S.B quotes and ideas - delusion and deception Flashcards
Norma’s delusion over her Career:
“I am big it’s the pictures that got small”
Norma’s delusion that she is ageless and is still as young and beautiful as she was at the prime of her career:
“And you’ll play Salome?”
“Who else ?”
“There’s nothing tragic about being fifty - not unless you try to be twenty-five.”
“How could she breathe in that house, crowded with Norma
Desmonds?”
“More Norma Desmond and still more Norma Desmond.”
“How could she breathe in that house, crowded with Norma
Desmonds?”
“More Norma Desmond and still more Norma Desmond.”
> joes repetition highlights just how severely self-obsessed Norma is
Contradicts her delusional belief that she is still ageless:
She must be a million years old.
Danger of Norma’s Delusion:
“You don’t yell at a sleepwalker”
Norma’s delusion over her Career:
“Return” not “a comeback”
> “I hate that word.”
“she was still sleepwalking along the giddy heights of a lost career”
Max deceiving Norma:
“feeding her lies and more lies.”
Joe showcasing the delusion/false hope Hollywood provides:
“Well, in the end, he got himself a pool – only the price turned out to be a little high”
Deceptive nature of Hollywood:
“Well, in the end, he got himself a pool – only the price turned out to be a little high”
Look at this street. All cardboard, all hollow, all phoney. All done with mirrors. I like it better than any street in the world.
Norma’s delusion over her Career and her insanity from this delusional fantasy:
No one ever leaves a star. That’s what makes one a star.
> said with crazy eyes
“You see, this is my life. It always will be. There’s nothing else - just us and the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark.”
“Alright Mr Demille, I’m ready for my close-up”
“Lights!” “Camera!” “Action!”
Norma’s delusion being her final show (big finale/always putting on an act) DECEIVING HERSELF:
i.e powerplay scene
“Oh sure if it would make a good scene”
“She got the razor from your room.”
- always wearing makeup
Touching up in mirror before confronting Joe
quotes
I felt proud of myself with the way i handled things
Madame is the greatest star of them all
You’d be killing yourself to an empty house
Marching to a parade that has long since passed
I just dont think it is any good
I think pictures should say a little something
Wake up norma
Without me there would be no paramount
No joe, i didn’t get the calls, i’ve never been here
