A Place in the Sun (1951)

"Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye." don't believe your own press. the deep-focus shot in which montgomery clift first sees elizabeth taylor is pretty much the movies, more or less. not that i feel compelled to get it tattooed…

davidehrlich

As confrontational and hallucinatory as mainstream Golden Age Hollywood ever got. A resounding expression of repression, desire, and rage right underneath the surface. The most perfect collision of acting styles at exactly the right time in movie history. Just a powerhouse.

Sean Fennessey

It’s so evident that Clift and Elizabeth were soulmates from the beginning. In this film, you can see how their natural chemistry shines through each scene together and, later, when Clift’s career went through a difficult time, Elizabeth Taylor’s unwavering support was…

noen

the same old story: i meet a man. he seems really nice. we go on dates. he makes me feel pretty. he makes me feel alive. he tells me he will be able to find fulfillment with me. he gets what he needs from me. everything starts to fall apart. i don't know where he goes. i…

nathaxnne [goodbye <3]

wow this is good

Patrick Willems

The moment where Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift are confessing their love to each other while dancing cheek to cheek among her society friends and she suddenly remembers they’re in public and she gasps, says “are they watching us?” and runs out the back door with…

cassandra

«The greatest movie about America ever made» wrote Charlie Chaplin about A Place in the Sun. The story is that of George Eastman, a young provincial who moves to the city to climb to success. He believes he did it when he conquered the love of a young heiress. Unfortunately…

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we need to normalize and immortalize Montgomery Clift alongside Marlon Brando and James Dean. The Brando Clift Dean aka The Big 3 aka the BCD. uhhh yeah can i get the BCD Special. that’s when an actor is method, at least a 3 on the Kinsey Scale, smolders in a tight white…

mia lee vicino

There's a scene in "A Place in the Sun" when Elizabeth Taylor is about to declare her deepest feelings to a man at a crowded party and she stops and looks (very nearly at us, the viewer) and cries, "Are they watching us?!" before ushering her lover away to a secluded…

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