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Posted by russrob on December 26, 2008
The story is about struggling, young screenwriter Joe Gillis, played by William Holden, becoming entangled in the queer world of former silent movie star Norma Desmond, played by Gloria Swanson (who, in fact, really had been a former silent movie star), who lives in an old, decaying big mansion with her mysterious butler Max, keeping up her vivid illusion of fame and stardom, which in fact have both forsaken her for good “10,000 midnights ago”. Gillis eventually gets involved with Desmond, but of course soon seeks to get out of her ambiance when he falls in love with another young girl.
The movie is a critical view on Hollywood, the eerie madness and follies surrounding fame and stardom, and the excessiveness of obsession with youth and beauty – a still very modern movie indeed.
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