Multi-Academy Award-winning despite its one oppressive-gothic-dreary-note,
this Hollywood satire and film noir co-written by Billy Wilder has
financially-strapped screenwriter Joe Gillis becoming ensnared in a dependent
relationship with Norma Desmond, a delusional "Bride of Frankenstein"-like silent film has-been with lockjaw unable to accept her plight - the plight
of all Hollywood actresses over a certain age.
★★★☆☆
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