Introduction to CLEOPATRA by Foster Hirsch, Shelley Wanger & Stephanie Wanger, recorded June 11, 2013, at a screening of the film at Film Forum

Summary: CLEOPATRA: Tabloid scandals about the offscreen hanky-panky of stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton overshadowed the gigantic sets, lavish costumes (and even Liz’s record-setting cleavage), Mankiewicz’s politically sophisticated and comparison-avoiding script (Burton’s funeral oration is drowned out by crowd noises), and Rex Harrison’s outright theft of the picture as the slyest of Julius Caesars. This podcast is a recording of the introduction to CLEOPATRA by Foster Hirsch, Shelley Wanger & Stephanie Wanger, recorded June 11, 2013, at a screening of the film at Film Forum