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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 370016" data-attributes="member: 7">I watched SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER a couple of days ago. I haven&#039;t any connection with the source material -- I&#039;ve never read the play and of course I&#039;ve never seen it performed. I do know Hollywood sanitized it before filming it for the big screen.I thought the movie was pretty good, and I had a specific liking to the B&amp;W cinematography. I thought Katharine Hepburn was quite good as Violet, an aging Southern woman who has deceived herself into a rosy life that isn&#039;t true. Elizabeth Taylor does pretty well as Catherine, but she&#039;s probably miscast. I find her performance as Maggie the Cat more compelling -- although I know the consensus on that performance isn&#039;t terribly positive everywhere. Montgomery Clift is probably also miscast as Dr. Cukrowicz, with his manner not really aligning with the intelligent sophistication that character seems to command.The sanitization the story received from stage to screen probably doesn&#039;t help the film, and it can make the story feel a little confusing and incomplete. The stigma that surrounds Sebastian is implied, but some people might miss the implication and be left unfulfilled at the end. But Hollywood in 1959 wasn&#039;t going to promote such an &quot;alternative lifestyle&quot; prominently on the screen.SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER was a decent film, but I&#039;m unsure if I&#039;d watch it again. Overall, I wasn&#039;t terribly impressed, but I scratched the movie off my list.[ATTACH=full]47235[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 370016, member: 7"] I watched SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER a couple of days ago. I haven't any connection with the source material -- I've never read the play and of course I've never seen it performed. I do know Hollywood sanitized it before filming it for the big screen. I thought the movie was pretty good, and I had a specific liking to the B&W cinematography. I thought Katharine Hepburn was quite good as Violet, an aging Southern woman who has deceived herself into a rosy life that isn't true. Elizabeth Taylor does pretty well as Catherine, but she's probably miscast. I find her performance as Maggie the Cat more compelling -- although I know the consensus on that performance isn't terribly positive everywhere. Montgomery Clift is probably also miscast as Dr. Cukrowicz, with his manner not really aligning with the intelligent sophistication that character seems to command. The sanitization the story received from stage to screen probably doesn't help the film, and it can make the story feel a little confusing and incomplete. The stigma that surrounds Sebastian is implied, but some people might miss the implication and be left unfulfilled at the end. But Hollywood in 1959 wasn't going to promote such an "alternative lifestyle" prominently on the screen. SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER was a decent film, but I'm unsure if I'd watch it again. Overall, I wasn't terribly impressed, but I scratched the movie off my list. [ATTACH type="full"]47235[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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