Great movie. I love hearing Valentino's name mentioned through out the film. Gloria Swanson really did work with him and even bought his home eventually after his death. It's cool to watch this picture and see that connection between Gloria's character Norma Desmond and Gloria herself to Rudolph Valentino. One of her greatest wishes was to find the that lost film that she did with Valentino. It was found eventually, restored, and put out on DVD. Sadly this was many years after Gloria had died.
This movie is speed noire. Requiem À la Writers Guild. It's a great film, and inside ball to boot. But it mythifies the town and the boulevard more ultimately. Timeless piece of film. Keeps 'em coming in droves to this day. Holden, Swanson, DeMille, Von Stroheim. All papers well played!
you cannot beat this as a motion picture trailer...and for me...the greatest motion picture ever made...knocks Citizen Kane out of a cocked hat...the Perfect double bill with Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Hollywood at its jaded faded best. I note that the great Eric Von Stroheim doesnt even get a mention x
you cannot beat this as a motion picture trailer...and for me...the greatest motion picture ever made...knocks Citizen Kane out of a cocked hat...the Perfect double bill with Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Hollywood at its jaded faded best. x
It was a pretty gutsy movie for it's time. In a way I felt both sorry yet in an odd way no for the main character (one side he was trapped by a nut case but on the other side he was using her.)
"... and Betty, that nice kid I met at a Hollywood party who knew nothing about me ..." is anathema to the actual story. Betty knew Joe from their working together at Paramount. I breathe a sigh of relief that these variations occur, even among the masters. Perhaps it's a "trailer-narrative" which isn't required to match the story... Live and learn, look at me living and learning. Isn't it wonderful? Let's take a walk down by the lake, shall we?
My video that was composed in 3 excerpts of the whole movie, was deleted due to copyright ingringement. Why yours is still here, I'm bugging you just to seek an information?
This is the kind of movie I can watch several times and not get tired of; there are some other pictures like this one I can also watch several times without getting tired of; "High noon" is one of these ones.
There are some modern moves that, when I have seen them once, I don't feel like seeing them again, I would get bored.
From what I can see about Gloria Swanson, she like Lillian Gish were able to actually act with sound when it made it's breakthrough. Some others were not so lucky, they either had very annoying voices or just didn't posses true acting skills. Gloria Swanson and a handful of others made the transition.
Robert Mitchum, George C. Scott and Bill Holden whose death was tragic and a bit sad but you can't say he didn't go out like a real man! Those tough regular guy actors were leagues ahead of the vacant pretty boys out now. You can't say no.
Because at 16 (or even 26) there are a lot more movies for you to take in, deconstruct, and critique - movies you've heard of, movies you haven't heard of to thoroughly understand what it means to say as more than a passing film goer that you've chosen your "favorite movie ever. Period." I think DisneyClint was acknowledging the size of the landscape.
I think he meant that there are not many 26 year old people that like old films like this one. But there are tons of young movie lovers that enjoy films like these.
What I meant was that it's a movie that was made quite a while before "my time", so the fact that a person of my age likes it as much as I do is a testament to what a great movie it is and how it has lasted as long as it has in the minds of people of all ages.
Agreed--plus only with age and additional life experience can you empathize--and thus identify with the movie's theme. Here the movie's undertone of loneliness, being forgotten and discarded, devalued on account of age, resonate strongest with one who is old enough to have personally experienced these things firsthand. Am I right?
@NorwegianDirector It has a lot to do with everything. First and foremost it constructs the reality of the time period you grew up with and helps determine a major lens and the cultural framing one will use to decode things for themselves. Second, the less experience one has as an adult, the less likely they can synthesize deeply contextualized art. It takes DECADES of study to fully develop a complete plalette..there is no shortcut. It's not a knock or a slam. It is reality. You'll see.
great great great
mariannora 1 week ago
Magnificent film. No other way to put it.
BettinaBalser 1 month ago
I really love this movie...
