Virginia Woolf, not threatening. Liz Taylor playing Martha, kind of scary.
Aah!
The last film I saw starring Liz Talyor was Cat on a Hot TIn Roof, where she yelled a lot less (sadly), but played an equally infuriating character. It took me three sittings to watch WAVW? because it was so grating. I’m sure it ruined the effect, but that’s what happened.
When I finally made it to the end, the reveal was a bit of a let-down. It didn’t make me feel any sympathy for the couple, it just reaffirmed their strange and sad relationship. It wasn’t like seeing Norman Bates’s mom, and going “Oh! Yikes! So that’s why he’s PSYCHO.” It was more like, “Sure, these people drink gallons of booze and hate each other. This all makes sense.”
They really do drink an unbelievable amount of alcohol.
Also, I wish they kept it in color.
