her character (Sister George) is due to be "killed". Story follows her
deteriorating relationship with dependent, child-like York, wh's caught the
eye of network executive Browne. Very good performances in this adaptation of
Frank Marcu's play. Shot in England." (Maltin's Movie and Video Guide)
"Now that the initial controversy that swirled around this film's honest ì
depiction of a lesbian relationship has died away, a retrospective viewing ì
shows us a film with a passable yet uninspired story and wooden acting in its ì
central performances. This stage play of an aging actress whose career and ì
relationship are crumbling around her was not brought to the screen with much ì
spirit. Rated R for nudity" **1/2 (Martin/Porter, Video Movie Guide)
"Im Berufs- und Privatleben entgleiten einer alternden Schauspielerin die ì
Rollen, mit denen sie ihre heruntergekommene Existenz verzweifelt ì
aufrechtzuerhalten sucht. Eine grossartig besetzte und eindringlich ì
inszenierte Studie, die im Milieu lesbischer Frauen auf groteske Formen von ì
Ersatzbefriedigungen verweist, ohne den Menschen aus dem Auge zu verlieren. ì
Die Gestaltung schliesst auch eine breit ausgespielte Intimszene ein, jedoch ì
sind auch noch andere Aspekte kritisch zu bedenken. (FD 16 379)
General Information
The killing of Sister George is a motion picture produced in the year 1968 as a США production. The Film was directed by Robert Aldrich, with Coral Browne, Ronald Fraser, Patricia Medina, Beryl Reid, Susannah York, in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file;библио графия Cinémathèque Suisse, Nr. 173, Lausanne 1999
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