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Alan's avatar

Great list! Interesting how many starred Gene Hackman.

Regarding Sunset Boulevard, I was so fortunate to catch the recent Broadway revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber show, reinterpreted by Jamie Lloyd and starring the stupendously talented Nicole Scherzinger.

The tone is different. The movie is spooky and mysterious, and the show is more a vehicle for the Webber music, and shifts the emphasis more to Nora Desmond as a star vehicle for the singer. But -- the Jamie Lloyd staging was wonderfully noir-ish, and used a huge video screen to blur the line between stage and cinema. Just a thrilling experience.

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Chris Marcon's avatar

Great roster ! Tere's another few I feel could possibly make the list : The Stunt Man , Peter O'Toole ..also Visions of Light , a documentary about cinematography throughout film history.

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