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...cinema moments; every scene, every plot turn, every camera angle has influenced countless filmmakers. But the pleasure of watching, or rewatching, "Citizen Kane" is not derived solely from an appreciation of its technique. The greatest films tell great stories, and Kane's, like that of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard," is an absorbing tale of ambition and loss...
Like "Citizen Kane," "Sunset Boulevard" begins with its ending, the unexplained death of the hero. In a trick of cinematography, the glassy face of a B-movie screenwriter wavers across the screen, his corpse floating facedown in the white marble swimming pool of a forgotten star. As the sun rises over Hollywood, he begins to narrate the great story he never produced: his own demise...
...this trip there are mainly Dominicans, but also Ecuadorans, Haitians and a Cuban. Manuel Diaz, a Colombian traveling with his wife, paid $8,000 for the trip. "I have a job waiting for me at a grocery store on Northern Boulevard, Queens," he says proudly. Mar?a Rodriguez, a Cuban, says she simply could not earn enough in her native land. "Look at my hands," she says, showing fingers and palms callused from years of manual labor. "I am still young. But there is no way to survive where I come from. I left my children with relatives...
While in London, I was lucky enough to watch the musical "Sunset Boulevard." One of the most moving songs in the entire show is entitled "New Ways to Dream." It's a song about how pioneers in the motion picture industry gave the world novel ways of thinking about their own lives and experiences. The chorus of the song is quite moving: "We gave the world / New ways to dream." If I could change that song in honor of the BGLAD days, it would read as follows: "Lesbians gave the world / New ways to love...
...bodyguard, and Whoopi Goldberg united with a labor organizer. The magnetism of blue-collar guys for over-40 female stars was demonstrated yet again last week when GLENN CLOSE, 48, announced her engagement to STEVE BEERS, 39, the chief stage carpenter for Close's current Broadway vehicle, Sunset Boulevard. The two met when the show, in which an over-the-hill film queen ensnares a young screenwriter, was playing in Los Angeles. A date for the wedding (her third, his second) has not been...