C‘It’s something extraordinary to feel a legend telling itself. The documentary Elizabeth Taylor: the ultimate divabroadcast exclusively on Sky Documentaries The December 27th at 9.15pm (and streaming on NOW), offers this rare opportunity. With the unmistakable voice of Elizabeth Taylor to guide the story, the audience is transported behind the scenes of the diva’s life, revealing a woman so much magnetic How much vulnerable. An engaging and authentic narrative, which escapes the veneer of glamor and reveals theinnermost soul of one of the last big stars of the golden age of Hollywood.
Elizabeth Taylor talks about herself in the Sky documentary
Directed by Nanette Burstein and successfully presented to the last Cannes Film Festivalthe documentary was born from extraordinary material: beyond 40 hours of audio interviews registered in 1964during a conversation between Elizabeth Taylor and the journalist Richard Meryman. From here they emerge precious memories, raw details And personal reflections which, decades later, return a vivid portrait and authentic of the actress.
Taylor speaks with frankness of her debut as a child in Lassie Come Home (1943) and of fight against stereotyped roles that were imposed on her. He retraces his own iconic interpretations in films like Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof And Butterfield 8which earned her the first Oscar. And he tells the story without veils productive chaos Of Cleopatra (1963), film epic that marked his career.
Between loves, friendships and personal battles
The documentary also explores the sentimental life of the actress, often the subject of morbid media attention. We’re talking about his eight marriagesincluding the turbulent one with Richard Burtoncompanion on the set of Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?a role that gave her the second Academy Award. There is no shortage of memories of his more sincere friendshipslike those with Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift And Roddy McDowall.
Beyond the diva: activist and social pioneer
But Elizabeth Taylor: the ultimate diva goes beyond cinematic myth. The recordings, enriched by testimonials of friends, colleagues and collaborators, reveal Taylor as a woman against the currentcapable of challenge conventions. His dedication to the fight against AIDS and support for LGBTQ community they turned it into asocial and human iconfar beyond the screen.
Thanks toexclusive access topersonal archive of the star, the documentary is configured as an opera unique And precious. Not just one gift to the career of acinema iconbut also a celebration of his own Force And humanity.
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