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The Films of Elizabeth Taylor: "Liz & Losey" Double Feature "Boom!" and "Secret Ceremony"

Presented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre

July 16-July 17, 2011

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Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was one of the greatest stars in the history of Hollywood. As an actress and an icon, she has been a driving force in cinema and the arts for most of her life, and now, after her recent passing, we welcome the chance to pay tribute to one of the greats with a selection of some of her most interesting and acclaimed work. You'll find Oscar-winning performances, delirious campfests, dark turns, three Tennessee Williams adaptations, two vehicles for her and Richard Burton, and the majestic force of the larger-than-life passions that drove her both onscreen and off. Seeing her preside on the big screen in Reflections in a Golden Eye during our Visions of the South series was an exceptional treat. So the Belcourt would like to invite you to spend the summer- with Liz...

--All films will play on Saturday & Sunday only with showtimes posted on the Tuesday prior-- 

 

As a special bonus, to close out the series, The Belcourt is pleased to present a "Liz & Losey" double feature
featuring both of Taylor's collaborations with expatriate American director Joseph Losey.
Neither of these films have been released on DVD in the U.S.

BOOM!
"The shock of each moment of still being alive." As Flora 'Sissy' Goforth, Taylor is the richest woman in the world, assembling her scandalous memories into a memoir amidst pain medication binges and drunken luncheons. Then Richard Burton shows up as the Angel of Death. Based on Tennessee Williams' play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. Karl Lagerfeld had his hand in some of the outfits, the production design is staggering, and John Waters proclaims it "the greatest failed art film ever made." You've never seen anything like it. With Noel Coward.

Dir. Joseph Losey, UK, 1968, 113min, 35mm

SECRET CEREMONY
A prostitute (Taylor) who just lost her daughter meets a rich girl (Mia Farrow) whose mother has just died. Together, they heal old wounds and inflict new ones. The kind of twisted melodrama that Joseph Losey (The Servant) did better than anyone else. With Robert Mitchum as the possibly incestuous stepfather and a frog doll used for things you wouldn't believe.

Dir. Joseph Losey, UK, 1968, 109min, 35mm