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GILLIS Well I had no pressing engagement
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Well, I had no pressing engagement, except with those boys from the finance office. And...

Joe Gillis (as narrator): [after Norma tosses Joe her screenplay]
Joe Gillis (as narrator): Well, I had no pressing engagement, except with those boys from the finance office. And she'd mentioned something to drink. Why not? Sometimes it's interesting to see how just bad bad writing can be. This promised to go the limit. I wondered what a handwriting expert would make of that childish scrawl of hers?

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GILLIS Well I had no pressing engagement
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except with those boys from the finance office
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And she'd mentioned something to drink Why not
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Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be
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This promised to go the limit
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I wondered what a handwriting expert
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would make of that childish scrawl of hers
Duration
26 seconds
Views
226
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:11
Uploaded
Jan 30, 2025
Genres
drama, film-noir
Production
Paramount Pictures

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Movie Summary

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Fair enough Salome What a woman What a part - Sunset Blvd 00:30
Fair enough Salome What a woman What a part
As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring - Sunset Blvd 00:40
As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring
Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be - Sunset Blvd 00:15
Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad...
It sure was a cozy setup, that bundle of raw nerves and Max - Sunset Blvd 00:15
It sure was a cozy setup, that bundle of raw nerves and Max
As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring - Sunset Blvd 00:40
As for her she sat coiled up like a watch spring
What it needs is maybe a little more dialog - Sunset Blvd 00:11
What it needs is maybe a little more dialog
Sagittarius I like Sagittarians You can trust them - Sunset Blvd 00:14
Sagittarius I like Sagittarians You can trust them
GILLIS I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled the situation - Sunset Blvd 00:18
GILLIS I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled...
Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Blvd 01:10
Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been...
Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond - Sunset Blvd 00:39
Say she's quite a character that Norma Desmond
GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too - Sunset Blvd 00:13
GILLIS I pegged him as slightly cuckoo too
There was something else going on below - Sunset Blvd 00:26
There was something else going on below
Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been stricken - Sunset Blvd 00:15
Come to think of it the whole place seemed to have been...
There was something else going on below - Sunset Blvd 00:35
There was something else going on below
It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come - Sunset Blvd 00:08
It was all very queer But queerer things were yet to come
Cut away from me - Sunset Blvd 00:21
Cut away from me
You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break his neck - Sunset Blvd 00:18
You don't yell at a sleepwalker He may fall and break...
That's it - Sunset Blvd 00:15
That's it
How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmonds - Sunset Blvd 00:15
How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma...
The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside - Sunset Blvd 00:17
The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside