The category is movies about film people and filmmaking. TV shows and made-for-cable movies are included. They can be fact-based or fiction. They can be dramas or comedies or musicals or biographies, but no documentaries, please. Usual avatar rules apply. Roll film . . . aaaaaand . . . ACTION! My entry: Sunset Boulevard.
^ I thought about using Chaplin, but I didn't want to be repetitive. I also have been using the "GIF of several shots I like" option a few times in the past couple of weeks. Which is basically to say, you hit my taste spot on.
*smacks forehead* DAMNIT! Why didn't I think of that? I LOOOOOOVE that movie. OK, three votes are already taken.
There are still plenty of choices available. So far nobody's entered: The Bad and the Beautiful The Big Knife Godard's Contempt Truffaut's Day for Night The Last Tycoon The Stunt Man Blake Edwards' S.O.B. Gods and Monsters RKO 281 Bowfinger
I know we already had an entry from Ed Wood, but this is one of my all-time favorite rants, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to capture it in avatar form:
Haha, I figured it was a no-brainer when I saw the theme, and was surprised when it hadn't yet been chosen. Though I have to say, I love Chaplin too, so you'll be getting my vote