say goodbye to hollywood

Reg and I watched Sunset Boulevard last night, because he couldn't believe I hadn't yet seen it. He was right. Oh man, I didn't think I could love Billy Wilder any more than I already did. Like Reg said, "Why does dialogue not work like that anymore?" And I replied "Because Billy Wilder retired." [He died in 2002.] And as we both agreed, how the hell did this come out in 1950? We have suicide, murder, gigolo/kept boy-ism, and of course the bitter attack on Hollywood. So so good.