradually discovers his homosexuallity and Liz Taylor, simply great here in the role of his cheating wife. The film, which is basically a serious drama, turns out to be something of a cynical human comedy, due to "ridiculousness" of all of it's characters and the way the story is told by film's director - John Huston. Overall it's an intelligent film whose main theme is repression and ultimate frustration of desire with it's tragic consequences. 8/10