Product: Ash Wednesday [VHS] (1973)
Rating: 5.0
Taylor the Greatest!
This is a hypnotic experience, watching Taylor make her last "glamorous" movie and she's never been more mesmerizing. Edith Head created most of Taylor's knockout wardrobe: swanky furs, velvet evening gowns, Alexandre of Paris created her hairstyles. It's like viewing a glossy movie from MGM of the 30s and Taylor gives a heart-breaking performance of a woman desperate to regain her husband's interest again. This is where the movie does suffer a serious flaw: Henry Fonda is her glum, cold, indifferent husband. He sure ain't the kind of guy I'd knock myself out for, by having a full body lift (shown in rather grisly detail for a few minute at the beginning) I love everything about this glorious masterpiece: the musical score, the glittering backdrops of Italy's Cortina playgrounds. And as I mentioned at the beginning, Taylor would never look so fantastic as she does here.