I went to see Sunset Boulevard at a limited engagement theatre showing last night. It's way better on screen. [View all]

All the familiar scenes are there, but there's a lot more to catch visually, in the dialog, and in the plot line. Plenty of inside references, and very Paramount-oriented.

And there was one scene, for only a few seconds, where young Betty Shaefer and her roommate were driving at night to Norma Desmond's mansion. I said, "Wait, that's Betty and Rita in "Mulholland Drive." It may have just been a quick little quirk of my own, but it felt real.