Sunset Boulevard

1950 "A Hollywood Story."
8.4| 1h50m| PG| en
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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
jordanpeabody Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd. is one of the better-known films from the golden age of cinema and one can see why. Featuring a fantastic screenplay, great pacing and some great performances this film is rightly considered a classic of film noir. William Holden plays an unsuccessful screenwriter who chances upon a mansion owned by silent screen siren Norma Desmond. She persuades him to stay and write a screenplay a comeback screenplay for her which he agrees to, lured first by the money and then just the bizzarity of the situation. However, he soon realizes that it was a wrong decision, but he is stuck. This is a witty dark comedy(literally) featuring some evocative scenes courtesy the cinematography.
quantreal2 Right away you feel transported to another Dimension. A Hollywood Universe unlike you've ever seen before. Now Watch this film!
Yashua Kimbrough (jimniexperience) Classic Hollywood Tale of Insanity: A struggling writer is hiding out from insurance collectors when he stumbles upon an abandoned mansion. The mansion belongs to Norma Desmond , an aged Hollywood starlet 0 years out of her prime. She's hold up in the mansion with her housekeeper, who keeps her in a delusional world of fake fan letters and false praise. She sits around and watches movies or herself and host card games with other retired actors.They hold Joe hostage to complete Norma's script she wants sent to Paramount Studios. Paramount, who's been moved on, bans Norma from the property but her housekeeper (secretly her first husband and director), keeps her in la la land.Joe falls in love with a young aspiring writer, which drives Norma more insane Joe is out creeping on her. She puts some bullets in his back and gets ready for her close-upOnce again excellent storywriting from Billy Wilder, and excellent use of lighting and cinematography
hayleygorman-43033 The influence and everlasting effect of Sunset Boulevard is beyond doubt. A film made about a starlet from a dead era, but the movies she starred in hadn't even been cold in the ground yet! The bold, brash lines, and of course, the undeniably dynamic and purely iconic acting of Gloria Swanson. This is a film where the supposed main character, in this case Joe Gillis, is just a backdrop, a segue into the true protagonist and star of the show, Norma Desmond. The lighting to show mood and tone, the snappy and emotional dialogue. Not many movies like Sunset Boulevard are both a hit when they come out and a classic more than 50 years after, but this film nails it on the head.