(09-07-2023, 03:16 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: [ -> ]1:45 obviously the music video was a nod to "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" (1962) as well...
Which is a far more legendary film than Sunset Boulevard in my book.
If Sunset Boulevard is a 9 out of 10, WHBJ goes to 11...
(09-07-2023, 05:27 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: [ -> ]https://64.media.tumblr.com/441b0a9e233a...9af42.gifv
How did they get the mirror image to reflect toward the camera?
It's some kinda trick and I am totally obsessed with the cinematography.
Ooo la la...
Quote:The use of mirrors in the film went beyond macabre and haunting set pieces; a mirror was also used to shoot this scene. Seitz placed a mirror at the bottom of the pool and shot facing down towards the mirror.
https://rlterryreelview.com/2016/02/25/sunsetblvd
So there was even more funky mirror action going on than I noticed.
Finally a valid reason for
mirrors to exist?!
Makes me think about all the silent film actors who never made it into the talkies because of their voices...
Kinda like having a face made for radio.
(09-07-2023, 04:03 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: [ -> ]The scene of Norma's face in the hallway mirror after Betty leaves is actually my favorite scene (apart from the ending) and I wish I could find it on YouTube.
7:40 legendary. Obsessed.
3:24 "I must've killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille."
(09-07-2023, 05:42 PM)Chatwoman Wrote: [ -> ]Makes me think about all the silent film actors who never made it into the talkies because of their voices...
I actually thought about this when watching a silent film.
Something wrong with you n me.
[insert random, wholly unrelated, off topic, banal interjection here]
That was my best Fung impression!?