I can't remember who, but I'm guessing, given his wild sense of humor, that it was Freeman Fisher who said (and he's RIGHT), that the biggest impediment to our hobby is WIVES (or our significant others). When I was collecting posters nearly full-time (before I got into Beatles material) - every attempt to get something into our house from Sunset Blvd. was thwarted by my WIFE. The same with material like "The Beast With 1,000,000 Eyes" and "The Invasion of the Saucermen," etc. Despite my previous "rule" of collecting only posters to films I like, I broke it a few times for cheesecake posters with Raquel Welch and Jane Fonda. And over time, I did turn around on liking the art on some outrageously creative and funny sci-fi and horror pictures. (My favorite horror picture of all-time is still "Frankenstein" because I don't break out laughing at unintentional humor.) But everything from Sunset Blvd. CREEPS her out. She says she'll have permanent nightmares if she ever has to see the closing moments of that movie again. I once wanted to chase the best one-sheet on the title and she said NO WAY. It's because of Swanson. Her face scares her. Chasing the lobby portrait card and the insert were again met with a "BUZZZZ! "Not gonna happen, Koose." Whenever I screen this masterpiece once every 3 years or so on DVD, I do so alone. She can't understand its ghostly and macabre feel, the whole "narrating from the dead" routine; she had the same problem with that device in "Reversal of Fortune" and "American Beauty." She compares Sunset Blvd. to, get this, "The Exorcist." She refuses to see either. And I scream at her, "THEY'RE NOT THE SAME FILMS, DAMMIT! THEY'RE NOT EVEN IN THE SAME LEAGUE!" -d.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:07:05 +0000 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! To: [email protected] Reminded of the deleted gas chamber in Double Indemnity. Again, it's a lobby that's the best paper on that title for me, the "honey of anklet" card. Think the only thing that could compete with the swimming pool card for Sunset Boulevard is if there'd been a monkey funeral card. On 15 Mar 2012, at 20:55, Neil Jaworski wrote:.....and it could have been a disaster. Sunset Boulevard originally opened with William Holden's corpse being wheeled through a hospital as he narrates how he got there: with a mortuary tag on his big toe. Preview audiences saw this and HOWLED with laughter. The tone was all wrong. The footage was removed and the rest is the movie history. From: Richard C Evans <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 20:46 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! Genius beginning to a movie, probably my all time favourite lobby card, and for me best piece for that title. On 15 Mar 2012, at 19:17, Neil Jaworski wrote:Great film, great card, great scene. And not only one of the iconic scenes in movie history, but one of the most ingenious (via filming a mirror that exactly fit the dimensions of the pool floor). I'd love more of that kind of American know-how in films these days, rather than yawny-boring CGI. N From: peter contarino <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 18:59 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! Great Film. Great card. Great price! From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Posteropolis Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! From one of the greatest films ever made, this lobby shows one of the best (and strangest) opening scenes in a movie EVER: A few of the LAPD's Finest fish Joe Gillis' (Bill Holden's) body out of Norma Desmond's (Gloria Swanson's) swimming pool. The only thing that could have beat it, in my mind, would be if they had printed a card showing the creepy monkey's funeral. But they didn't. Have a look:http://posteropolis.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=46_51&products_id=2811 $8 shipping to the US and Canada, insurance included. Thanks!DavePosteropolis Vintage Movie Postershttp://www.posteropolis.com/ Visit my Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/posteropolisVisit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com___________________________________________________________________How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to: [email protected] the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
