Boom!

Name: Boom!
Director: Joseph Losey
Released: 1968

Joseph Losey

mortality and death wealth and decay manipulation and exploitation isolation seduction

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Synopsis

Secluding herself in an island mansion in the Mediterranean with her servants and nurses, the wealthy Flora "Sissy" Goforth prepares for her impending death -- and she isn't the only one who's waiting. Known for his attraction to the dying rich, poet Chris Flanders ingratiates himself with the wilting Sissy. Although her friend explains Flanders' "Angel of Death" nature to her, Sissy embraces the

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The only movie that ever did that before was Boom! (1968), with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, which was shot on location, and they built those houses on the water. It was this absurd, pretentious movie that was supposed to be art. I just thought that was genius. So I thought, 'What if I tried to do that with filth?'

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