sunset boulevard quotes Flashcards
(10 cards)
'’i am big it’s the pictures that got small.’’
- norma
'’we didn’t need dialogue, we had faces.’’
- norma
'’you used to be in silent pictures, you used to be big.’’
- joe
‘theres nothing else. just us and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there. in the dark.’’
- norma
'’without me, there wouldn’t be any paramount studios.’’
- norma
'’sometimes its interesting to see how bad
‘stars are ageless.’’- Norma
stricken with a kind of creeping paralysis - out of beat with the rest of the world, crumbling apart in slow motion.
'’all right, Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my close up.’’
the quote as norma gets the bottom of the stairs at the end of the film, cements norma’s full engrossment in a delusional state of mine and final descent into insanity. Her words illuminate the insintric, all-encompassing evolution of her fantasy world.