Film Analysis Essay On Sunset Blvd

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Film Analysis Essay
Sunset Boulevard is a hollywood classic film that digs into the aftermath of the sound era caused. Sunset blvd came out on August 10, 1950. The film was directed by Billy Wilder, produced by Charles Brackett, and starred William Holden and Gloria Swanson. Sunset blvd shows us the aftermath of Norma Desmond and how she is stuck in the past of silent hollywood. The darkness and bitterness that many silent movie experienced after they were kicked to the curb once sound came. The film is has a classic dark drama/comedy that is one of the most acclaimed films in film noir history. The film touches on the loneliness and narcissism that silent legends were enduring. The mood of the film is immediately established as decadent and decaying by the narrator of a dead man floating face down in a swimming pool in Beverly Hills.
Sunset boulevard was to show the legendary silent film star Norma Desmond's deluded, and declined career that came with the sound. Which leads into the …show more content…

It was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, which included all four acting categories.The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful hollywood screenwriter, Who gets involved with a decayed silent film star Norma Desmond played by Gloria Swanson, who tries to seduce him for attention and help her return in the big screen. The roles of these two characters were considered by many other actors to fill the shoes. Yet, the performance of William and Gloria fit the roles more than perfect. Sunset Boulevard has impacted hollywood in many ways and has won countless awards. Sunset Boulevard was the last collaboration between Wilder and Brackett. Even though they did not work together after the making of Sunset boulevard. The film was re-released countless times after in movie theatres, restored in the 1990s, and released on DVD in 2002. This film will keep reappearing in homes, theatres, and taught about in

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