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BUtterfield 8

1960 · 109 min

A glossy, melodramatic tragedy of self-loathing and doomed love, carried by a magnetic star performance and a suffocating sense of shame.

Directed by
Daniel Mann
Genres
Drama
Tagline
She must hold many men in her arms to find the one man she could love!
Overview
Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.

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Directed by
Daniel Mann
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • guilt
  • love
  • class
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Daniel Mann
Written by
Charles Schnee, John Michael Hayes
Starring
Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field, George Voskovec, Jeffrey Lynn
Music
Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography
Charles Harten, Joseph Ruttenberg
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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