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Xa uAndrew Lloyd Webber womculo Ukutshona kwelanga eBoulevard ivulwe ku-Broadway ngo-1994 kwimveliso etyebileyo ekhokelwe kuzuko nguTrevor Nunn, uGlenn Close uphumelele uTony ofanelweyo ngenxa yokubonisa kwakhe inkanuko yesikrini esibuhlungu, esikhohlisayo nesizibhubhisayo uNorma Desmond. Kwakungunyaka omnye emva kokuba ethathe indawo kaPatti Lupone, inkwenkwezi yemveliso yaseLondon yoqobo, owayeyintlekele kangangokuba wagxothwa ngumkhosi omkhulu ngu-Andrew Lloyd Webber ngokwakhe. Xa ivulwa ku-Broadway kunye no-Glenn Vala kwi-Broadway marquee kwizibane, umboniso waba yinto etshisayo eqhuba iminyaka emibini neenyanga ezine. Ukusukela ngoko, ezinye iinkwenkwezi eziphumelele kule ndima (i-juicy no-brainer) zibandakanya u-Diahann Carroll, u-Elaine Paige kunye noPetula Clark, kodwa indima eyindumasi kaNorma osweleyo ihleli ingoyena mntu ungumnini kaGlenn Close. Abantu abanakufumana ngokwaneleyo kuye, okanye Ukutshona kwelanga eBoulevard.
Ewe kunjalo, bekukho okungakumbi kwi-ogle kwiminyaka engama-22 eyadlulayo kunenkwenkwezi. Umbala ubhabha ungena uphuma ubonakalisa amaqela aseHollywood, indlu emnyama yaseHollywood emnyama nesidumbu echibini lokuqubha. Kwakukho iikhandlela, iimoto zexesha, kunye nokuzonwabisa kweengqameko zangaphambili kunye namanqanaba esandi sangaphakathi seParamount Pictures. Uthuli olusandula ukulungiswa, nolunomda, olususwe eLondon xa lujongwa kwiPalace Theatre luye lwacuthwa, lwathotywa lwaze lwavuselelwa ngokwezoqoqosho ngumlawuli uLonny Price, ubutyebi obudala babuhlutha ubukhazikhazi babo kwaye bacetyiswa yimifanekiso eqingqiweyo yemifanekiso yaseCalifornia- i uphawu lwe-Hollywood, uphawu lwe-Malibu, i-premieres ehamba phambili kunye neendlela ezihamba phambili zeHollywood neVine. Ukongezwa okukhulu okwenza oku Ukutshona kwelanga eBoulevard ongalibalekiyo ukongeza ekujikeni kweenkwenkwezi eziValiweyo kukongezwa kohlobo lweokhestra elinamaphupha angama-40 elingazange libonwe okanye livakale kwinqanaba le-Broadway ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha senkulungwane. Wonke umculo ka-Andrew Lloyd Webber ubonakaliswa ngengoma enye ye-cornball, ecaphukisayo ephindaphindwe amaxesha amathandathu okanye asixhenxe ngalo lonke ixesha langokuhlwa. Kodwa kubaluleke kangakanani ukumema xa iintlobo ze-As If Asikaze Sitsho i-Goodbye ziphindaphindwe ngeokhestra ekhulayo kangangokuba kuvakala ngathi iqhutywa nguArturo Toscanini.
