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May 11, 2015voisjoe1_0 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
In 1950, Billy Wilder and William Holden would make their masterpiece Sunset Blvd, a story about a pathetic aging actress. In 1978 they were reunited to make this film Fedora about another acting actress (a fantasy of what could have happened to Greta Garbo?). This one is good, but not anywhere near great. It has a decent enough mystery of why Fedora became a recluse and a short exploration of the importance of one having their own unique identity (see the Jake Gyllenhaal film Enemy for another exploration of identity). Holden is prematurely aged in this film, most likely because of his long struggle with alcoholism. He seems much older than his late 50’s.