That Code had succeeded in making gay people all but invisible by Hollywood standards. Leonora and Penderton have an argument that same night, in which Leonora taunts Penderton and strips naked in front of him. Set on an army base in Georgia, the book was inspired by a story about a young soldier who was arrested for being a Peeping Tom in the Fort Bragg married officers’ quarters. While generally the later is accepted as his masterpiece "Reflections in a Golden Eye" is misunderstood as Huston's "misfire", as a "flop", an opinion with which I tend to disagree.
Was this review helpful to you? Use the HTML below. Prequel to Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw", focusing on groundskeeper Peter Quint's slow corruption of the virtuous governess Miss Jessel and the children she looks after. Penderton is critical of this to Leonora but his secret interest in the free-spirited Williams is clear. Reflections in a Golden Eye came out at an interesting transitional period for gay people. It deals with elements of repressed sexuality, both homosexual and heterosexual, as well as voyeurism and murder. Certificate: Passed He and his wife Leonora Penderton (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) are in an unsatisfying marriage. It is a strange work in which the characters and their behaviors are never fully explained, and it leaves you with a sense of mystery about the characters and their various sexual obsessions. After her newborn infant died, Alison Langdon mutilated herself while deeply depressed. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France. The story is set on an Army base in the South. Set at a U.S. Army post in the South in the late 1940s, it features Major Weldon Penderton (Brando) and his wife Leonora (Taylor). The opening line of the novel and the film is restated: "There is a fort in the South where a few years ago a murder was committed." An ambitious scholar becomes the ambassador of Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing. Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.

87 of 117 people found this review helpful. The film originally was released in a version in which all scenes were suffused with the color gold, with one object in each scene (such as a rose) normally colored. Overall it's an intelligent film whose main theme is repression and ultimate frustration of desire with it's tragic consequences. Penderton goes to the room and shoots Williams dead. Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail. As that version puzzled audiences, it was withdrawn and a normally colored version released.

The Code that had dominated what could and could not be shown on the screen was just being lifted. One day while riding, Langdon, Leonora and Penderton see Williams riding nude and bareback on one of the military horses. Weldon is generally a solitary man who in his time alone tries to bolster his self image as he feels less than adequate as a man and a Major. As he continues this practice, Williams starts to go through Leonora's belongings, especially her lingerie and perfume.

Williams is shown to be sympathetic to all the horses in the stable. U.S. Army Major Weldon Penderton (Marlon Brando) is stationed on a base in the American south. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941) is a short, Southern Gothic novel by Carson McCullers.

The film stars Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor. "The film received mixed reviews at the time of its release.

Brando plays a major who gives disjointed lectures about leadership and courage as his repressed homosexuality begins to emerge. This was in reference to the houseboy's drawing of a golden peacock, in whose eye the world is a reflection. Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post. Audience Reviews for Reflections in a Golden Eye Mar 20, 2014 Reflections in a Golden Eye" was recognized by John Huston himself as his most important film … That's for you to decide.

REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE is short—so short it might be called a novella instead of a novel—and written almost exclusively as narrative. Aware of her husband's adultery, Alison decides to divorce him.