Who has seen Sunset Boulevard will have a hard time forgetting that haunting last staircase scene in which Norma Desmond descends into an abyss of flashing cameras, scorching stage lighting, journalists, policemen and onlookers. She is finally happy now the spotlight is back on her again, even if she had to kill for it. The…

Life with Norma at her great big Hollywood mansion is a self-indulgent one. In a cloud of ever-present nostalgia, surrounded by an unreal amount of glamour pictures of Norma herself, days are spent in and around the house; at the swimming pool, going for rides in her luxurious handmade and leopard skin upholstered Italian car…

Norma sets up a grueling cosmetic and dietary regime for herself in order to get “closeup ready”. The house becomes filled with cosmetologists and specialists. The focus on embodying the young and beautiful Salome character she believe she will soon be playing only adds to the obsession. Meanwhile, Joe has taken an interest in a…