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Why is "Sunset Boulevard" trump's favorite movie? (Original Post) Goodheart Jan 2023 OP
Because he knows that he's Norma Desmond . . . hatrack Jan 2023 #1
he identfies with Norma Desmond, and will kill anyone MadLinguist Jan 2023 #15
'Alright, Mr. Demille... North Shore Chicago Jan 2023 #2
Never heard of it. Is it a soft-core porn? n/t Victor_c3 Jan 2023 #3
No. Not at all LeftInTX Jan 2023 #4
Gloria Swanson plays a washed-up silent film star tinrobot Jan 2023 #8
It is really pretty good. Fun psychological thriller about a washed up has been actress. emulatorloo Jan 2023 #9
Given that it's trump, I figured it couldn't be an actually good movie Victor_c3 Jan 2023 #10
Yeah I agree, hard to believe he likes it. emulatorloo Jan 2023 #12
Nancy Olson didn't become such a treestar Jan 2023 #13
Prefer the remake whistler162 Jan 2023 #17
This was the movie that brought home how important a director was for me. Arthur_Frain Jan 2023 #21
Sunset Boulevard Explained: The Hollywood Nightmare Celerity Jan 2023 #23
I like that movie too The Unmitigated Gall Jan 2023 #5
Maybe because Citizen Kane hits too close to home? surrealAmerican Jan 2023 #6
FWIW watching Musk implode feels like watching Citizen Kane happen in real life to me emulatorloo Jan 2023 #11
Trust me - this is worth it for the Citizen Kane reference at the end . . hatrack Jan 2023 #16
That was good! Hadn't seen it before. Liberal In Texas Jan 2023 #18
He had previously said Kane was his favorite movie nuxvomica Jan 2023 #19
He's Ready For Another Close-Up Me. Jan 2023 #7
Good movie. Unworthy of trump's bad influence. (nt) Paladin Jan 2023 #14
It's an excellent movie. And Gloria Swanson's acting performance is one of the best ever, IMO Goodheart Jan 2023 #20
If Bill Holden's in the cast of a movie, chances are I'll like it. (nt) Paladin Jan 2023 #22
Perhaps Trump likes the fact Doc_Technical Jan 2023 #24

hatrack

(59,439 posts)
1. Because he knows that he's Norma Desmond . . .
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:01 PM
Jan 2023

Just as every accusation is a confession with these clowns, deep down in what remains of his "self", Shitstain knows that he's a fragment of the past, a has-been, a washed up remnant of whatever he remembers of The World As It Should Have Remained.

Thanatos draws him on - the idea of his own disappearance is incomprehensible, and incomprehensibly fascinating, and he can't look away, all of his sociopathic defense mechanisms notwithstanding.

MadLinguist

(781 posts)
15. he identfies with Norma Desmond, and will kill anyone
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 01:40 PM
Jan 2023

who interferes with the functioning of his narcissism

LeftInTX

(24,541 posts)
4. No. Not at all
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:19 PM
Jan 2023

William Holden somehow ends up at the home of an aging movie star (Gloria Swanson)
She eventually ends up killing him.

It is a cult movie though.

tinrobot

(10,848 posts)
8. Gloria Swanson plays a washed-up silent film star
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:32 PM
Jan 2023

Who lives in a big mansion. She does nothing but watch her old films and refuses to accept that she's no longer famous.

She then strikes up a relationship with a much younger man (William Holden) and winds up killing him.

Sound familiar?

emulatorloo

(43,979 posts)
9. It is really pretty good. Fun psychological thriller about a washed up has been actress.
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:43 PM
Jan 2023

Classical Hollywood at it's best.



I can't imagine Trump liking this movie, it's too good!

Arthur_Frain

(1,783 posts)
21. This was the movie that brought home how important a director was for me.
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 06:29 PM
Jan 2023

The camera angles, the cut scenes. This movie opened the door to cinema as an art form, and I began to look more for directors, and less for actors when I went looking in the videotape rental stores.

The performances in Sunset Boulevard were pretty good too, and I couldn’t help but draw my own parallels between the final scene and shithead coming down his golden escalator.

Never knew it was his favorite flick, but not going to let that cheapen it for me.

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,717 posts)
5. I like that movie too
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:23 PM
Jan 2023

But, like most people I sympathize with William Holden’s character. Gloria Swanson made an excellent portrayal of a powerful narcissist.

Trump probably imagines himself doing a bigly better job than Bill, sweeping into that old mansion, taking Gloria by the p-word, at which point she sighs and falls into his arms and they go off to New York to build towers and party with Epstain.

surrealAmerican

(11,339 posts)
6. Maybe because Citizen Kane hits too close to home?
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:28 PM
Jan 2023
Sunset Boulevard is a truly great film. I can't fault him for liking it.

hatrack

(59,439 posts)
16. Trust me - this is worth it for the Citizen Kane reference at the end . .
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 02:15 PM
Jan 2023

Apologies if you've already seen it!

nuxvomica

(12,360 posts)
19. He had previously said Kane was his favorite movie
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 02:57 PM
Jan 2023

In fact, his comments on the movie were to be part of a documentary on Citizen Kane but they didn't make the final cut because he obviously didn't understand the movie at all. However, Mar-a-Lago is likely an attempt to re-create Xanadu.

Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
20. It's an excellent movie. And Gloria Swanson's acting performance is one of the best ever, IMO
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 06:22 PM
Jan 2023

I'm just surprised that trump would think so highly of it. He just doesn't have much class.

Doc_Technical

(3,502 posts)
24. Perhaps Trump likes the fact
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 10:49 AM
Jan 2023

that the smarty pants, sarcastic screenwriter gets
shot to death for having the nerve to advise a
star to face reality.

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