More movie magic. It’s time yet again for another episode of The Canon: An Essential Movies Watchlist. Today is all about Sunset Boulevard. Happy listening, screenagers!
Episode 127: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
This episode is ready for its close up! Tyler Harner and Bob Cram are here to talk all things Sunset Boulevard. One of the greatest movies about Hollywood features an iconic performance from Gloria Swanson, and some of the best quotes in all of film history. Does this movie have disdain for screenwriters? Is cinema always in cycles of death of rebirth? Is Joe the first cinematic sadboy?
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