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Sunset Boulevard

5/22/2017

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A-
​3.67

A fading actress clings to her stardom.

Directed by Billy Wilder
Starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden
Initial Review by Chris Cook

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"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.”  Everyone should’ve heard this line at some point by now. I was waiting for it the entire film; it was the final line of dialogue.
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Ranked number 12 on the American Film Institute’s list 0f 100 best American films in 1998, and coming in at 16th on the 2008 list, Sunset Boulevard continues to stand up as a cinematic classic.

The film opens up with a dead body floating face down in a swimming pool. This was recently given a nod in the first episode of season seven of Archer. ​

The film is narrated by Joe Gillis (William Holden), a struggling screenwriter whose ideas get rejected and his car is threatened by repossession. While running from the repo men, he stumbles upon a run-down mansion, the home of washed-up actress Norma Desmond, played brilliantly by Gloria Swanson. Once learning that he’s a writer, she coerces Joe to move into her home and assist with fixing her intended comeback film script (think Stephen King’s Misery without the hacking off of limbs with an axe).


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An Unmarried Woman

5/15/2017

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B-
2.73

A divorced woman readjusts to single life.

Directed by Paul Mazursky
Starring Jill Clayburgh
Initial Review by Drew Landry

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An Unmarried Woman chronicled the life of Erica Benton who struggled to find her place and herself after learning her husband Martin planned to leave her for a younger woman.

To put it bluntly, the film did not get interesting until the end.  To see Erica dating and finding herself were defining moments.  The reason they were defining moments were for the time of the film and Erica's role in the feminist movement.  Erica had moments where she could have stood down to the men in her life but she held her ground.

Despite the strength and sensitivity of Erica and her important role in the display of feminism in media, it was drowned out by the uninspired story of director Paul Mazursky.  The film lasted thirty minutes too long and the supporting cast was equally uninteresting as the story.

A boring story mixed with a tired supporting cast and a great last twenty minutes equals an average piece.

Grade: C

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