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(56,582 posts) Sun Apr 17, 2016, 11:58 AM Apr 2016

"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." [View all]

I just finally watched Sunset Boulevard.

Holy fuck. That was the most depressing last line I've ever heard, and that's counting "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown".

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"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." [View all] Recursion Apr 2016 OP

One of my most favorite movies. El Supremo Apr 2016 #1

Originally planned for the opening scene.......... mrmpa Apr 2016 #2

Yeah, the swimming pool was better - more mysterious. n/t sarge43 Apr 2016 #3

The preview audience laughed so hard that pressbox69 Apr 2016 #6

She became the Queen of Creepy with that movie lunatica Apr 2016 #4

Now THAT was cinema! Laffy Kat Apr 2016 #5

Or maybe pressbox69 Apr 2016 #7

Some would say, I'm sure. nt Laffy Kat Apr 2016 #8