"As self-aware and jaded as Sunset Boulevard is about the movie business, it's also a celebration of cinematic grandeur, both the operatic silent films that made Norma a star and the dialogue-driven contemporary films that Joe (and Wilder himself) carefully craft. Norma famously laments that in her era, the stars 'had faces,' and Swanson's face is easily the movie's top attraction, her expressive eyebrows doing more acting than some performers manage with their entire bodies." ~ Josh Bell
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