:22:05
Namely itself. It was up against
"All About Eve", which did win.
:22:11
"All About Eve" remains a classic,
but not like "Sunset Boulevard".
:22:16
"Sunset Boulevard"
was my movie of the year.
:22:21
My friends thought
"All About Eve" was the best.
:22:25
I used to argue with them.
:22:28
It did do very well in the years
after its initial release.
:22:32
So much so that a Broadway musical
starring Glenn Close
:22:36
came along two years ago
and was a huge hit.
:22:40
I think the only reason why anybody
attempted the musical version
:22:46
is that it is a musical, because
you can't get better than the film.
:22:51
I do think they worked well together.
One does not cancel out the other.
:22:56
They're two different perspectives
on a magnificent piece of material.
:23:02
I want to say how happy I am to be
in the studio making a picture again.
:23:07
You don't know how I've missed you.
I'll never desert you again.
:23:14
Because after "Salome" we'll make
another picture and another.
:23:18
You see, this is my life. It always
will be. There's nothing else.
:23:24
Just us and the cameras
:23:28
and those wonderful people
out there in the dark.
:23:34
All right, Mr DeMille,
I'm ready for my close-up.
:23:37
What this film is truly about
is a very, very huge theme,
:23:44
which is universal.
:23:46
That is opportunism
and its consequences.
:23:51
Everyone in it is, to some degree,
an opportunist.
:23:55
That's a polite way of putting it.