Doomed
Love. You have to be in the mood for
doomed young love. A time when every
emotion is amplified, every breath is sensual and every feelings is the most
intense of your life. When you are ready
to visit that, A Place In The Sun is the movie to see.
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Montgomery
Clift is a handsome young man from the wrong side of the tracks. He visits a distance relative and gets a low
level job in his factory. During this
time, he falls for Shelly Winters. A
nice, plain jane of a co-worker. They
settled into what is, for Clift, a workable, pleasant dated relationship. And for Shelly is the great love of her
life. The asymmetric interest is no
problem. Until.
.
Until… Clift’s boss , the rich uncle, happy with his
work, brings him closer into his home.
There he meets a society girl, Elizabeth Taylor, and falls desperately
in love. Desperate is the right word.
.
Clift has
already broken the prime rule of work (don’t get involved with the girls) – and
he now has a love sick (and pregnant) Shelly Winters on his hands.
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Things don’t
get better.
.
It is
amazingly shot in black and white, and Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift
never looked better. This movie,
unfortunately, seemed to consign Shelly Winters to a roles where she wasn’t the
glamorous woman anymore. All three, Taylor, Clift and Winters, went on to
bigger roles, more accolades and many many awards. But this movie was the first that showed me
what all the fuss was about. I get how
men fell for Elizabeth Taylor (and Montgomery Clift – who was both sexy and
pretty in this role). Women saw Monty as
the bad boy with a heart – following it where it leads. Which, if you see or saw the movie – provides
the shock of what happens. And no, it is
1951, so nothing gory and no rape.
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Watch and
relive what your first crush – your soul saving love of your life – what it was
like.
