Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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“A drowning man takes down those nearest”
Overview
After a night of partying, George (Richard Burton), an associate professor at a small New England college, and his wife Martha (Elizabeth Taylor), the daughter of a university president, take home a young couple, Nick and Honey (George Segal and Sandy Dennis). As the drinks flow, the hosts squabble in front of their guests and their concerning eccentricities slip, Nick and Honey find themselves gradually entangled in an increasingly unstable and violent situation, especially as they realise their relationships have more in common than they feared.
Why You Should See This Film
“It’s not hard to talk about Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, it's hard to tell about. Easy to talk about, all you have to say is Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton”, so goes the charmingly dry trailer for this five time Oscar-winning adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway hit by Edward Albee. Brilliantly lifted from stage to screen by director Mike Nichols (only a year before The Graduate), rendered in rich black and white with dynamic camerawork that transcends ‘staginess’, this film was a sensation on release and a classic ever since, particularly for its incredible ensemble and for everything that Elizabeth Taylor does here – one of those high and low frenzies that keep you breathlessly guessing.
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