Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 13, Week 9

"I swear to god George, if you even existed I'd divorce you." I've tried, several times in my life, to play the Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf drinking game. That's the one where you watch Mike Nichols' masterpiece and have a drink whenever one of the infernal foursome imbibes. I've never made it anywhere close to the 131st minute. One of the worst date movies ever (I learned the hard way), Nichols' adaptation of the Albee play is, in my opinion, one of the greatest American films of all time. (Not least of all for introducing the expression 'monkey nipples' into the vernacular.) No matter how many times I've watched it, I never fail to walk away slack-jawed and brutalized. Elizabeth Taylor gained 30 pounds for the role, and that's her filling out those stretch pants cutting a rug with George Segal in a scene choreographed by none other than Herbert Ross. If you haven't seen it (I'm looking at you Cinephiliac and D+Kaz!), you absolutely must. Right away. This week: great hallway scenes #37. Another easy one to waltz us out of summer and prepare us for the ever-exciting fall season. Name the film. Submit your answers to this address. Good luck!

Comments

[dubarry]

i saw a double feature of boom! and secret ceremony this weekend. treasures both. doesn't elizabeth taylor have the biggest flattest ass ever? i couldn't take my eyes off it in reflections in a golden eye.

[Noel Vera]

Saw Woolf years back, liked it well enough. Maybe Nichol's best work (not a fan of his recent stuff).

[Rich Drees]

You think "Woolf" is a bad date movie? A friend of mine went out on a blind date a few months back with some guy who took her to dinner and then to see "Knocked Up"! Needless to say, she didn't call him back.

[lady wakasa]

The Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf drinking game? As much as I like the movie, that sounds like the kind of thing that could send you to the hospital.

[Ashley]

Actually, I can say from experience that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the worst date movie ever. More accurately, it's the worst "shoot him down five minutes after the end credits roll" movie. I was in therapy for two years thanks to that damn film.

[Filmbrain]

Ashley --

Do tell more. . .

[David]

As bad of a date movie as Eternal Sunshine... must have been, I can beat both it and Who's Afraid...

Dancer in the Dark. First date. We both sobbed the entire movie but tried to hide it from each other. As soon as it was over we didn't hesitate, we just walked back to her dorm without really saying anything short of "Goodbye". Then I went home and cried some more. That movie is painful.

[Will Pfeifer]

I can top those, I think, though it didn't happen to me. A guy I used to work with took his date to "Cruising," based on the title alone and thinking it was along the lines of "American Graffiti."

[Yokozuna]

Totally got you all trumped in the worst date movie sweepstakes. Took a young lady to see Dead Ringers. Pre-movie there was much in the way of third-dately type gropage. Once the film began, things began to cool off dramatically. Near the end Jeremy Irons is using one of his mutant gynecological instruments on a patient complaining of pain. When he replies (paraphrasing) "I'll tell you when it hurts!", my date's knees closed like a bear trap and stayed that way for the rest of the evening. She had to bunny hop out of the theater.