THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE THAT ANY MORE ....

I watched Butterfield 8 on TCM today. When so many modern films rely on "action", it was good to see one from 1960 that combined a story that made you think, plus quality acting.

Including a terrific performance from Elizabeth Taylor as the call-girl trying to achieve respectability. She was a real star in her younger days, beautiful and sexy, and a great actress when given the right part. Cleopatra was mainly guff. But Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Butterfield 8 allowed her to shine.

Avatar will make a lot more money, and probably win more awards. Yet my 15-year old daughter saw it last night and said it was crap. A pity.

Walter Blotscher