Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)

Long Day’s Journey Into Night: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell. At the end of a long and hot summer day, members of one family gather in a large house. Everyone has something painful and offensive to say, and their silence is even worse.

“This film version of the great American play is powerful and devastating. The cast is excellent. Hepburn is able to show the alterations in her character with subtle horror.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis story is a study in how humans lose themselves in the fog of drugs, alcohol, sex, disease, and other escapes from reality. None of the characters is willing to take responsibility for what is happening, and therefore they drift deeper and deeper into the night. The real horror is the fact that they could save themselves, but they never come out of the past or the fog long enough to take the first step.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe emotional impact of the play is incredibly powerful even as it is underplayed. This is one of the few films of a play that really works well and translates the emotions of the stage onto the screen without losing the depth and the catharsis.”