Reflections in a Golden Eye

Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Marriage Drama, Gay & Lesbian Films  |   Release Date - Oct 13, 1967 (USA - Unknown), Oct 13, 1967 (USA)  |   Run Time - 108 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides

This dreary story of the latent desires of the sexually repressed and psychologically tormented is taken from the 1944 novel by Carson McCullers. Major Penderton (Marlon Brando) is a hard-driving Army officer married to Leonora (Elizabeth Taylor). The impotent Penderton hides his latent homosexuality under his strict military discipline, while Leonora is having an affair with Lt. Colonel Langdon (Brian Keith), who is married to the troubled Allison (Julie Harris), who slices off her own nipples after a disappointing pregnancy. Private Williams (Robert Forster) is a young recruit who likes to ride naked on horseback. The Major is driven to insane jealousy when he discovers Williams would rather be with Leonora than with him. The idea is good, but the story plays like a sort of discarded (Tennessee Williams) play.

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decadence, military, army, extramarital-affair, homosexual, killing, maniac, officer, repression, sex, sexual-deviation, sexual-fantasy, Southerner

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High Artistic Quality