| I honestly don't believe that his story is cut out for a film biography. | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 07:29 am EDT 08/27/21 | |
| In reply to: When Montgomery Clift had 'Hay Fever' - WaymanWong 12:14 am EDT 08/27/21 | |
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| Bomer does indeed have the looks, but Clift was stunningly handsome and boyishly appealing until he was 35. Then came that car crash and its terrible repercussions: the altered features, the no longer mobile face, the deeper voice, the slurred speech; the sudden slide from promise to defeat. I don't know if any actor can capture all of that. There are several stories inherent in his. The gay man who had a career as a heterosexual romantic heartthrob, the star no one quite knew what to do with once he'd freakishly lost his Adonis-like looks, the increasing reliance on alcohol and painkillers, which he himself was in such denial of...I don't know if anyone can pull all of that off, or what would be gained in trying to do so. He was just one of a kind. This documentary and his own film legacy are the closest we are likely to get to him. I can not think of a more elusive celebrity, and its this elusive quality that we most remember him for. I doubt anyone can get to the root of it. |
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