TheLisajett 2 months ago
Thx for the upoad ;)
loisedwi 4 months ago
Great movie. I love hearing Valentino's name mentioned through out the film. Gloria Swanson really did work with him and even bought his home eventually after his death. It's cool to watch this picture and see that connection between Gloria's character Norma Desmond and Gloria herself to Rudolph Valentino. One of her greatest wishes was to find the that lost film that she did with Valentino. It was found eventually, restored, and put out on DVD. Sadly this was many years after Gloria had died.
SoothingChime15 5 months ago
In modern times (apart from the astomomical budgets), the pictures AND the actors are small...
Invisiblejetpilot 7 months ago
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This movie is speed noire. Requiem À la Writers Guild. It's a great film, and inside ball to boot. But it mythifies the town and the boulevard more ultimately. Timeless piece of film. Keeps 'em coming in droves to this day. Holden, Swanson, DeMille, Von Stroheim. All papers well played!
WriterJohnC 9 months ago
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WriterJohnC 9 months ago
you cannot beat this as a motion picture trailer...and for me...the greatest motion picture ever made...knocks Citizen Kane out of a cocked hat...the Perfect double bill with Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Hollywood at its jaded faded best. I note that the great Eric Von Stroheim doesnt even get a mention x
tyjeffries 9 months ago
you cannot beat this as a motion picture trailer...and for me...the greatest motion picture ever made...knocks Citizen Kane out of a cocked hat...the Perfect double bill with Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Hollywood at its jaded faded best. x
tyjeffries 9 months ago
Great movie
uprussia 10 months ago
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One of the best movies EVER!
Gaius8666a 10 months ago
the perfect screenplay ever!
Amazing movie, magic age, classic!
youseetoo 10 months ago
The queen bitch of all the bitches....... NORMA DESMOND DARLING!!!
TheYaom 1 year ago
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this is a good movie
eljavio 1 year ago
One of the best films EVA!
SugarBangTV 1 year ago
I have so much love for this movie
YesNoMaybeThankYou 1 year ago 6
"Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close up!"
xxhalfbloodprincessx 1 year ago
It was a pretty gutsy movie for it's time. In a way I felt both sorry yet in an odd way no for the main character (one side he was trapped by a nut case but on the other side he was using her.)
YaoiHuntressEarth 1 year ago
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thatjuliesmall 1 year ago
Norma Desmond is a real psycho-bitch. I love it.
hineni53 1 year ago 2
this truly deserves to be remembered as one of the greatest movies ever made: perfect in every possible way
eddjoey 1 year ago
"... and Betty, that nice kid I met at a Hollywood party who knew nothing about me ..." is anathema to the actual story. Betty knew Joe from their working together at Paramount. I breathe a sigh of relief that these variations occur, even among the masters. Perhaps it's a "trailer-narrative" which isn't required to match the story... Live and learn, look at me living and learning. Isn't it wonderful? Let's take a walk down by the lake, shall we?
GaySingleMulatto 1 year ago
Nancy Pelosi is sooooo Norma Desmond
bxktd 1 year ago 2
Gloria Swanson gives one the truly great performances in movie history in Billy Wilder's Immortal Sunset Blvd.
ToughXArmy69 1 year ago 3
@ToughXArmy69 Thank gawd there´s still ways to find this pieces of cinemart....
Cinema todays got me so disappointed...
SeriousMitchYourPal 8 months ago
An excellent story... pure and classic.
FiverBeyond 1 year ago
Gloria and Bette up for Oscars that year, and rightly so....wish it could have been a tie...........great performances.
neilerone 1 year ago
@neilerone oddly enough... neither one of them won... two of the greatest characters ever created and they both lost...
Evilqueen1985 1 year ago
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I LOVE THIS FILM
bubbaali021 1 year ago
great movie!
neonriot77 1 year ago
My video that was composed in 3 excerpts of the whole movie, was deleted due to copyright ingringement. Why yours is still here, I'm bugging you just to seek an information?
asderso 1 year ago
Cicil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton... such an amazing cast!!! Ugh, Hollywood today is NOTHING compared to 60+years ago. :(
yamagoof 1 year ago
@yamagoof Maybe in YOUR mind. I can appreciate both.
