And this week's Friday night movie has been... Sunset Boulevard!
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Hey, it's the movie based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
But seriously, the musical was how I became aware of Sunset Boulevard - my dad had a CD of Lloyd Webber's best known songs and it contained musical's theme song ("Kiss someone's wife! Kiss someone's ass!"). So it was a surprise to seventeen year old me that there was actually a move that came well before it. A movie that has gone down in history as being one of the greats of cinema.
And they weren't kidding: Photography and set design that would be more at home in a horror movie. A scathing critique of Hollywood that makes me wonder how those involved agreed to do it. And the performance to end all performances from Gloria Swanson. You know how people talk up a movie only for it to turn disappointing? That certainly is the case. A monumental picture that has not been tarnished with age (70 years!).
Funny thing, I've seen this and The Talented Mr Ripley - two films that came up on my radar from the connection to The Disaster Artist/The Room. So has Tommy Wiseau seen this? One can only wonder.....
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