Diamonds Are Forever: The Don Black Songbook (tv) • 01:10:30 • Black: watched film many times before writing it, and loved it. "And I loved Hollywood films. In Hackney I used to live at the cinema, between the cinema and the Hackney Empire. So it was Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney by day and Max Miller and Ann Shelton at night ... Sunset Boulevard was a dream assignment ... On the opening night, Billy Wilder said to Christopher Hampton 'You boys are very clever ... you didn't change anything!' ... It was dark, I think it's one of Andrew's best scores. I think it's a thrilling piece. Again, it's that theme that so many people can relate to about a woman who is past it, really, but she's clinging to that dream. And anyone in this business, who's been in it for some time, love's to play it. It's been played by so many people ... it touches a lot of nerves."
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