Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American dark comedy [1] [2] film noir [3] directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder, Charles Brackett and D. M. Marshman Jr. It is named after a major street that runs through Hollywood .

Sunset Boulevard is typically classified as a quintessential film noir, a genre used to refer to highly-stylized 1940s and 50s crime films saturated with a fatalistic, cynical mood. Sunset Boulevard employs many elements of film noir, but its seamless fusion of genres cements the film as one of the most beloved American films ever made.

2025年2月1日 · Sunset Boulevard, American film noir, released in 1950, that is often cited as one of Hollywood’s greatest films, especially noted for Gloria Swanson’s portrayal of a fading silent-film star. The movie is named after the iconic street that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, Calif. Deemed

Sunset Boulevard (1950) is a classic black comedy/drama, and perhaps the most acclaimed, but darkest film-noir story about "behind the scenes" Hollywood, self-deceit, spiritual and spatial emptiness, and the price of fame, greed, narcissism, and ambition. The mood of the film is immediately established as decadent and decaying by the posthumous ...

2011年1月5日 · He is clearly a B-picture noir character who has fumbled his way into a prestige film by the time he happens onto Chez Desmond. As Sunset Boulevard opens, we find Joe on his last leg: repo men have come for his car, essential for navigating the bumper-to-bumper traffic in the area. Joe knows that without a means to get around, to at least ...

2018年11月30日 · An instant classic, Sunset Boulevard earned 11 Oscar nominations, including a Best Cinematography nod for Seitz. With some 160 credits to his name, dating back to 1916, the cinematographer retired from his career behind the lens in …

2022年12月7日 · Director Billy Wilder's groundbreaking film noir "Sunset Boulevard" paints a dark and bleak picture of the classic Hollywood dream.

Sunset Boulevard (1950) is a classic gothic film noir movie telling a dark and psychologically wild tale of Old Hollywood.

Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return.

“Sunset Boulevard” is a classic film noir from 1950 that tells the story of a struggling screenwriter who becomes entangled in the delusional world of a former silent film star. Directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson, the movie explores the dark side of Hollywood and the devastating effects of fame and ...