Boom! (1968)
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 113m
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noël Coward
Synopsis:
A mysterious robed man climbs a mountain by the sea to be house guest to a dying woman. Is he the angel of death?
Review:
Williams's play was pretentious enough - all about how we deny our approaching mortality - but as hijacked by the Burtons and portentously directed by Losey it is famous for having appeared in lists of the 100 worst films of all time. It looks a treat, shot on some Sardinian island, but far too many shots start in irrelevant places, characters chuck props over the side of the cliff in their evident frustration, while Taylor yowls her way through one of her more strident incarnations, not dying soon enough. As for Burton, this is no Iguana, and he was too old for the part really, but he chuckles away agreeably enough, doubtless amused by the ease of making a film while strolling about in a dressing gown, stopping now and then to take a drink or bite a piece of fruit, or again to kiss Joanna Shimkus or Taylor. Sample dialogue (Burton): 'Boom! The shock of each moment of still being alive'.
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 113m
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noël Coward
Synopsis:
A mysterious robed man climbs a mountain by the sea to be house guest to a dying woman. Is he the angel of death?
Review:
Williams's play was pretentious enough - all about how we deny our approaching mortality - but as hijacked by the Burtons and portentously directed by Losey it is famous for having appeared in lists of the 100 worst films of all time. It looks a treat, shot on some Sardinian island, but far too many shots start in irrelevant places, characters chuck props over the side of the cliff in their evident frustration, while Taylor yowls her way through one of her more strident incarnations, not dying soon enough. As for Burton, this is no Iguana, and he was too old for the part really, but he chuckles away agreeably enough, doubtless amused by the ease of making a film while strolling about in a dressing gown, stopping now and then to take a drink or bite a piece of fruit, or again to kiss Joanna Shimkus or Taylor. Sample dialogue (Burton): 'Boom! The shock of each moment of still being alive'.
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 113m
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noël Coward
Synopsis:
A mysterious robed man climbs a mountain by the sea to be house guest to a dying woman. Is he the angel of death?
Review:
Williams's play was pretentious enough - all about how we deny our approaching mortality - but as hijacked by the Burtons and portentously directed by Losey it is famous for having appeared in lists of the 100 worst films of all time. It looks a treat, shot on some Sardinian island, but far too many shots start in irrelevant places, characters chuck props over the side of the cliff in their evident frustration, while Taylor yowls her way through one of her more strident incarnations, not dying soon enough. As for Burton, this is no Iguana, and he was too old for the part really, but he chuckles away agreeably enough, doubtless amused by the ease of making a film while strolling about in a dressing gown, stopping now and then to take a drink or bite a piece of fruit, or again to kiss Joanna Shimkus or Taylor. Sample dialogue (Burton): 'Boom! The shock of each moment of still being alive'.