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on 5/20/2010
oh come on flickchart
" No-one ever leaves a star. That's what makes one a star." Norma Desmond , "I *am* big. It's the *pictures* that got small." and her Sunset Boulevard wins this one.
on 9/19/2010
why do u have to make me do thissss lol imma go for sunset blv
Both films are ensconced in my Top 50 (at the writing of this comment) and I have watched both too many times to count. My love for both films is boundless. However, Flickchart is all about ranking, and there are no ties to be had. This is when it becomes personal. In my teens, as I slowly developed a fascination with cinema, I scoured our high school library's arts and entertainment section for any book that was even tangentially film-related. On the shelves I eventually found a series of books edited by Richard Anobile which essentially laid down the foundation of my early film study. They were nothing more than photo books showing each revelatory frame in the film with the dialogue (in the case of the talkies) underneath the frame. In the early days of video, with many of the classic films not yet available to the public, forcing film fans to wait for television viewings or theatrical revivals, these books were cheap but invaluable reference books. The titles that I pored through lunch after lunch for a couple of years included Frankenstein, Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, all of which I memorized long before I ever saw these films. But the two most important volumes to me were Keaton's The General and Psycho. Psycho's cachet with me was largely built on the more forbidden aspect of that notorious shower scene, even then a thing of legend amongst youthful horror fans. Through this volume more than any viewing, I became an instant Hitchcock acolyte. It's an amazingly solid bond that was created in me, and as a result, I will have to choose Psycho.
on 6/2/2011
Psycho is brilliantly made, but Sunset Blvd. digs so much deeper, even into psychosis, Psycho's bread and butter. It's tough to click the mouse, but there's no question that Sunset gets my vote.
This is a very difficult match up! Both films deal with insane people which I love in movies. The crazier the person the more entertaining the film is. Sunset is a great film that shows how old celebrities change and what Hollywood does to people. Gloria Swanson does a fantastic job as Norma Desmond making the viewer feel sad for her but still think she needs to be institutionalized. But I have to go with Hitchcock's Psycho. The film is great at letting you know a little bit at a time about the killer until everything comes together in the end. Showing the point of view of the killer in the shower scene was a great technique used by Hitchcock. To this day everyone knows of the Bates Motel and its mysterious owner. With his mommy issues Bates takes the crazy trophy over Norma's denial.
on 2/13/2012
Psycho
Psycho.
on 4/21/2012
Norma vs Norman('s mother). Sunset Blvd is a great, great movie but, for me, Psycho wins easily.
on Mar 2
Psycho doesnt exist without Sunset Blvd.
