Review of Sunset Boulevard (1950) by Jake G — 11 Nov 2009
This searing indictment of Hollywood is entertaining in its own right, a film noir classic thats cynicality is perhaps its greatest merit.
The film starts where others end. A dead body floating in a pool is revealed by narration to be the writer's corpse. The rest of the movie is a flashback.
Along the way, we meet characters clinging to stale dreams of stardom, as in the pathetic case of Norma Desmond. Others are relics of past years, haunting studios like ghosts.
Among the dead and dying is a fresh face, William Holden, a writer who has fallen on tough times. A screenplay for an aging silent film star is his shot at success. In Wilder's monochrome Hollywood, however, this will be his undoing.
This review of Sunset Boulevard (1950) was written by Jake G on 11 Nov 2009.
Sunset Boulevard has generally received very positive reviews.
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