I decided to start watching films that star Richard Burton and ordered some from Netflix. So far: "The VIPs" with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Orson Welles. The I watched "Sea Wife" which was "OK" but so "of the Fifties" that it doesn't compute with today's value's. To be a nun with Richard Burton and walk away from him (looks like she didn't "buy" the script either . . . in real life).
The war film was good, but another one of those "treks through the desert" and the mean-hearted "other" person who didn't save his partner from a Scorpion! Alexander the Great was great, too. Helped me understand some "lost history".
This was followed by a film about "A Man for All Seasons" (Henry VIIIth) starring that guy that was in "The Sting" with Orson Welles (no Richard Burton) but about Thomas Merton - splitting away from his boss (the king) to "keep the faith" and lose his family and head in the process.
Watched "Summer Cleaning" which was OK if you want to increase your income cleaning up other people's DEATH debris. A lot of "YUK", but not so funny.
"Men Who Stare at Goats" (George Clooney & Co.) got my attention - because I listen to "Coast to Coast" (sometimes) where "remote viewing" is a serious topic of discussion as well as climate control and other amazing phenomena that can be accomplished through "mind control".
"The White Ribbon" was a strange story of subjugation and cruelty. Patriarchy, punishment, justification, mystery. The ending seems to be "unresolved". Question: Why not?
Sometimes I watch the movie, stick it back in the envelope and absolutely forget what I saw. Must mean it didn't mean much. My "Queue" is empty. Will rethink whether I want to revisit Richard Burton, although he is magnificent!
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