You need to experience Sunset Boulevard for yourself.Īnd, while you’re watching it, think about how easily one bad decision could have screwed up the entire film. You need to hear the perfectly quotable dialogue with your own ears. Seitz perfectly contrasts the empty glossiness of Hollywood with the dark shadows that fill the ruined mansion of Norma Desmond but, again, it’s something that you owe it to yourself to see. I can tell you about how cinematographer John F.
You have to see, with your own eyes, the way that Billy Wilder perfectly balances drama, satire, and horror. You have to experience, first hand, the performances of Gloria Swanson, William Holden, and Eric Von Stroheim.
It’s also something of a difficult film to review because, in order for one to truly understand its greatness, it needs to be seen. Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) in Sunset Boulevard (1950)įirst released in 1950 and nominated for Best Picture, Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard is one of the greatest and most influential films of all time.
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