Fame and Obsession: Flashcards
What did Joe say to Norma when he recognised her to be something big and her reply?
“You used to be big” “i am Big”
- Joe- “And you’ll play____”
- Norma- “_________”
And youll play Salome.
Who else?
“I hate that ____ , its a ____”
“I hate that word its a return”
“She _ a _ of seven vails. He—– her, so she —- his head on a ——”
“She dances a dance of seven vails, He rejects her, so she demands his head on a golden tray”
“i wonder what a ——— would make of that ——- scrawl of ——”
“i wonder what a handwriting expert would make of that childish scrawl of hers”
“Sagitatruis, I like ——-. You ——–them”
Sagitatruis, I like saggitarians. You can trust them
“Why? Because——–to see me, —— Norma Desmond”
Why? Because they want to see me, me, Norma Desmond,
“Her —— self”
“Her celluloid self”
” So —— than going out —— say”
“The——was she afraid of the —– outside”
” So much nicer than going out shed say” “The plain fact was she afraid of the world outside”
What was the movie Norma was showing Joe. Who directed it and why was popularly known for.
Queen Kelly
Erich Von Mayerlin
The film was infamously unfinished due to financial and creative disputes, much like Norma’s own career, which ended prematurely.
What showed on the silent movie that played on the teahter in Normas living room. Like the text?
“Cast out this wicked dream which has seized my heart”
“Those ——–. ——- they got any —–. Have they forgotten what a star looks like? ——- them, Ill be up there again, —– —- me”
“Those imbeciles. havent they got any eyes. Have they forgotten what a star looks like? Ill show them, Ill be up there again, so help me”
“The ———- for a silent movie queen”
“The perfect setting for a silent movie queen”
”—– without me….there wouldnt be —- paramount studio”
“Tell him without me….there wouldnt be any paramount studio”
“ready for ——- that —– never turn”
“ready for those cameras that would never turn”
“Thats —–…they —– me”
“Thats a lie…they want me”
“Nobody leaves a star, thats —————–”
“Nobody leaves a star, thats what makes one a star”
”——greatest star of —–”
“i am the greatest star of them all”
“stars are —- arent they”
“stars are ageless arent they”
“You———my life”
“—— nothing else, ——– the cameras”
“You see this is my life” “theres nothing else, just us and the cameras
Symbol of the sunglasses meant what
Mask, facade
“They were always——. ——-she wanted to——”
They were always her pictures. Thats all she wanted to see.
