"Have you ever been collared, dragged out into the streets and thrashed by a naked woman?" Well, we certainly have, but that's for another time...For the moment, we'll stick with the topic at hand: a line of dialogue said by Elizabeth Taylor to hubby Marlon Brando in John Huston's bizarre and woefully underrated 1967 film Reflections in a Golden Eye (based on Carson McCuller's novel that may have been the inspiration for the name of Ian Fleming's Jamaican home). The film broke new barriers with sexuality, presenting Brando as a macho Army officer by day who maintains an S&M relationship with dominatrix wife Liz, who gets off on humiliating and berating him in public. 'lest you still think this is a Disney film, Brando is a closeted homosexual who pines away over a private, played by Robert Forster, who has a penchant for horseback riding while naked. Add to the mix the fact that Liz is having an affair with Brando's best friend Brian Keith, whose own wife has mutilated herself sexually. Something for the entire family! This strange, but hypnotic film was a box-office and critical dud, but remains well worth seeing.- Lee Pfeiffer
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