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It's a trend that seems to have started somewhere in the early 1950s--self-reflexive movies, that are either about the movie industry, or call attention to their movie-ness in some way.
I just saw Singin' in the Rain for the first time, which blew me away--it's so much stranger than I ever assumed it would be.
Then there's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, and Sunset Boulevard, from roughly the same era.
What other mid-century movies about movies are there?
I just saw Singin' in the Rain for the first time, which blew me away--it's so much stranger than I ever assumed it would be.
Then there's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, and Sunset Boulevard, from roughly the same era.
What other mid-century movies about movies are there?
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Re: Movies About Movies
Fri, November 28, 2008 - 2:41 PMSullivan's Travels is a personal favorite. -
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Fri, November 28, 2008 - 4:05 PMParis - When It Sizzles is pretty good fun. -
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Mon, January 5, 2009 - 4:01 PM"A Star Is Born" -- could that have been the first about movies making movie? At least for talkies. Made in 1937, then remade in 1954, and again in 1976. I liked the 1937 and 1954 productions. Haven't seen the 1976 version.
Then "The Perils Of Pauline" (1947) was a movie about making silent movies.
Then of course there's "The Man Of A Thousand Faces" (1957), with Jimmy Cagney portraying the great Lon Chaney Sr.
Regarding silent movies, must be a ton of movies about movies making movies. This site -- lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/movie...ovies.html -- lists some of them, one having been made in 1913. Didn't look at the whole list. -
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Mon, May 18, 2009 - 9:36 AM
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