Directed by Mike Nichols Martha and George (Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton) are suburban witches in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Their conservative campus residence plays like a nightmarish cottage deep in the woods, to which is drawn a young couple named Nick and Honey (George Segal, Sandy Dennis). The entire film, a very theatrical adaptation of a … Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
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Cul-de-sac (1966)
Directed by Roman Polanski David Thompson refers to the world of Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac as the "cinema of the absurd," a combination of tragedy and low-brow comedy that might confuse, unsettle and frustrate its audience. Cul-de-sac is an unlikely film, made by an unlikely group of people that seems almost giddy, a celebration of its own … Continue reading Cul-de-sac (1966)
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