Huge fan of old school classical movies here, and fellow aficionados will immediately recognize this film from the first five words of the title alone. Yes, of course, Sunset Boulevard. (Rod Taylor Twilight Zone voice) Picture, if you will, a moldering Hollywood mansion. With a pool. And in that pool, the fully clothed body of a young man serenely floats.) That young man is Joe Gillis, played by William Holden, and that mansion belongs to Norma Desmond, as played by the unforgettable Gloria Swanson. This […]
Damn She Was Good.
Ready for My Close Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream by David M. Lubin
