"There's nothing tragic about being 50," gigolo Joe Gillis tells the freshly face-lifted Norma Desmond in "Sunset Blvd." For once, Gillis gets it right. Certainly nothing wrong with being 50 if you happen to look as good as Paramount's restored version of Billy Wilder's creepy Hollywood classic. Filmed on unstable silver nitrate, the 1950 … [Read more...]
Rush’s ‘Stunt Man’ escapes to DVD
Richard Rush promises his video audience more than they'll ever want to know about "The Stunt Man," the director's marvelous 1980 movie about the making of a movie. The Anchor Bay DVD set offers a graduate-level breakdown of the film, but it's a lesson in guerrilla filmmaking and marketing that savvy film fans will savor. The numbered … [Read more...]
