Here, she is a tired two-bit hustler, or as Liz put it, with typical finesse, "I play a dikey prostitute in this one." For the first time in her career, she plays a character who doesn't like men, a middle-aged woman battered by a life on the streets who has come to regard men as her natural enemies
Given her animosity, this is a Taylor triangle with a twist: her character fights a strong Robert Mitchum for possession of a foolish girl Mia Farrow
A psychological thriller, the movie depicts the fantasy world created by the young girl and the older prostitute The girl thinks Taylor is her mother, and she brings her home to her once resplendent, now faintly decayed London town house . The two women, locked away from the world outside, enact a "secret ceremony" in which fantasy mingles with and reshapes reality, and Taylor is only too willing to exchange her role of streetwalker for that of the mad girl's rich mama
"Secret Ceremony" is a thickly dark, arty movie, and her role is tricky, complex: the hooker must become a big lady Nervous, agitated and confused in the face of a supply of illusion and reality, Taylor uses her Virginia Woolf number for a role that needs cunning shadings
"Secret Ceremony" looks terrific (Joseph Losey again going to work on a magnificent dream like house), but this is no triumph for Liz The role pushes against Taylor stereotype, but she isn't elastic enough to transcend her new-found image
A psychological thriller, the movie depicts the fantasy world created by the young girl and the older prostitute The girl thinks Taylor is her mother, and she brings her home to her once resplendent, now faintly decayed London town house . The two women, locked away from the world outside, enact a "secret ceremony" in which fantasy mingles with and reshapes reality, and Taylor is only too willing to exchange her role of streetwalker for that of the mad girl's rich mama
"Secret Ceremony" is a thickly dark, arty movie, and her role is tricky, complex: the hooker must become a big lady Nervous, agitated and confused in the face of a supply of illusion and reality, Taylor uses her Virginia Woolf number for a role that needs cunning shadings
"Secret Ceremony" looks terrific (Joseph Losey again going to work on a magnificent dream like house), but this is no triumph for Liz The role pushes against Taylor stereotype, but she isn't elastic enough to transcend her new-found image