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Each year, the Walt Disney Concert Hall shows silent films, accompanied by organist Clark Wilson, for an extra eerie feel. This year, they showed the original 1923 Notre Dame Hunchback Lon Cheney. I go every year. I also go to different parties. I dressed up as a zombie nurse this year full of blood and a lot of make up. What did you dress up as? comment below.

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“We’ll make another picture and another. You see, this is my life! Just us, and the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark! All right Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up.” - Sunset Boulevard A story told by a deadman is going to put a dark tone in the story. I was surprised at how scared I was during this movie. It was almost like an elegant “Creature Feature”. Through most of the movie, I was watching through my fingers because I was so nervous as to what was going to happen next. It was like I was waiting for Norma to turn into a dragon and set everyone on fire! 🔥🔥🔥 Norma represents the fall of silent film stars. People who were held in high society but get forgotten as the years progress. She eventually fades away as sound becomes popular. Traumatized by her age, she falls into a dark spiral down memory lane. The envy of youth and the desire to be wanted again was an interesting character dynamic. Which is played by the perfect person. Gloria Swanson was a silent film star and her career became extinct with the progression of “Talkies”. No one leaves a star... #LazyFilmCritic