Unknown to all, Williams is in the habit of sneaking into the Penderton house late at night to gaze intently at Leonora's sleeping body and lovingly fondle her lingerie. Also living on the post is withdrawn young Private Williams, who works in the stables and takes care of Leonora's favorite stallion. Langdon's wife, Alison, is a brooding psychotic who, following the birth of a deformed child, mutilated her breasts and now finds solace only in the company of her effeminate houseboy, Anacleto. Leonora, on the other hand, treats her husband with obvious contempt, making little effort to conceal her adulterous affair with a neighbor, Lieut. A latent homosexual, the major tries to hide his sexual impotence by maintaining a brusque and authoritative attitude toward his men. It isn't for everyone but there are people out there who appreciate what it's intent is.In 1948 Major Weldon Penderton and his wife, Leonora, are living at an Army post in Georgia. That even seems too pretentious for this. Don't watch this film unless you are willing to accept that it's an artist's vision. And her companion is a gay Asian man who is totally dedicated to her.
She is the only one who is able to see how disturbed those around her truly are. The most sane person in this group of people at a Southern Army base in peace time is a woman that everyone else considers disturbed or the verge of a nervous breakdown. I wouldn't call this an art film but in a way it is. And because he's enlisted in the army his life is regimented. Now, does anyone do this? No! But this is the vision of the director and he's trying to show you that this activity makes this man feel free. Robert Forster's character goes out in the woods and sunbathes nude and rides his horse bareback while nude. Elizabeth Taylor is acting for the sake of acting. There was a time when we didn't talk about gay men except in a demeaning fashion. Hell, repressed homosexuality is dated right? But there was a time when men didn't just come out of the closet and feel free to be gay. Okay, so maybe what they are saying isn't all that deep or new.
In a world that now is enamored of mind numbing CGI and artificiality this is a breath of fresh air in that everyone is acting and they know they're acting. What it is though is something completely different.
It doesn't show off a great script or groundbreaking acting. Reflections of a Golden Eye is not a fantastic film in itself.
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