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Classic Films

Staph

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4. I saw Sunset Boulevard for the first time in the last couple of years,

Reply to Dem2theMax (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 11:56 PM

Mar 2020

and I'm 66 years old!

That's such a complex, deep film, with characters that have complicated back stories and motivations and emotions. I had seen the "I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille" scene a ton of times and assumed that it was a hoky melodrama. Boy, was I wrong!

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Thank goodness for TCM! Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #1

Shame on you for not having seen those classic films! Staph Mar 2020 #2

Want to know what's worse? Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #3

I saw Sunset Boulevard for the first time in the last couple of years, Staph Mar 2020 #4

That movie was absolutely delicious. I don't know how else to describe it. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #5

WHAT?! CBHagman Mar 2020 #6

I wish you could see me blushing right now. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #7

The movie spoiler was a plot point on Homicide: Life on the Street CBHagman Mar 2020 #8

I am one of the biggest fans of Homicide: Life on the Street. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #9

And I know the other biggest fan. CBHagman Mar 2020 #10

I wish I could forget all of the episodes of H:LOTS, Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #11

Yep. CBHagman Mar 2020 #12

Okay, that made me laugh. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #13

I actually don't have any more time than I'd usually have. CBHagman Mar 2020 #14

All right, I'll give you a free pass. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #15

Andre Braugher has spent the last seven year on the TV series Brooklyn Nine-nine. Staph Mar 2020 #16