R.I.P.
Love this interview about A Place in the Sun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZv8HVkT3TY
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
from twitter
Slate Mel Gussow, author of the NYT's Taylor obit, died in 2005. http://bit.ly/ePzTdv
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
written by a ghost!
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
well, she won her Oscar for Butterfield 8 for almost dying. She also survived her career by about 35 years.
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Until three weeks I had NO idea she was once Mrs. John Warner.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
see, that's not film.
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius)
Neither is The Flintstones.
― Anti-mist K-Lo (Phil D.)
No argument, but you know it was the F'stones '90s movie starring John Goodman she was in, right?
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Farewell Liz. Damn she was a beautiful vibrant thing in her day. Grew up watching all of her films...National Velvet was a recurring favorite for a long long time. Always loved her turn as Kate in Taming of the Shrew.
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.thefancarpet.com/uploaded_assets/images/gallery/829/The_Flintstones_9688_Medium.jpg
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
End of an era, this is. RIP
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy shit! RIP.
― anna sui generis (suzy), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
can't think of a single decent film she was in
― Hyper Rescue Troop (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
guess I should see Virginia Woolf tho
― Hyper Rescue Troop (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Virginia Woolf is awesome. RIP
― Darin, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I know, joeks, etc. (e.g., "That's not writing, it's typing.")
― Anti-mist K-Lo (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
"can't think of a single decent film she was in"
national velvet little women father of the bride a place in the sun giant raintree county cat on a hot tin roof butterfield 8 who's afraid of virginia woolf? the taming of the shrew reflections in a golden eye secret ceremony night watch the driver's seat winter kills
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah well of those I've seen on that list (which is, I dunno, half of them?) can't say I liked any of 'em
― Hyper Rescue Troop (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Trying to give my grade 6s an idea of the scope of her celebrity this morning...best I could come up with was that it exceeded Lady Gaga's. That seems woefully short of the mark.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
found Cat on a Hot Tin Roof really painful to sit through, altho Burl Ives was entertaining
― Hyper Rescue Troop (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
when you say grade 6 you make me think about trailer park boys and i love trailer park boys!
x-post
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
so, thanks.
Can't believe anyone could dislike Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Such a good movie.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Sort of the (an?) Angelina Jolie of her time. Her stardom transcended the quality of her films.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh, no
Movies actually mattered when Taylor became a star. They stopped being central to the culture at least 55 years ago.
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually, I think it's pretty apt. Just as (Oscar winner!) Jolie has been great in some films, she's also been in a bunch of dreck, and the reason most know here is not for her acting but for her tabloid stuff. Same with Taylor. Sure, once movies "mattered" more, but Taylor was a tabloid fixture for reasons beyond her roles.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
uh uh Suddenly Last Summer should be on the good films list there.
― anna sui generis (suzy), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Never change, Shakey.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
A friend noted on Facebook that he asked the editor of the National Enquirer 14 or so years ago what their biggest stories tended to be, and he cited "deaths" and "Elizabeth Taylor." So by my friend's measure, this is the biggest tabloid story of all time!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
at least we don't have to hear what michael jackson thinks about the whole thing. cuz that would have been a whole thing right there.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
And by never change I mean please take it to the Rachel Ray thread. xp
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
It is strange how she outlived Michael.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
It is strange how Keith Richards outlived them both.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I think all her co-stars are dead except Mickey Rooney.
Anyway, she did herself credit with her AIDS activism, and seemed to have a sense of humor about herself.
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP quality joeks
― Hyper Rescue Troop (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
she had to live with richard burton! she paid for any sins she might have committed.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/2011/03/23/fait-diver-a-friend-of-vitos-passed-away/
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://fashionbride.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/19911021-750-01.jpg
― buzza, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mzQd8XREHUluZ99TV15yfnw/140.jpg
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't forget: voice of Maggie Simpson.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I used to pretend she was my real mom growing up. She was a real gem.
― Call on me (Spinspin Sugah), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
whole lotta links:
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/3027
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
If you mean what you wrote in that sentence -- that she was often better than the movies in which she starred or costarred -- then I agree. I know the ILX Film Crew loves Suddenly Last Summer, and it's been 20 years, but it's unfunny camp to me. Hepburn is literally unwatchable.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway rest in peace big diamond bitch goddess icon drag queen violet eye rage machine. luv ya.
― scott seward, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:31 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
rip
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
well, yes and no - I don't think she's a terrible actress or anything (she could be VERY campy/overwrought, but this is not always bad in my book) but the sort of films she chose to be in just really bore me for the most part. melodramas, etc. not interested.
xp
― Hyper Rescue Troop (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
you're not gay enough
― corey, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
shakey no 'mo
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes. Yes you should. RIP
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/4048021969/symbiotaxiplasm-r-i-p-l-i-z-elizabeth-taylor
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I hope she dies very soon― Mike Hanley
laughed hard at this
RIP
― rockapads, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/23/elizabeth-taylor-obituary brilliant obit for those (like me) who didn't really know the crazy-remarkable story of her life.
― piscesx, Thursday, 24 March 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Sort of the (an?) Angelina Jolie of her time.
http://media.bigoo.ws/content/gif/music/music_139.gif
― BIG GERTRUDE aka the steindriver (history mayne), Thursday, 24 March 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link