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| Nelson_Mandela 06/29/19 2:13:29 PM #103: | #37. Sunset Boulevard https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/SunsetBoulevardfilmposter.jpg Dir: Billy Wilder Genre: Drama, Film Noir Year: 1950 Sunset Blvd. is crazy to think about sometimes. I always saw a movie from this era as the beginning of Hollywood, but obviously as we see in the film, this is already the second or third generation of the industry! This creates a really surreal feeling, as if people in the film industry are fated to repeat the same cycle of glamor to being a has-been over and over. Sunset Blvd. is intentionally enhanced every way by this surreal feeling. It starts in media res with our narrator floating dead in a swimming pool, and we spend the rest of the movie trying to find out why. It's bizarre, creepy, and weirdly funny--which is also the perfect way to describe Gloria Swanson's Norma Desmond. She plays this role so brilliantly, to the point that you might think Billy Wilder just found a washed up silent film actress and told her to be herself. It's one of the most haunting performances ever and absolutely makes this movie everything that it is. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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