No other movie has portrayed Hollywood in this fashion like Sunset Boulevard does...it shows how a star of the silent era is feeling isolated from the society and how she seeks shelter in a gaudy mansion... a promising writer ( William Holden in a understated performance) meets Norma ( Gloria Swanson in a role of a lifetime ) and is forced to hide in her mansion because of financial difficulties...
Another MASTERPIECE which in my opinion is the Indian Sunset Boulevard is Kaagaz Ke Phool ( 1959 starring the immortal Guru Dutt)...all movies these days which are about showbiz is in one way or the other is inspired by Sunset Boulevard...the movie consists of beautiful black and white photography...a wonderful screenplay...one liners which have found their way into popular culture ( All right Mr. DeMille, i am ready for my close – up, I am big it's the pictures that got small)...
Noirish,satiric,funny,it was sad to see a famous personality reduced to a has been...a movie star lost in her past, her heydays, a butler who takes up the opportunity to look after his wife out of true love and compassion and devotion but i guess that's the way the cookie crumbles!!!!Released in 1950 this movie was snubbed by the Oscars for All about Eve (nothing new here !!!!) wilder wish you were alive today!!!
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