The movie 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'(produced in 1966, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton)

Here's the English translation by ChatGPT.

I watched the movie 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at the beginning of the new year, and it was quite a strange film. The back of the DVD said it was a 'controversial film depicting the love and hatred of a couple in their 23rd year of marriage,' but in essence, it's a movie where the couple endlessly insults each other while drinking. Their arguments continue, filled with shocking lines like 'You're a monster' or 'Is this a full-scale war?' 'Yes, it is.' The movie gives off an impression as if it's taken a Shakespearean play, brought it into the modern era, and lowered its level to something cheap and vulgar.

At first, it's filled with shocking dialogues and feels intense, but strangely, as you get used to it, you start feeling less of the reality, even sensing a certain emptiness. Once that happens, it's just not enjoyable anymore. Your focus wanes, you start yawning several times, lose track of the plot, and it becomes a movie you don't feel like watching again. It's a common trait in so-called American literary films, similar patterns I felt were present in 'Death of a Salesman.' That movie also left an unpleasant impression, I recall.

In this movie, Elizabeth Taylor won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and while her acting is splendid, in some scenes, I couldn't shake off a sense of forced unnaturalness. Perhaps she isn't naturally suited for these kinds of roles. It's akin to how Keiko Matsuzaka, a representative beautiful actress in Japan, began playing roles that felt awkward as she aged."

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