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Friday, February 16, 2007

Sunset Blvd.

Gloria Swanson seriously creeped me out in this movie. I think her character was partial correct in the assertion that silent actors could say more with their bodies than sound actors could say with their mouths. She just had this way of making angles with her body that was downright terrifying. I think that angles like that on people are really scary. For this reason a skinny person will always be scarier than a fat person because fat people just don't have the capacity to make those sharp angles.
One thing that I was physically put off by was the amount of hair that William Holden had on his chest. It was braidable for crying out loud. Although, I do have to admit that the scene when he gets out of the pool is enhanced by his disguisting hair. The hair catches water droplets and the lighting makes them sparkle, like he has been showered with diamonds.
So, I guess the question of the week is: what physical characteristics do you find off-putting or really creepy?

3 Comments:

Blogger Paul Jacobson Smith said...

for those who were wondering what camp was:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_%28style%29

You'll see that the definition is very broad, but I like the part where it says "Camp, however, as Susan Sontag observed, is always a way of consuming or performing culture "in quotation marks.""

And Sunset Boulevard, is very much in quotation marks.

8:22 PM  
Blogger Ivory said...

I actually like their description of "Drag" the best.

1:53 PM  
Blogger Archangelhank said...

So I read the link you sent me and about two sentances in I Realized i read that in sixth grade... Just saying...its a good one but i dont see what it had to do with the meat thing so much....

8:33 AM  

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