Butterfield 8
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Movie Reviews of Butterfield 8
Movie Review: Excelent script
Summary: 4 Stars
Butterfield 8 was a disturbing film in its age. Elizabeth Taylor won an Academy award for this film.The picture was supported by a fine dialogue. Once more Hiccock was right when he stated that the three most important fundamentals aspects for making a good film were ; first a good script , second a good script and third a good script .
Laurence Harvey is the lucky guy who commits adultery with that night butterfly , who later will fall in love with him . That perspective , however becomes in a complex device to explore the intimate world of all those people who live around them ; the fantasy world of Gloria, her glamorous desire to become a great lady , with an overshelter mother, a friend who makes the role of the brother she never had (Fisher is a mess as actor in this movie , maybe its only fault).
In the other side of the coin , Harvey is a married man who lives in a boring house with a unbearable wife , with nothing to say and nothing to give . So this marriage is just only a status convenience. He rebeals against this state of things but he is uncapable of break his marriage.
This situation is obviously hazardous for Gloria's growing expectations , who deeply in her mind still believes he'll divorce.
Powerful dramatis personae with an unexpected twist of fate.
Taylor in the peak of her cosmical beauty , but showing us also her powerful skill gifts acting.
Good transfer on DVD.
The picture may be today a bit old fashioned , but the visible analogies in that age with notable personalities of different worlds are obviously reflected.
The Profumo case for instance, was still fresh in the mind of the social pages and some other celebrities .
A good film to watch over and over.
Movie Review: Not in America, you don't, "Buddy"
Summary: 4 Stars
The male character played by Lawrence Harvey is a great foil for the delusional character played by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. There's no way someone with money and of social prominence in America would be like this because he would end up on the sidelines. This isn't American style at all but it's so specific a character study and really really ugly character at that that American audiences were attracted to the novelty of it. Is this a terrible movie or just a good solid movie about terribleness. When I was too young to see it for the first time, I just thought it was a terrible story and what a waste of Elizabeth Taylor but now that I am older and having just watched Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds after watching the English language newsmagazine programs by German television, I recognize how well done the dialogue was for the German male characters in Basterds and I think the characterization of Lawrence Harvey character is about that - a kind of overly mannered unchecked male behavior that could only exist in an unfair and illogical society. There's no reason that Elizabeth Taylor's character would be abused like this in American society. We're not that dark! In the world of Butterfield 8 and Breakfast of Tiffany's, women would get used up and never have an easy life. And Lawrence Harvey looks like Daniel Craig which "explains a lot" as Oz says in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Movie Review: Elizabeth Taylor!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the film that Elizabeth Taylor hated and despised, and getting an Oscar for doing it,
did not make her hate it any less.
Seeing it again, after many a good year, I can see why, but it must also be said that the title
sequence and that long-lasting scene where she is all alone on the screen for I don't know how
many minutes, is one of the best scenes in her entire career!!!
It is at the same time so very modern (for its time and for being a Hollywood feature film) -
it has the look of (almost!)an Antonioni movie, albeit not starring Monica Vitti, and for me, this crossing
of a lush Hollywood production and European "modernism" AND having Elizabeth Taylor in the midst of things,
as beautiful as ever, is one of the golden moments of cinema history. (You must look at it in the full screen
version though, that's where the beauty of it all is revealed in it's full breathtaking glory!!!)
One really doesn't have to bother with the rest of the film - at least not more than once.
But that opening - please, don't miss it. Beleive you me!
Movie Review: Pure, campy fun
Summary: 4 Stars
'Butterfield 8' is a movie that is good in the same sense that novels like 'Valley of the Dolls' are good: they are pure, campy fun. Dramatic? Yes. A little soap opera-ish? Maybe. Was this film really worthy of an Oscar? That's debatable but I think Elizabeth Taylor did deserve a heads-up for her portay of Gloria. In another actress's hands this movie could have turned into a disaster but Liz somehow manages to pull it off. Chronicling the life of a call-girl was a risky subject for a major motion picture in 1960. One thing's for sure: this movie is not boring. It will have the viewer hooked from the first minute, wanting to know what will happen next. What is most pleasant about the movie is it does not have a happy ending, which would have made a somewhat cheesy film even cheesier. I enjoy watching movies where the characters are flawed and the undertones are dark and sinister. If you're tired of cheerful, happily-ever after movies then you will probably enjoy this.Movie Review: Taylors Oscar winning performance now on Widescreen DVD!
Summary: 4 Stars
BUtterfield 8 the phone number that rang Elizabeth Taylor to her first Academy Award!!Taylor is gorgeous as the woman who lights the evening fires of mens hearts. Her ethics prevented her from taking money for she is looking for true love only to be reminded what kind of woman she truly was. Lawrence Harvey is an unhappily married wealthy man who does fall in love with Taylor. His constant insecurities and jealously drives their romance and lives over the edge. Can Taylor ever achieve a normal life ? Will she escape her past? The ending will surprise you.
This DVD has both Full Screen & Anamorphic (auto adjusts to your tv) WideScreen formats. The picture quality is good, but disappointing considering this is 2003. Extras only include; Trailer and cast & crew listings.
Worth a rental view before buying. Enjoy.
Taylors performance and beauty is worth the viewers time.