Okuvuyisayo kukuba, isiseko esisisiseko seTinseltown melodrama esincinanana yiyo yonke indawo yokuthengisa amashishini uNorma ekhwela amatyeli aliqela ihlala igxile. Kwimeko apho ubufihle emqolombeni okoko kwaphuma umboniso bhanyabhanya odumileyo ngo-1950, le yintsomi emnyama yaseHollywood, exelwe kwi-flashback yindoda efileyo, malunga nenkwenkwezi yesikrini esilahliweyo nesilibalekileyo egama linguNorma Desmond Ukuhamba kwindawo eyoyikisayo yeSunset Boulevard estate kushiyeke njengepropathi yakudala yexesha elidlulileyo, kwaye intle, engaphangeliyo kunye nabafileyo baqhekeka kodwa umbhali wesikrini, uJoe Gillis, ofumana ngengozi indlela yakhe yokubaleka ngelixa ebaleka kubaqokeleli bamatyala abafuna ukufumana kwakhona imoto yakhe. Bobabini batyhafile — yena uza kubuya, yena ehlawulwa. Ngandlel 'ithile u-exoticism wakhe okholisayo uyamqinisekisa ukuba asebenzise indlu yakhe yeendwendwe njengendawo yokuzimela kubabolekisi, kwaye indlela yakhe ngamagama yile nto ayifunayo ukuhlela iskripthi esingenakuphikiswa malunga noSalome abesebenza kuso iminyaka kude kube sekulungele ukubonisa umhlobo wakhe wakudala , UCecil B. DeMille. Ezenza ngathi ugcina imali yakhe kumatshini wokubhala, uJoe uba ngumbhali-mbhali kaNorma, umhleli kunye nomthandi-zontathu ezi zikhundla zilula kunokukhangela owona msebenzi kumzi-bhanyabhanya-bobabini babukele kwaye bagadwe yi-antique yaseCentral Casting egama linguMax, Ngubani othembekileyo, umlindi obukeleyo, umgcini wamantshontsho, obhinqileyo xa embopha izihlahla, owayesakuba ngumlawuli kunye nomyeni wokuqala (ongafakwanga kwiscreen nguErich von Stroheim omkhulu). UFred Johanson nguMax oyikekayo, ocula inyama yenkomo uMichael Xavier nguJoe osebenzayo, kwaye uSiobhan Dillon unelizwi elizukileyo njengoBetty, umfundi okroliweyo weParamount script onceda uJoe ukuba avelise umbono wefilimu entsha.
Zonke zingenisiwe zivela eLondon ukuba zibonelele ngenkxaso engagungqiyo, kwaye akukho namnye kubo ofezekisa amandla, isigqebelo okanye umbono obukhali weOld Hollywood bakholelwa njengoko uGloria Swanson noWilliam Holden benza kwimbali yobugcisa beBilly Wilder. Kodwa kucacile ukusuka ekungeneni kwakhe okokuqala ezantsi kwizinyuko ezikhohlisayo ezijongeka njengokumkanikazi wokurhuqa-izidlele ziqatywe irharnathi, amehlo agqunywe nge-mascara emnyama kunye nomzimba ogqunywe zizinto ezikhazimlayo-ongumnikazi weqonga. Ngewigi ebomvu eyoyikekayo kunye nobuso obujongeka buqingqiwe kwaye bapeyintwa okomntu ofileyo olungele ukubonwa kwebhokisi evulekileyo, ungaphezulu, iingalo zakhe zibaxiwe njengemishini yomoya kunye namazwi akhe ingqungquthela yasendle ye-sile-screen ebambeleyo, kodwa Vala izisa yonke imiba yomama wase-Egypt ekuphazamiseni ubomi. Umboniso xa wayetyelele istudiyo sakhe esidala esongelwe ngoboya kwaye enye yeendlela zokuqeqesha uqaqambisa ubuso bakhe, ebuyisa iinkumbulo zangaphambili, zithumela ingqele phantsi. Ukuqhwatywa kwengoma kuyo yonke ingoma kuchubekile, kodwa xa ebopha, uyeka umboniso obandayo. Kwaye ukuwa kwentlungu ebusweni bakhe obuthuthumbisayo xa eqonda ukuba ayingobantu bakhe abadumileyo, abalibalekileyo istudiyo esasifuna ukusondela, kodwa imoto yakhe yeediliya-ewe, umlingo oValiweyo wobunqamlezi bobudumo unqabile kwi-proscenium Inqanaba namhlanje njengeqela leokhestra elinama-40. Amava akhe, ulwazi kunye nobugcisa bubonisa oko Ukutshona kwelanga eBoulevard ihashe elidala elinokulugqiba ugqatso kwindawo yokuqala.
