Elizabeth Taylor: A Fantastic Star, Indeed!

Still trying to get over the passing of the fantastic actress Elizabeth Taylor last week. Like many people I had enjoyed her film performances for so many years. Even way back there Elizabeth Taylor was such a glowing magnificent presence on the big screen. So many terrific films had her grand talent reverberating in them. Some special favorites of mine were 'Giant,' 'A place in the Sun,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' 'Butterfield 8,' and 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.' When the world of the lively arts loses a tremendous acting genius like Elizabeth Taylor it is a tough burden for all of us movie enthusiasts to manage to deal with. She was a beautiful woman with her strong, vibrant eyes and incredibly voluptuous figure. I remember also her performance in the multi-dimensional psychological drama, 'Suddenly Last Summer' was so amazingly poignant and meaningful in its sleek expressiveness. Watching Elizabeth Taylor was sort of like being overcome by one of the superior films of the terrific director Jean Luc-Godard, There was a decisive feminine strength in Taylor's work that could startle and so beautifully beguile us. The dramatic electricity that ignited between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton was so intensely resonant that the screen was burning with their ardent cinematic passion. Indeed when Richard Burton was with Elizabeth suddenly there was evident a gorgeous counterpoint happening that just overwhelmed us with such remarkable and truly engaging passion. Yes, a great star has passed..the fantastic Elizabeth Taylor...a woman who was the embodiment of real feminine grace and a fascinating artist in the wonderful world of films.