MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD !!!
Brilliant film, it's true, the actors are amazing, but too many twists and flaws make the whole situation hardly credible in my opinion.
So the servant turns out to be the husband who used to direct Norma in her films and he has now become her slob who perfectly accepts the presence of this other man (Joe Gillis) in her life just because he wants his wife to keep living out her fantasy... that's a bit hard to swallow.
And why does Joe feel so trapped ? I never quite got that ! So he has people trying to repossess his car ? Big deal. He could hide in a million other places and still work on his script with Norma from there... he doesn't *have* to stay at her place if he feels uncomfortable there (that is before he starts finding advantages in her wealth) ... but somehow he feels he has no alternative... yet he does.
Anyway, despite these two major flaws (and other minor flaws), the film remains extremely enjoyable 50 years after its release.
After watching this movie, I find funny to notice the growing interest of people for psychiatric cases in movies ("Psycho", "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", "Birdy", "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane ?", "Rain Man", ... ).
Brilliant film, it's true, the actors are amazing, but too many twists and flaws make the whole situation hardly credible in my opinion.
So the servant turns out to be the husband who used to direct Norma in her films and he has now become her slob who perfectly accepts the presence of this other man (Joe Gillis) in her life just because he wants his wife to keep living out her fantasy... that's a bit hard to swallow.
And why does Joe feel so trapped ? I never quite got that ! So he has people trying to repossess his car ? Big deal. He could hide in a million other places and still work on his script with Norma from there... he doesn't *have* to stay at her place if he feels uncomfortable there (that is before he starts finding advantages in her wealth) ... but somehow he feels he has no alternative... yet he does.
Anyway, despite these two major flaws (and other minor flaws), the film remains extremely enjoyable 50 years after its release.
After watching this movie, I find funny to notice the growing interest of people for psychiatric cases in movies ("Psycho", "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", "Birdy", "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane ?", "Rain Man", ... ).