Boom! (1968 film)

Boom is a 1968 British drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Nol Coward, directed by Joseph Losey, and adapted from the play The Milk Train Doesnt Stop Here Anymore by Tennessee Williams.

The interaction between Goforth and Flanders forms the backbone of the plot, with both of the major characters voicing lines of dialogue that carry allegorical and Symbolist significance. Secondary characters chime in, such as the Witch of Capri Coward. The movie mingles respect and contempt for human beings who, like Goforth, continue to deny their own death even as it draws closer and closer. It examines how these characters can enlist and redirect their fading erotic drive into the reinforcement of this denial.John Waters admires the film, and chose it as a favorite to present in the first Maryland Film Festival in 1999. The films poster is visible in Waters 1972 film Pink Flamingos. In an interview with Robert K. Elder for his book The Best Film Youve Never Seen, Waters describes the film as beyond bad. Its the other side of camp. Its beautiful, atrocious, and its perfect. Its a perfect movie, really, and I never tire of it. ........

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