The setting: a native, unpatronized hotel atop a hill in Mexico is tailor-made for moral regret and unbridled natural beauty and a perfect spot for a Tennessee Williams play. It stars two aging divas, a superfoxy nympeth and the essence of Brit rock star rebel acting. John Huston directs Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon and Richard Burton and you get four ranges of acting...and never mind the s... read more
Description:The publicity around the shooting of The Night of the Iguana, with its giant cast in tiny Puerto Vallarta and tinier Mismaloya, Mexico, was itself legendary. Despite the margaritas, Richard Burton turned in a magnificent performance as Tennessee Williams’s Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, minister to his own passions, living a “compaThe publicity around the shooting of The Night of the Iguana, with its giant cast in tiny Puerto Vallarta and tinier Mismaloya, Mexico, was itself legendary. Despite the margaritas, Richard Burton turned in a magnificent performance as Tennessee Williams’s Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, minister to his own passions, living a “comparatively comfortable, even voluptuous crucifixion” as a tour guide to repressed Baptist ladies from Texas. Ava Gardner’s cackling longing out-Lizes the off-screen Liz. But it is in Deborah Kerr’s prim godliness that Shannon recognizes his opposite self, the one lost to maleness. The Reverend knows when he’s been frocked. Gabriel Figueroa uses deep focus to find icons in Mexicans and caricatures in Americans; the one, a glimpse into “a lost world of innocence,” the other, the fantastic within the real, the thing that has Shannon spooked. —Judy Bloch, BAM/PFA... (more)(less)
" Oscar Nominations
Best Costume Design - Won
Best Supporting Actress - Grayson Hall
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Watched February 7th - TCM -
1st Viewing
"Nothing could be worse for a girl in your unstable condition than to be mixed up with a man in my unstable condition, because two people in unstable conditions are like two countries facing each other in unstable conditions - the destructive potential could blow the whole world to bits."
- Lawrence Shannon
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As far as I can tell this must be one of John Huston's most under-celebrated films. The whole thing is an impressive achievement, from the location shooting to the fully and wonderfully realized characters to the hilariously (often darkly) funny script that adds yet another dimension to the intricate story.
It's a great "dark night of the soul" movie and an impressive adaptation of one of Tennessee Williams' best plays. "
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Oikein pätevä kuvaus alkoholisoituneesta papista, joka on pistetty viralta siksi, että lihalliset himot saivat hänestä vallan. Nyt hän toimii matkanvetäjänä Meksikossa. Seurueessa mukana oleva alaikäinen tyttö rakastuu häneen, eikä suostu jättämään miestä rauhaan, minkä takia tytön esiliinana toiminut telaketjutorpedo ottaa elämäntehtäväkseen pilata tämän elämän. Lopulta päädytään pikkutien varrella olevaan majataloon metsän keskelle ja aletaan repiä haavo"
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