Jsd8675 1 year ago
un classique!! le plus grand film de billy wilder!!!!
MrSuedehead72 1 year ago
a classic :D bravo billy wilder...
vocin2 1 year ago
This is the kind of movie I can watch several times and not get tired of; there are some other pictures like this one I can also watch several times without getting tired of; "High noon" is one of these ones.
There are some modern moves that, when I have seen them once, I don't feel like seeing them again, I would get bored.
hunchbacked 1 year ago
Great soundtrack. it's very eerie
arkantoxic 1 year ago
Even the trailer to this movie is amazing. (Jeezy voice) I luv it!
HotHotNewNew 1 year ago
Love that film!!!
OliverEByrne 1 year ago
brilliant moody late night film!
WilliamHOLDENatYT 1 year ago
From what I can see about Gloria Swanson, she like Lillian Gish were able to actually act with sound when it made it's breakthrough. Some others were not so lucky, they either had very annoying voices or just didn't posses true acting skills. Gloria Swanson and a handful of others made the transition.
italobambino43 1 year ago
Robert Mitchum, George C. Scott and Bill Holden whose death was tragic and a bit sad but you can't say he didn't go out like a real man! Those tough regular guy actors were leagues ahead of the vacant pretty boys out now. You can't say no.
tucsonia 1 year ago
Excellent - what a classic, great performances and so tragically true...
GeminiNightOwl 1 year ago
old schoolrule---wrong it's the movies that got small
TheElissaS 2 years ago
"I am big, it's the pictures that got small."
disneyclint 2 years ago 40
My favorite movie ever. Period. And I'm only 26.
disneyclint 2 years ago 2
What has your age got to do with anything?
I'm 16, and I love the film too!
NorwegianDirector 2 years ago 3
Because at 16 (or even 26) there are a lot more movies for you to take in, deconstruct, and critique - movies you've heard of, movies you haven't heard of to thoroughly understand what it means to say as more than a passing film goer that you've chosen your "favorite movie ever. Period." I think DisneyClint was acknowledging the size of the landscape.
cree8tive 2 years ago
I think he meant that there are not many 26 year old people that like old films like this one. But there are tons of young movie lovers that enjoy films like these.
NorwegianDirector 2 years ago
What I meant was that it's a movie that was made quite a while before "my time", so the fact that a person of my age likes it as much as I do is a testament to what a great movie it is and how it has lasted as long as it has in the minds of people of all ages.
disneyclint 2 years ago
It sure is great!
NorwegianDirector 2 years ago
Agreed--plus only with age and additional life experience can you empathize--and thus identify with the movie's theme. Here the movie's undertone of loneliness, being forgotten and discarded, devalued on account of age, resonate strongest with one who is old enough to have personally experienced these things firsthand. Am I right?
seanr456 1 year ago
@NorwegianDirector It has a lot to do with everything. First and foremost it constructs the reality of the time period you grew up with and helps determine a major lens and the cultural framing one will use to decode things for themselves. Second, the less experience one has as an adult, the less likely they can synthesize deeply contextualized art. It takes DECADES of study to fully develop a complete plalette..there is no shortcut. It's not a knock or a slam. It is reality. You'll see.
rdecredico 1 year ago
@rdecredico I will indeed.
NorwegianDirector 1 year ago
best movie ever!
that and ALL ABOUT EVE!
hornybodhisattva 2 years ago 25
@hornybodhisattva
I would also put "High noon" among the best movies ever.
hunchbacked 1 year ago
i love this movie =]
alternativechick1221 2 years ago
one of the best lines in Hollywood history; Wm Holden, 'you used to be big...', Gloria Swanson, 'I AM BIG, it's the parts that got small...' awesome.
oldschoolruler 2 years ago
A true CLASSIC!
GaryBoy54 2 years ago