| re: Glenn Close on the status of her “Sunset Boulevard” film. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:11 am EDT 05/04/24 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:04 am EDT 05/04/24 | |
| In reply to: re: Glenn Close on the status of her “Sunset Boulevard” film. - PaulGrin 08:34 am EDT 05/04/24 | |
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| Unlike the Streisand Rose, who would've been forced to play the mother of young children through 35-40% of Gypsy, Norma is in amber. Preserved from the start. Rather than try to make Close appear younger, can the story be moved to the later 50s*, adding a decade to Norma's retirement? The Havisham aspect would be even more poignant (and arguably, more gothic). A sort of Tarantino approach to the garish late 50s/early 60s, on the cusp the heyday of television and the start of a decade when non-studio films took off, could work. Parallels: Norma's decline and the studio system's end. And audiences wouldn't have to suspend disbelief. Make Joe a washed-up 42, and the whole thing might be compelling. *DeMille died in 1959, but that could be useful; if DeMille himself is done, and Norma sees a different film in production, it could be almost Follies-like; DeMille finished, deluded Norma believing he's still her ticket back to an industry that bears little resemblance to their shared heyday. |
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