Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) by Mirko B — 28 Sep 2008

Forget Cleopatra. Forget everything you ever thought you knew about Elizabeth Taylor. In this Mike Nichols masterpiece based on Edward Albee's theater play, she provided arguably the performance of her career.

With Richard Burton as her leading co-star, the two brilliantly portrayed an old couple whose private problems completely escalate during an ordinary dinner party, which begins with the usual scotch, continues with(lots) more of it and culminates in Burton trying to shoot Taylor and Sandy Dennis peeling the label off a scotch bottle on the bathroom floor, wandering if everybody had lost their mind(they did honey, they did!).

This is one of my all time favorites-the Albee text is so powerful,and the tensions that went on off-screen between the then-married Burton and Taylor completely transferred into the film, so there was very little acting in their mutual fury&rage scenes.

Watch and learn, kids- these two were the original Brangelina. And, oh, so much more exciting. I need to watch this again.