I watched this movie on youtube last night and being a Vivien Leigh fan I was enthralled by this movie. The story is of a slightly older lady involved with a somewhat younger man after leaving a morbid marriage to a nice man but one that does not share her passion for life. The movie starts with an attempt at suicide which more was a cry for help and attention. From there by use of superb dialogue and flashbacks we see how the star crossed lovers meet and fall in love from both their perspectives. You can tell that has been adapted from a play but as the movie moves on one is amazed too by how life has changed since the making of this movie how more empowered women are in pursuing what they want. I found Vivien's character dominating every scene and noticed her character is stronger that she knows but her choice in partner was lax he is boorish lazy and a cad but she loves him while her estranged hubby is stable and dull. If I had one complaint it would be with the male lead for a man who was to be younger he looked almost as old as the hubby and the acting was poor I was shocked when I saw he won an award for this but not Miss Leigh.
The reason I said art imitating life is that is almost mirrored Miss Leigh and her marriage to Sir Lawrence with her illness and her affair with Peter Finch and how she ended up her companion Jack Merrivale.
The reason I said art imitating life is that is almost mirrored Miss Leigh and her marriage to Sir Lawrence with her illness and her affair with Peter Finch and how she ended up her companion Jack Merrivale.